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16 Mar 2016, 08:10
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Ok guys..has anyone of you had the similar case?
I do like to prepare for the GMAT. I do at least 10 questions per day on GMAT club (workbook mostly). The estimated score is not what I want, yet still not a bad one..
there is a stark difference between how I prepared before and how I prepare now for the GMAT. I try to understand every question, and do not move on until i understand where I made the mistake..
the CATs taken were as well not bad - 680 GMAT Prep, 720 GMAT Club, 750 Economist (GMAT Brightest minds), but from time to time - I get "bad" scores on quant and/or verbal..for ex I scored 41 on Q on gmatclub Q cat test..other times - I bombed CR...and so on..
it's as if I forget everything when I face the questions at a timed CAT section..
because of these periodical ups and downs, I got myself very discouraged, and thus...I get the feeling that I am never prepared to face the real GMAT.
I do understand that now there is an option to see the score before accepting it, and it is not a problem for me to pay for several more attempts, yet I feel very insecure about myself...
has anyone had the same problem? how have you overtaken this fear?
would be thankful for every suggestion.
v.
I do like to prepare for the GMAT. I do at least 10 questions per day on GMAT club (workbook mostly). The estimated score is not what I want, yet still not a bad one..
there is a stark difference between how I prepared before and how I prepare now for the GMAT. I try to understand every question, and do not move on until i understand where I made the mistake..
the CATs taken were as well not bad - 680 GMAT Prep, 720 GMAT Club, 750 Economist (GMAT Brightest minds), but from time to time - I get "bad" scores on quant and/or verbal..for ex I scored 41 on Q on gmatclub Q cat test..other times - I bombed CR...and so on..
it's as if I forget everything when I face the questions at a timed CAT section..
because of these periodical ups and downs, I got myself very discouraged, and thus...I get the feeling that I am never prepared to face the real GMAT.
I do understand that now there is an option to see the score before accepting it, and it is not a problem for me to pay for several more attempts, yet I feel very insecure about myself...
has anyone had the same problem? how have you overtaken this fear?
would be thankful for every suggestion.
v.
16 Mar 2016, 18:38
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mvictor
Variation in scores is normal. No test taker is perfect, and neither is the GMAT. You might want to think of it as a case of reducing the "range" in which you score (decreasing the variability of your score) and taking that range up over time (improving your average score).
16 Mar 2016, 19:02
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Hi mvictor,
You mentioned a couple of things in your post that are worth going deeper into:
1) These CAT scores in the high 600s and 700s. Since you've studied before, are these CATs that you've taken before? Did you take these CATs in a realistic fashion (re: the FULL CAT - with the Essay and IR sections, taken away from your home, at the same time of day as your Official GMAT, etc.)?
2) You "try to understand every question, and do not move on until i understand where I made the mistake.." While that is certainly an admiral quality during your studies, that type of thinking could absolutely kill you on Test Day. You have to be able to let go of questions that are too hard or too time consuming when the clock is ticking. If you're not prepared to do that, then you could run into all types of other issues - pacing problems, drops in score, elevated stress, etc.
It might help to think about how easy GMAC has made it to take (and re-take) the GMAT. If you're comfortable paying the $250 fee, then there's absolutely no harm if you have a bad Test Day - you can just cancel the score and retest later (NOTE: No more than 5 Tests in a 1-year period though).
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Ric
You mentioned a couple of things in your post that are worth going deeper into:
1) These CAT scores in the high 600s and 700s. Since you've studied before, are these CATs that you've taken before? Did you take these CATs in a realistic fashion (re: the FULL CAT - with the Essay and IR sections, taken away from your home, at the same time of day as your Official GMAT, etc.)?
2) You "try to understand every question, and do not move on until i understand where I made the mistake.." While that is certainly an admiral quality during your studies, that type of thinking could absolutely kill you on Test Day. You have to be able to let go of questions that are too hard or too time consuming when the clock is ticking. If you're not prepared to do that, then you could run into all types of other issues - pacing problems, drops in score, elevated stress, etc.
It might help to think about how easy GMAC has made it to take (and re-take) the GMAT. If you're comfortable paying the $250 fee, then there's absolutely no harm if you have a bad Test Day - you can just cancel the score and retest later (NOTE: No more than 5 Tests in a 1-year period though).
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Ric
