Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors
03 Jun 2006, 09:51
Kudos
Bookmarks
Guys,
I am totally disturbed by the scores I got this morning. Scored a 500!!!!!!!!!
I have given my GMAT once already and I did not do well in the first attempt too!!. Not sure what should I do different. But I can't believe my dream of getting into a good school is slipping away...
Overall, the exam was not too bad but Verbal killed me again! Math section was OK.... I was doing well for a certain period of time but after that I saw questions like 4^3 + 4^3 + 4^3 + 4^3 = ? which kinda rattled me because I thought I was doing bad... But overall my Scaled Score was 38 in Math and Verbal was 21
I am not sure if I should give it again because I am totally exhausted and moreover if I give it again is GMAC going to report the previous scores to business schools or is it going to report only the latest scores?
Feel Miserable right now!
I am totally disturbed by the scores I got this morning. Scored a 500!!!!!!!!!
I have given my GMAT once already and I did not do well in the first attempt too!!. Not sure what should I do different. But I can't believe my dream of getting into a good school is slipping away...
Overall, the exam was not too bad but Verbal killed me again! Math section was OK.... I was doing well for a certain period of time but after that I saw questions like 4^3 + 4^3 + 4^3 + 4^3 = ? which kinda rattled me because I thought I was doing bad... But overall my Scaled Score was 38 in Math and Verbal was 21
I am not sure if I should give it again because I am totally exhausted and moreover if I give it again is GMAC going to report the previous scores to business schools or is it going to report only the latest scores?
Feel Miserable right now!
03 Jun 2006, 11:57
Kudos
Bookmarks
please don't get stressed... it is just a test... and if it doesn't come easy, you just have to fight back...
i can totally hear you, because this was the score I got on my first attempt... and i went through what you are going through right now, but somehow i reassured myself that i have to stop thinking negatively, turn around and go right back at it
now to the point of how many scores schools will see... you know what... i want to go to the decent business school as well, but i wouldn't want to go to school that would judge me on the number of GMAT attempts... i think that as long as you show improvement in the end, it just shows the school that you are a determined individual and never give up under any circumstances... i heard through this forum that now Pearson Vue shows all the scores in the past 5 years, but that shouldn't bother you and especially keep you away from your dream... just analyze what you are doing wrong and approach the test differently next time around... take it as a learning experience!
You might think I am kidding, but a friend of mine took the test 4 times and the score in the beginning was lower that 500..., then it was in 500s, then 600s and the last one (4th attempt) he finally pulled a decent 700 is going to UC Berkley now! What does this tell you? DON'T GIVE UP! Although GMAT is important, it isn't the number of attempts that would drown you!
in addition, if you are a non-native speaker I agree that verbal might be difficult to improve, but I think nothing is impossible, so please don't despair!
I don't really have a good advice for verbal part except practice and read a lot, but rhyme wrote this amazing post about his improvement in verbal and you should definitely read it if you haven't done so.
https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=30030
So hang in there and know that someone is exactly in your shoes with a 500 and an ambition to raise it!!! Drink some beer tonight, seach the forum and create some strategies tomorrow and hit the books on Monday!
best,
u2lover
i can totally hear you, because this was the score I got on my first attempt... and i went through what you are going through right now, but somehow i reassured myself that i have to stop thinking negatively, turn around and go right back at it
now to the point of how many scores schools will see... you know what... i want to go to the decent business school as well, but i wouldn't want to go to school that would judge me on the number of GMAT attempts... i think that as long as you show improvement in the end, it just shows the school that you are a determined individual and never give up under any circumstances... i heard through this forum that now Pearson Vue shows all the scores in the past 5 years, but that shouldn't bother you and especially keep you away from your dream... just analyze what you are doing wrong and approach the test differently next time around... take it as a learning experience!
You might think I am kidding, but a friend of mine took the test 4 times and the score in the beginning was lower that 500..., then it was in 500s, then 600s and the last one (4th attempt) he finally pulled a decent 700 is going to UC Berkley now! What does this tell you? DON'T GIVE UP! Although GMAT is important, it isn't the number of attempts that would drown you!
in addition, if you are a non-native speaker I agree that verbal might be difficult to improve, but I think nothing is impossible, so please don't despair!
I don't really have a good advice for verbal part except practice and read a lot, but rhyme wrote this amazing post about his improvement in verbal and you should definitely read it if you haven't done so.
https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=30030
So hang in there and know that someone is exactly in your shoes with a 500 and an ambition to raise it!!! Drink some beer tonight, seach the forum and create some strategies tomorrow and hit the books on Monday!
best,
u2lover
03 Jun 2006, 12:11
Kudos
Bookmarks
Thanks a lot U2lover! Appreciate your honest feedback.... It is indeed encouraging to see that your friend gave 4 attempts to get into a school of his choice. the 1st thing I want to do is find out what should I do if I get certain questions wrong?
The one thing I found was that each time I was focussing on getting the specific question right but not on the concepts. I was not focussing on the GMAT strategy - if I get similar kinds of questions, I should adopt strategy A else I should adopt strategy B.
I have heard a lot about the error log and would like to focus on the errors more than anything else. Would like to know from some of you folks on what else should I do. What should be the next steps?
The one thing I found was that each time I was focussing on getting the specific question right but not on the concepts. I was not focussing on the GMAT strategy - if I get similar kinds of questions, I should adopt strategy A else I should adopt strategy B.
I have heard a lot about the error log and would like to focus on the errors more than anything else. Would like to know from some of you folks on what else should I do. What should be the next steps?
hoping I won't lose them on the exam again! Whenever I get the question wrong now, especially on CR (my weakest link) I just read it over and over, read the explanations over and over until my mind registers it!... but before I read any explanations, I would make a hierarchy of the answers, which I think might be correct (best, 2nd best) and explain my answers.... I usually am able to narrow it down to 2, but somehow my luck ends up on the wrong side and I miss the question.
