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21 Mar 2019, 10:21
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Hi Folks,
I have a miserable story to share and would like your inputs and advice for the questions followed below.
I started preparing for GMAT, an year back in dec 2017. The preparation was slow and steady till month of Oct 2018. I started from Official guides, all three of them (verbal, Quant and all review guides). In mid June, I realised I was not improving on verbal - my verbal score were constantly dwindling between 19-26 (that was the highest I scored).
The first official mock I took was in June 2018, where I scored a 560 - 49 Q, 19 V.
So in June, I bought verbal e-gmat course, it took me 4 months to finish the course with proper notes and scholaranium tests.
My Quant scores were consistently varying between 48-50, I had never scored below 48 in any of the mocks I took till my GMAT exam.
Once I finished off with my preps, I began giving mocks from the month of January. My scores were as mentioned below-
Veritas Mock - 610, Q48, V26
Kaplan Free - 650, Q48, V32
Gmat prep official - 630, Q49, V25 (I was not keeping well during this test)
I bought Kaplan Gmat prep plus 2018 book with 6 practice tests and gave all these mocks.
P. S. I gave all these mocks in a single go, in a library under close to test environment.
Mock 1 - 710, Q49, V38
Mock 2 - 600, Q48, V22
Mock 3 - 640, Q49, V31
Mock 4 - 700, Q49, V37
Mock 5- 710, Q49, V40 (this was 3 days before my gmat exam)
My accuracy was poor in CR and RC, so during the last 10 days I also referred powerscore bible CR. However, RC have been always a daunting section for me.
On the test day - 18th March
I started with verbal. I was very nervous. I still remember, I started the test with those sweaty palms and quivering hands and trust me, I ain't exaggerating.
After first few questions on verbal, I realised that I got very easy questions to answer. And in that 8 mins break, there was a wave of negative vibes, one reason that degraded my performance.
And guess what, I got way too easy questions to solve in Quant from question 1 itself.
I scored a 560, Q46, V22.
I knew nervousness was one of the reasons that I screwed it. But this is not just one reason.
I have used official guides, power score CR, e gmat verbal course. I have solved OG twice with solutions. And now, I am clueless. How should I start my preparations again. Or should I go for Gre ? I need to apply in September round 1. My target score is atleast a 700. The schools I'm targeting accept a gre score too. However, I don't want to get into a trap where I'm questioned about giving up on gmat since I have accepted the 560 score too.
I want to go for an attempt in 3 months so that I have enough time for my applications, ielts and I could apply in September.
Please help me since I have to start it over again, what are the right materials apart from OG's to strengthen my weak areas and reach my target score without the test anxiety and with full confidence. Would be grateful.
Thankyou!
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I have a miserable story to share and would like your inputs and advice for the questions followed below.
I started preparing for GMAT, an year back in dec 2017. The preparation was slow and steady till month of Oct 2018. I started from Official guides, all three of them (verbal, Quant and all review guides). In mid June, I realised I was not improving on verbal - my verbal score were constantly dwindling between 19-26 (that was the highest I scored).
The first official mock I took was in June 2018, where I scored a 560 - 49 Q, 19 V.
So in June, I bought verbal e-gmat course, it took me 4 months to finish the course with proper notes and scholaranium tests.
My Quant scores were consistently varying between 48-50, I had never scored below 48 in any of the mocks I took till my GMAT exam.
Once I finished off with my preps, I began giving mocks from the month of January. My scores were as mentioned below-
Veritas Mock - 610, Q48, V26
Kaplan Free - 650, Q48, V32
Gmat prep official - 630, Q49, V25 (I was not keeping well during this test)
I bought Kaplan Gmat prep plus 2018 book with 6 practice tests and gave all these mocks.
P. S. I gave all these mocks in a single go, in a library under close to test environment.
Mock 1 - 710, Q49, V38
Mock 2 - 600, Q48, V22
Mock 3 - 640, Q49, V31
Mock 4 - 700, Q49, V37
Mock 5- 710, Q49, V40 (this was 3 days before my gmat exam)
My accuracy was poor in CR and RC, so during the last 10 days I also referred powerscore bible CR. However, RC have been always a daunting section for me.
On the test day - 18th March
I started with verbal. I was very nervous. I still remember, I started the test with those sweaty palms and quivering hands and trust me, I ain't exaggerating.
After first few questions on verbal, I realised that I got very easy questions to answer. And in that 8 mins break, there was a wave of negative vibes, one reason that degraded my performance.
And guess what, I got way too easy questions to solve in Quant from question 1 itself.
I scored a 560, Q46, V22.
I knew nervousness was one of the reasons that I screwed it. But this is not just one reason.
I have used official guides, power score CR, e gmat verbal course. I have solved OG twice with solutions. And now, I am clueless. How should I start my preparations again. Or should I go for Gre ? I need to apply in September round 1. My target score is atleast a 700. The schools I'm targeting accept a gre score too. However, I don't want to get into a trap where I'm questioned about giving up on gmat since I have accepted the 560 score too.
I want to go for an attempt in 3 months so that I have enough time for my applications, ielts and I could apply in September.
Please help me since I have to start it over again, what are the right materials apart from OG's to strengthen my weak areas and reach my target score without the test anxiety and with full confidence. Would be grateful.
Thankyou!
Sent from my Redmi Note 4 using GMAT Club Forum mobile app
21 Mar 2019, 16:41
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Hi Sheetal15,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day did not go as well as hoped. GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +/- 30 points of actual ability. Your 2 Official Scores show that you essentially performed the same each time (560 +/- a few Scaled Score points) - even though it's 9 months later. You handle certain aspects of the GMAT consistently well, but you also make certain consistent mistakes. Thankfully, you have plenty of time before the Round 1 application deadlines later this year. That having been said, "your way" of approaching the Exam seems to have gotten you 'stuck' in the mid-500s, so you cannot afford to continue approaching your studies in the same ways as before.
Based on what you have described, I have a few questions about the lead-up to Test Day and Test Day itself:
1) What did you do in the 3 days before your GMAT?
2) How did you sleep the night before your Test?
3) How long was the travel time to the Test Center from your home?
4) Were there any distractions at the facility or during the Test?
5) What did you do during the two 8-minute breaks?
6) Did you finish any sections early?
7) Did you have to rush to finish any sections (and guess on questions just to finish on time)?
You might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day did not go as well as hoped. GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +/- 30 points of actual ability. Your 2 Official Scores show that you essentially performed the same each time (560 +/- a few Scaled Score points) - even though it's 9 months later. You handle certain aspects of the GMAT consistently well, but you also make certain consistent mistakes. Thankfully, you have plenty of time before the Round 1 application deadlines later this year. That having been said, "your way" of approaching the Exam seems to have gotten you 'stuck' in the mid-500s, so you cannot afford to continue approaching your studies in the same ways as before.
Based on what you have described, I have a few questions about the lead-up to Test Day and Test Day itself:
1) What did you do in the 3 days before your GMAT?
2) How did you sleep the night before your Test?
3) How long was the travel time to the Test Center from your home?
4) Were there any distractions at the facility or during the Test?
5) What did you do during the two 8-minute breaks?
6) Did you finish any sections early?
7) Did you have to rush to finish any sections (and guess on questions just to finish on time)?
You might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
21 Mar 2019, 23:24
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Hi Sheetal, I see you scored V37/38/40 in your Kaplan tests, but your official mock test scores are not too far off from what you scored in Verbal in the actual exam.
Definitely looks like you have a long way to go in Verbal, to hit your target score of 700+.
Definitely looks like you have a long way to go in Verbal, to hit your target score of 700+.
