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Krishna15
Joined: 01 Jun 2020
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Schools: DeGroote'23 (I) Ryerson '22 Haskayne(Calgary)
30 Sep 2020, 00:32
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Hi,
My Gmat was scheduled on 27th September.
My test experience was as follows,
I logged in 15 minutes before the scheduled time and followed the login process, after which i had to wait for 30 minutes before starting the test.
Initial questions on the quant were difficult and it took me some time to solve them because of which i had less time remaining to solve the other questions. Suddenly, when i had like 10 question left the proctor messaged me that he cannot view my video, therefore he is restarting my test. i was waiting for him to reset and then after 3-4 minutes (Basically i lost that time waiting for him to rest) my test was rest (Basically i lost that time waiting for him to reset) There were 10 questions and 5 minutes left. I panicked and had to randomly mark in order to complete my test. My anxiety level was high at that point of time. i tried to clam down before starting the verbal section.
I started with the verbal section and after couple of questions, the proctor again messaged me that i cannot murmur as that is not allowed. He distracted me but i got back and continued with my test. Again in the middle of the verbal section he messaged me saying that he cannot view my video so he will reset my test. I stated panicking as i had around 15 question left and the clock was ticking. After he rest the test, there were 7 minutes left and 15 question unanswered. I rushed to finish the test and had to mark the question randomly.
Overall experience was bad due to following reasons,
1. My time management was bad.
2. I got anxious and tensed when i looked at the timer
3. I was not confident about my answers because of which i did basic calculations again.
4. The proctor was very distracting and he was one of the reasons why my stress levels went high.
The mocks that I gave before my actual test were,
Mock 1- 610(Q49 V23)
Mock 2- 560(Q45 V22
Mock 3- 650(Q49 V32
Mock 4- 690(Q50 V33)
Mock 5- 640(Q45 V32)
I was depressed to get a score of 490(Q38 V20).
I plan to retake the test in a month or so but I don't know how should I move ahead. My aim is to get 650+ minimum
Please Help/Guide me as to how should I prepare now.
Thanks.
My Gmat was scheduled on 27th September.
My test experience was as follows,
I logged in 15 minutes before the scheduled time and followed the login process, after which i had to wait for 30 minutes before starting the test.
Initial questions on the quant were difficult and it took me some time to solve them because of which i had less time remaining to solve the other questions. Suddenly, when i had like 10 question left the proctor messaged me that he cannot view my video, therefore he is restarting my test. i was waiting for him to reset and then after 3-4 minutes (Basically i lost that time waiting for him to rest) my test was rest (Basically i lost that time waiting for him to reset) There were 10 questions and 5 minutes left. I panicked and had to randomly mark in order to complete my test. My anxiety level was high at that point of time. i tried to clam down before starting the verbal section.
I started with the verbal section and after couple of questions, the proctor again messaged me that i cannot murmur as that is not allowed. He distracted me but i got back and continued with my test. Again in the middle of the verbal section he messaged me saying that he cannot view my video so he will reset my test. I stated panicking as i had around 15 question left and the clock was ticking. After he rest the test, there were 7 minutes left and 15 question unanswered. I rushed to finish the test and had to mark the question randomly.
Overall experience was bad due to following reasons,
1. My time management was bad.
2. I got anxious and tensed when i looked at the timer
3. I was not confident about my answers because of which i did basic calculations again.
4. The proctor was very distracting and he was one of the reasons why my stress levels went high.
The mocks that I gave before my actual test were,
Mock 1- 610(Q49 V23)
Mock 2- 560(Q45 V22
Mock 3- 650(Q49 V32
Mock 4- 690(Q50 V33)
Mock 5- 640(Q45 V32)
I was depressed to get a score of 490(Q38 V20).
I plan to retake the test in a month or so but I don't know how should I move ahead. My aim is to get 650+ minimum
Please Help/Guide me as to how should I prepare now.
Thanks.
30 Sep 2020, 02:53
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Krishna15
Hi Krishna15,
Sorry to hear about how things went with your GMAT. I think your bad score is a combination of lot of factors. You could have easily scored more if not for that disturbance caused during the test. 490 is not your actual score. Your score might be around 600. I say around 600 because your mocks are not pretty consistent. Considering the last three mocks, your Verbal score is consistent but our Quant score is not.
So, it is important that you work on your Quant and at the same time do not neglect your Verbal. This time make sure you have everything set for the test. If possible, take the in-center test. Hopefully you can score better this time. But before going for a re-take, make sure you work on your quant and take it to a consistent score. If you want to discuss more about how to plan your prep, you can get in touch with me over a call. All the best
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30 Sep 2020, 12:39
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Hi Krishna15,
After seeing your practice test scores as well as your test-day experience, I really think you can chalk this up to a “bad day”. In other words, I think you may be closer to your score goal than it seems. That said, I still think there are some things you can do to improve your GMAT quant and verbal skills and ensure you are where you need to be for your next GMAT.
Thus, moving forward, I suggest that you you need to go through GMAT quant and verbal carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills. The overall process will be to learn all about how to answer question types with which you currently aren't very comfortable, and do dozens of practice questions category by category, basically driving up your score point by point. For example, if you find that you are not strong in answering Number Properties questions, then carefully review the conceptual underpinnings of how to answer Number Properties questions and practice by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. When you are working on learning to answer questions of a particular type, start off taking your time, and then seek to speed up as you get more comfortable answering questions of that type. As you do such practice, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get right. If you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question? By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to efficiently fix your weaknesses and in turn improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.
Each time you strengthen your understanding of a topic and your skill in answering questions of a particular type, you increase your odds of hitting your score goal. You know that there are types of questions that you are happy to see, types that you would rather not see, and types that you take a long time to answer correctly. Learn to more effectively answer the types of questions that you would rather not see, and make them into your favorite types. Learn to correctly answer in two minutes or less questions that you currently take five minutes to answer. By finding, say, a dozen weaker quant areas and turning them into strong areas, you will make great progress toward hitting your quant score goal. If a dozen areas turn out not to be enough, strengthen some more areas.
You can work on verbal in a similar manner. Let’s say you are reviewing Critical Reasoning. Be sure that you practice a large number of Critical Reasoning questions: Strengthen and Weaken the Argument, Resolve the Paradox, find the Conclusion, Must be True, etc. As you go through the questions, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get correct. If you missed a Weaken question, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not recognize what the question was asking? Did you skip over a key detail in an answer choice? Getting GMAT verbal questions right is a matter of what you know, what you see, and what you do. So, any time that you don't get one right, you can seek to identify what you had to know to get the right answer, what you had to see that you didn't see, and what you could have done differently to arrive at the correct answer.
So, work on accuracy and generally finding correct answers, work on specific weaker areas one by one to make them strong areas, and when you take a practice GMAT or the real thing, take all the time per question available to do your absolute best to get right answers consistently. The GMAT is essentially a game of seeing how many right answers you can get in the time allotted. Approach the test with that conception in mind, and focus intently on the question in front of you with one goal in mind: getting a CORRECT answer.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new verbal and quant materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find my article with more information regarding
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT helpful.
Feel free to reach out with any further questions.
Good luck!
After seeing your practice test scores as well as your test-day experience, I really think you can chalk this up to a “bad day”. In other words, I think you may be closer to your score goal than it seems. That said, I still think there are some things you can do to improve your GMAT quant and verbal skills and ensure you are where you need to be for your next GMAT.
Thus, moving forward, I suggest that you you need to go through GMAT quant and verbal carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills. The overall process will be to learn all about how to answer question types with which you currently aren't very comfortable, and do dozens of practice questions category by category, basically driving up your score point by point. For example, if you find that you are not strong in answering Number Properties questions, then carefully review the conceptual underpinnings of how to answer Number Properties questions and practice by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc. When you are working on learning to answer questions of a particular type, start off taking your time, and then seek to speed up as you get more comfortable answering questions of that type. As you do such practice, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get right. If you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question? By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to efficiently fix your weaknesses and in turn improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant topics.
Each time you strengthen your understanding of a topic and your skill in answering questions of a particular type, you increase your odds of hitting your score goal. You know that there are types of questions that you are happy to see, types that you would rather not see, and types that you take a long time to answer correctly. Learn to more effectively answer the types of questions that you would rather not see, and make them into your favorite types. Learn to correctly answer in two minutes or less questions that you currently take five minutes to answer. By finding, say, a dozen weaker quant areas and turning them into strong areas, you will make great progress toward hitting your quant score goal. If a dozen areas turn out not to be enough, strengthen some more areas.
You can work on verbal in a similar manner. Let’s say you are reviewing Critical Reasoning. Be sure that you practice a large number of Critical Reasoning questions: Strengthen and Weaken the Argument, Resolve the Paradox, find the Conclusion, Must be True, etc. As you go through the questions, do a thorough analysis of each question that you don't get correct. If you missed a Weaken question, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not recognize what the question was asking? Did you skip over a key detail in an answer choice? Getting GMAT verbal questions right is a matter of what you know, what you see, and what you do. So, any time that you don't get one right, you can seek to identify what you had to know to get the right answer, what you had to see that you didn't see, and what you could have done differently to arrive at the correct answer.
So, work on accuracy and generally finding correct answers, work on specific weaker areas one by one to make them strong areas, and when you take a practice GMAT or the real thing, take all the time per question available to do your absolute best to get right answers consistently. The GMAT is essentially a game of seeing how many right answers you can get in the time allotted. Approach the test with that conception in mind, and focus intently on the question in front of you with one goal in mind: getting a CORRECT answer.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new verbal and quant materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find my article with more information regarding
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT helpful.
Feel free to reach out with any further questions.
Good luck!
