Finally paid off....or did it?

Hey Guys,

Well the last week has been crazy! Some personal issues arose over the weekend and well I took the GMAT on monday at 5 pm. But no matter how much I tried to build my stamina I felt a bit tired towads the end. So anyway I was left disappointed I got a 680 (V.34 M.49), also there was a major disruption during my test and I was so nervous. I was a little surprised by the quant, but really got screwed on the verbal, I really thought I was gonna do better, I wanted to crack that 700 mark, becuase of my crappy work experience. So I really thought that that verbal score was a bunch of crap and was determined to verify if it was a fluke or not, I know a 680 ain't bad but for my schools and with my crappy work experience I really needed a bit of an edge from what my friends told me. So I took it again today (4 days after) it was at 8 in the morning I grabbed the first slot that was open I got up at 5, I had about 7 hours of sleep but never got up that early so i was a little slow. Gulped down a red bull and thought I was ready, during the whole beginning I was a bit slow, but I found the Quant to be pretty easy, I got lazy at the end and got the last 2 wrong, cuz well I had too much time and got bored, but still that doesn't explain what is soon to follow. So I start the verbal and i'm shaky on everything, I mean I don't know I questioned every SC, even though it was your typical run of the mill SC's. I was just paranoid, so I kept trudging through, I finished the test half guessed on the last one narrowing it down to 2 and guessed with a second remaining. Click the button what do I get?................(V40!!! M45????) what the hell is going on here? Is life a question of checks and balances? I mean the tests were only 5 days apart for fear of information falliing out of my brain! I knew the verbal was off, but what the hell happened to the math?............hmmmmmm final score 680!!! I mean I can't accept it! If I combine my two best scores in V and M I'm great, can i? I can't study for this test anymore I have so much going on. I'm thinking about taking it again, just to conquer the beast, but I mean it might seem like a waste of money and maybe I can leverage a 40V and a M49? Like write an essay explaining it and how I had alot going on in my personal life? I mean can I get into Wharton or Kellog or LSB with these?

I mean I can try to sell the highest of each in an essay or something maybe they'll combine them? but if I take it again and don't do well, cuz I have to wait a month and I have so much going on (getting another job, and a bunch of other stuff) I risk not doing as well and then I can't even explain it. What do you guys think? Btw I hate this test and what was weird was that in my test center the lady tried to give me a calculator and I told her I wasn't allowed to have one she said do you want one, I said no.....I'm no boyscout but I don't wanna look back and think that I got some advantage when I busted my but for months and well I don't wanna get in trouble for no reason I mean aren't those things videotaped, how do people do that? I spent 10 minutes thinking holy crap did she ask me that and then I saw a few people walking around wiht them taking the test!!!!! Wierd, I mean who knows it might jsut slow you down. So I don't know if I can do better I don't know what to think I don't know if I cna get into a top 5 bschool and I don't know if I have to sell a kidney to pay 250 bucks for another test. I'm a bit sleepy and derlirous but I mean why am I paying them so much for 20 points..

I'll elaborate more on my test prep, but I mean it was basically the same as everyone else nothing special. Any advise is recommended.

Thanks for this forum and all the insightful posts!