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16 Jan 2020, 06:41
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Hi All,
I gave my first Gmat recently; something not so strange happened during the verbal section. I got bored starting from around question 12 and had to really pull through my mind to question 20 and by the time I got there, only 10 mins were left. Obviously got a score of V22 and my ESR reported that I had almost 80% incorrect in the last section, probably because I was just marking random answers just to leave no questions unanswered.
I did say "not so strange" in my opening statement, because I noticed this during my mock tests and preparations as well. I do alright when practicing one question at a time, I do focus and enjoy trying to answer right and I also get 90%+ as right answers (2 mins on avg), but when I have 36 questions of text, one after another, I just get bored midway. I thought maybe the seriousness of the exam day will take care of this problem but it did not. All those stakes of the score, B-school admissions etc. just temporarily vanished and all I wanted was this boring section to end. [not exaggerating, I got feelings like - "is this all there is to life? - 36 incoherent walls of text?]
I am re-taking the exam in 2 weeks, any advice on how to work on changing this attitude alone? I really need some tricks to fool my mind to not get bored and I am sure I will do well content and strategy wise. This is my last shot for admissions to my desired school this year
Thanks in advance!
I gave my first Gmat recently; something not so strange happened during the verbal section. I got bored starting from around question 12 and had to really pull through my mind to question 20 and by the time I got there, only 10 mins were left. Obviously got a score of V22 and my ESR reported that I had almost 80% incorrect in the last section, probably because I was just marking random answers just to leave no questions unanswered.
I did say "not so strange" in my opening statement, because I noticed this during my mock tests and preparations as well. I do alright when practicing one question at a time, I do focus and enjoy trying to answer right and I also get 90%+ as right answers (2 mins on avg), but when I have 36 questions of text, one after another, I just get bored midway. I thought maybe the seriousness of the exam day will take care of this problem but it did not. All those stakes of the score, B-school admissions etc. just temporarily vanished and all I wanted was this boring section to end. [not exaggerating, I got feelings like - "is this all there is to life? - 36 incoherent walls of text?]
I am re-taking the exam in 2 weeks, any advice on how to work on changing this attitude alone? I really need some tricks to fool my mind to not get bored and I am sure I will do well content and strategy wise. This is my last shot for admissions to my desired school this year
Thanks in advance!
16 Jan 2020, 08:36
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Hi phoenyx,
It’s really a strange combination what you’re saying - No choice & getting bored. As per me they don’t co-exist.
But still my advice would be “Do questions in sets of 6, think that the section is just 6 questions and after every 6 questions do take a break of 15-30 seconds (pause, take a good long breathe). This refreshes the mind for the next 6 questions.
All the Best
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It’s really a strange combination what you’re saying - No choice & getting bored. As per me they don’t co-exist.
But still my advice would be “Do questions in sets of 6, think that the section is just 6 questions and after every 6 questions do take a break of 15-30 seconds (pause, take a good long breathe). This refreshes the mind for the next 6 questions.
All the Best
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16 Jan 2020, 08:48
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phoenyx
Hi All,
I gave my first Gmat recently; something not so strange happened during the verbal section. I got bored starting from around question 12 and had to really pull through my mind to question 20 and by the time I got there, only 10 mins were left. Obviously got a score of V22 and my ESR reported that I had almost 80% incorrect in the last section, probably because I was just marking random answers just to leave no questions unanswered.
I did say "not so strange" in my opening statement, because I noticed this during my mock tests and preparations as well. I do alright when practicing one question at a time, I do focus and enjoy trying to answer right and I also get 90%+ as right answers (2 mins on avg), but when I have 36 questions of text, one after another, I just get bored midway. I thought maybe the seriousness of the exam day will take care of this problem but it did not. All those stakes of the score, B-school admissions etc. just temporarily vanished and all I wanted was this boring section to end. [not exaggerating, I got feelings like - "is this all there is to life? - 36 incoherent walls of text?]
I am re-taking the exam in 2 weeks, any advice on how to work on changing this attitude alone? I really need some tricks to fool my mind to not get bored and I am sure I will do well content and strategy wise. This is my last shot for admissions to my desired school this year
Thanks in advance!
I gave my first Gmat recently; something not so strange happened during the verbal section. I got bored starting from around question 12 and had to really pull through my mind to question 20 and by the time I got there, only 10 mins were left. Obviously got a score of V22 and my ESR reported that I had almost 80% incorrect in the last section, probably because I was just marking random answers just to leave no questions unanswered.
I did say "not so strange" in my opening statement, because I noticed this during my mock tests and preparations as well. I do alright when practicing one question at a time, I do focus and enjoy trying to answer right and I also get 90%+ as right answers (2 mins on avg), but when I have 36 questions of text, one after another, I just get bored midway. I thought maybe the seriousness of the exam day will take care of this problem but it did not. All those stakes of the score, B-school admissions etc. just temporarily vanished and all I wanted was this boring section to end. [not exaggerating, I got feelings like - "is this all there is to life? - 36 incoherent walls of text?]
I am re-taking the exam in 2 weeks, any advice on how to work on changing this attitude alone? I really need some tricks to fool my mind to not get bored and I am sure I will do well content and strategy wise. This is my last shot for admissions to my desired school this year
Thanks in advance!
Even i feel same but We can not effort our score for this reason. Just imagine that you are going to learn some thing new because of those questions and you need that information for your future
