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23 Mar 2021, 16:56
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Hi,
I scored 620(Q43V33) a year ago in Gmat. Restarted practice this 3 months and took an online GMAT exam recently. And my score dropped to 550.(Q40V23) Really devastated.
Felt that the Quant was significantly harder than what I did last year and during practice. Not sure what went wrong when my exam Prep 3 4 5 6 was around 700.
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I scored 620(Q43V33) a year ago in Gmat. Restarted practice this 3 months and took an online GMAT exam recently. And my score dropped to 550.(Q40V23) Really devastated.
Felt that the Quant was significantly harder than what I did last year and during practice. Not sure what went wrong when my exam Prep 3 4 5 6 was around 700.
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24 Mar 2021, 08:11
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Hi,
First, your situation is not unusual. It probably has the most to do with how you're approaching your prep for the test.
If you've been simply been focusing on practice problem and practice tests, then you're probably missing the mark on building the kind of resilient in-test processes and strategies.
A shift in focus to your core quant and verbal process skills will solidify your performance.
We offer a free diagnostic session with a GMAT performance coach (no obligation) that will help to unearth the WHY? behind why you're missing your target score.
Let me know if you'd like to try it.
First, your situation is not unusual. It probably has the most to do with how you're approaching your prep for the test.
If you've been simply been focusing on practice problem and practice tests, then you're probably missing the mark on building the kind of resilient in-test processes and strategies.
A shift in focus to your core quant and verbal process skills will solidify your performance.
We offer a free diagnostic session with a GMAT performance coach (no obligation) that will help to unearth the WHY? behind why you're missing your target score.
Let me know if you'd like to try it.
24 Mar 2021, 11:36
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HI pigpig95,
I’m sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT. Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than 550. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find it helpful to read the following articles:
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
I’m sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT. Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than 550. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find it helpful to read the following articles:
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
