I just got back from the test center. This was my first, and possibly last attempt, I scored 530. I am crushed.
I spent months preparing for the test (
Official Guide,
Verbal Official Guide, Quant
Official Guide, and the whole set of guides from
MGMAT.) I studied hard, for two or three hours almost every single day.
My scores in the CAT Exams were encouraging. I mean, I started with the wrong foot, 580 in the GMATPrep, but it all went uphill from there. I scored 660, 690 and 720 in the last three (of my six)
MGMAT tests. I had good expectations, not the highest but I would had been happy with scoring anything higher than 680. That was not the case.
It happened like this: Rough night, tried to sleep 8 hours, ended up rolling on bed four and sleeping the other four. Still I woke up feeling good, had a good breakfast and re-read my notes. I got in the test center two hours before my appointment, sat around reading my notes once again, while eating a snickers. I signed in an hour before my appointment. No complains about the staff, they were really polite, helpful and professional.
The AWA Essays went smooth; I had memorized my templates so not much brain power was spent. Then I took a five minute break, drank an energy drink, and somehow managed to waste three minutes more of what I was allowed to. Then I was again in front of the computer in my assigned cubicle. At first it seemed like I was finding my pace, even with those three minutes less in the clock. Then, by the twentieth question, time started to eat me. Little by little I lost my zen, and ended up answering only 29 of the 37 questions of the section.
I took my second break, to drink some water, and to try to calm down a little. Time running out on me never crossed my mind. Anyway the damage was done, without any of my zen left, and somehow shocked, I went in to finish the test. I rushed through the questions, fearing not being able to complete the section on time. I ended the section with almost 7 minutes to spare. And, as reflected in my score, it did not go well.
Actually my verbal score was lower than my quantitative one. That was not uncommon in my practice tests (English is not my first language, as you can see.), but I was scoring between Q43-47 and V35-42.
I am in a really bad place right now. I don’t know what to do, my confidence is shattered. I had never been in a situation like this before. I would appreciate your opinions.
Well, I will take a long shower now, I reek of failure. Sorry for being such a crybaby.
Have a good night.
-D