I went for the test on June 2, 2018.
Some background:
I hail from an over-represented candidate pool and I realized that for me to have a realistic shot at some of my target schools a high score (think 750+) is necessary. I did the normal prep. Went through GMATCLUB maths tests, the
OG etc etc, and realized that I was doing decently in quant. My verbal was a nightmare. I started from V35-36 and had plateau-ed there. So I worked hard to improve it, finally tried
E-Gmat and it suited me. Now I started the GmatPrep official tests again and was scoring Q49-50 and V40-42 consistently. I took the test thinking that the moment had arrived.
The result: Q47, V41 and a 710.
I wasn't happy. I really thought I had quants in control. But I failed. I was hoping someone could advice me as to how I can approach the problem in a retest scenario.
There were some other problems like a bad night's sleep, horrible Mumbai heat, a broken AC that led to me sweating buckets on the previous night. I do admit that I wasn't feeling it in the morning, and I was also having some stomach problems. But I don't want to hide behind excuses. These things can happen the next time as well, so I was just hoping if adopting a new strategy can help.
During the test I felt in quants I spent a few minutes more on some particular questions and couldn't concentrate on the DS part later on. (Where I had to tick based on my reading of the question and forego further analyses.) I was also not following any time metrics, because I've always completed my exam in the time allotted, I guess that worked against me when I got fixated on a single question. (In my defence that questioned seemed really easy, I was frustrated that the answer I was getting wasn't matching with anything else)
Please advice.