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Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
11 Nov 2021, 23:28
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I began my GMAT journey in July of 2021. I got my basics right and I had started doing decently well in my practice tests. My goal was to get a 700 and I was consistently getting to a 670 or a 680. Feeling confident about my prep, I booked my test for the 26th of August. On the test day I was not at all nervous. However, here is where things started going downhill. I was mentally prepared to give my exam at 9 am, but I was sent in by 8:45 am. Then I was asked to select the universities that I would like to send my scores to. While I knew that this was something I was supposed to do on exam day, I never really knew how the page will look. I was stuck because I didn't know how to operate the page. This just added to my mounting stress. I had decided to take the VQRA section order. However, as I started my Verbal section, I froze for a good few minutes and lost quite a bit of time. I knew I had messed up and my confidence dropped majorly by the time I reached the quant section. Cut to the result page, a 610 flashes on my screen. MY. HEART. SANK. I had prepared for hours on end each day and seeing a 610 popping up was extremely disheartening. I came back home and the next day I took another mock. I had scored a 690 on that test, so I knew that it was more the testing environment that I had to conquer and that my basics were fine. I spent the next month and a half trying to emulate the testing environment as closely as possible and working on my weakest sections CR and SC. I used only free resources such as GMAT ninja's YouTube videos and GMAT club questions.
I started cracking the 700 barrier on my mocks, and i felt confident enough to book my second attempt for the 9th of October. Come test day, I am SHAKING with nervousness but I kept reassuring myself that I have done the work and what follows will be fine. I changed my section order to ARQV in order to give myself some time to reorient myself by the time I reach the scoring sections. This helped me a lot and I breezed through the exam. As soon as I clicked submit, I was expecting a 690 or 700. A 750 flashes up on my screen. Q49, V44 IR5. I was shook. I expected a decent score but not a 750. I really wanted to scream a cry of victory in the exam hall, but I had to control myself until I left the hall.
If I had to tell one thing test takers, it would be that the GMAT is more of a mental game than it is a matter of knowledge. You can crack it if you know how to play the game. Learn how to take the test, prep smart and not hard and you'll get there!
I started cracking the 700 barrier on my mocks, and i felt confident enough to book my second attempt for the 9th of October. Come test day, I am SHAKING with nervousness but I kept reassuring myself that I have done the work and what follows will be fine. I changed my section order to ARQV in order to give myself some time to reorient myself by the time I reach the scoring sections. This helped me a lot and I breezed through the exam. As soon as I clicked submit, I was expecting a 690 or 700. A 750 flashes up on my screen. Q49, V44 IR5. I was shook. I expected a decent score but not a 750. I really wanted to scream a cry of victory in the exam hall, but I had to control myself until I left the hall.
If I had to tell one thing test takers, it would be that the GMAT is more of a mental game than it is a matter of knowledge. You can crack it if you know how to play the game. Learn how to take the test, prep smart and not hard and you'll get there!
12 Nov 2021, 09:38
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Hi man! I am going to write GMAT in less than a week and your story has given me a lot of anxiety (that I really didn't need, Hahaha). But on a serious note - Can you please describe how the university selection page looks like/what to expect?
P.S. Congratulations on a top-notch score!
P.S. Congratulations on a top-notch score!
12 Nov 2021, 11:14
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Hi karthikSub,
Congrats on a great score! Good luck with things moving forward.
Congrats on a great score! Good luck with things moving forward.
