Hi,
I had my GMAT exam today and got a score of 670 ( Q44 V38 IR6). My quants score came as a shock as I was consistently scoring 46-48 on Gmat Prep mocks.
Well, this is not to give an excuse for my below-average quants performance, but I had to face a lot of issues right before the start of my exam- my Indian passport was hand-written and not computer generated, hence they would not let me take the exam, as the passport was not considered to be a valid ID. After a lot of negotiation and convincing, they finally agreed to let me take the exam). All this added to my stress and I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown before starting with Quants. The section order I selected was Q-V-IR-AWA. Lost 6 minutes on the first question. In retrospect, it was a pretty simple question which would've otherwise taken me utmost 1 minute 30 seconds to solve.This caused me to hurry up on the other questions, as I was feeling I was way behind time. I somehow finished the quant section with just 1 minute to spare. I already got the sinking feeling that I haven't done full justice to my ability.
Verbal was pretty similar to the Gmat Prep mocks - SC was tough with 2 closely related options of which I had a hard time eliminating the incorrect one. Nevertheless, I think I did pretty well with SC as I was scoring 42-46 on the mocks.
RC was a mess- long convoluted passages about scientific processes, global warming, American history and the like . I lost majority of my time on RC which led to having insufficient time for long CR questions. Having said that, CR was Okayish- I could've done better had I spent lesser time analysing each option of RC again and again.
I finished Verbal with 50 seconds to spare. (The lowest ever, I always had 5-6 minutes to spare on the mocks).
In conclusion, though 670 is not a horrible score, I really feel I could've done much better in Quants. My Gmat Prep mock scores were in the range of 690-730.
Not being the one to give up, I am planning to take the exam once again, in the hopes of reaching a 700. And Yes, I need to up my Quant game for the next time around.
Any help and tips would be appreciated to increase my Quant score to at least a 47 or 48.
Resources I used- Quants-
GMAT Club Tests (Amazing pool of questions- But to be honest I didn't use it a 100%) and
OG ( Again, haven't done it 100%)
Verbal- RC and CR-
OG, Gmat Prep Questions on GmatClub for RC and CR.
SC-
E-Gmat and
OG.
Thanks to all the wonderful people out here for their explanations and experiences, from which I have learnt a lot.
All the best to all who have their exam coming up.
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29 Jul 2017, 02:41
