Gave GMAT today and got 550 Q44 V23

cancel your test. you're not going to go from 550 to a decent score in one month's time

thnks but all my mocks i was in the range 650-680 , Quant is almost fine but verbal got me, though in my mgmat, gmat prep i ranged between 35-38 , dont know what happened in real test

Were there any questions in your GMATPreps that you had already seen?

Are you aware of the types of questions you struggle with, spend more time with, or know that you are getting wrong?

Try to make sense of those pools of questions - see if you can identify any patterns. More importantly, keep asking what you can do differently next time so you don't make that same mistake.

Also - don't repeat what you did before in terms of studying. You can't do exactly the same thing and expect different results. Try something different - test and see what works for you.

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then all you can do at this point is pray

doomedcat, you mentioned that your mocks were in the 650-680 range. What is your target score? And what were you doing to study before you scored the 550?

I'm assuming this was the first time that you've taken the official GMAT, is that correct? If so, then test day jitters may have played a factor in the lower-than-expected score, but that should not affect your total by 100-130 points. It's difficult to properly assess what went wrong and how to improve without more context and data, but don't get your hopes down. If your practice tests were consistently in the mid-high 600s, then there's no reason you can't hit or surpass those scores the next time around!

It might be worth giving yourself more than one month to retake it, but it sounds like you are set on that timeframe. Either way, feel free to check out ORION if you're looking for personalized and structured support. ORION uses computer-adaptive technology to diagnose each student's strengths and weaknesses and only serve up skills and strategies catered to their weak areas, in turn maximizing the return on their study time. It would be a great resource for someone like you who only has one month to improve their score. Let me know what you think!

Hello doomedcat,

you already seem to have a solid foundation in Quant, therefore I´ll focus on a couple of tips to deal with the verbal section:

1. Check out the SC specific threads on this forum, some of them (generally those with a lot of kudos) are very helpful

2. Listen to some of the videos on the YT channel from Veritas, Magoosh and GmatNinja

3. Maybe check out the link in my signature, it addresses some verbal topics in general.

All the best for your prep my friend,
Chris

Hi doomedcat,

I’m sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT. I’m happy to provide some advice, but I also would like first to learn your answers to the questions asked about your GMAT situation. That said, you may find my article about
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT helpful.

Feel free to reach out to me with any further questions.

Good luck!