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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!
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!
06 Mar 2005, 21:53
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As I recall, Dartmouth allows applicants to combine subscores from different sittings.
You can report the calculator incident to GMAC- I doubt that a calculator would be much help to many applicants but it seems a pretty clear violation of the concept of standardization.
You can report the calculator incident to GMAC- I doubt that a calculator would be much help to many applicants but it seems a pretty clear violation of the concept of standardization.
01 Jun 2005, 11:47
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Hey guys,
Thanks just took it a few days ago and bam! I got a 730 (48M 42V).
I'm happy just hope that since this is my 3rd time it doesn't look too bad, despite my bad experiences.
Thanks for the help guys and the motivation.
-Grant
Thanks just took it a few days ago and bam! I got a 730 (48M 42V).
I'm happy just hope that since this is my 3rd time it doesn't look too bad, despite my bad experiences.
Thanks for the help guys and the motivation.
-Grant
