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GMAT Paranoia
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13 Sep 2011, 19:50
I took the GMAT last November and scored a 640, a bad verbal really affected my score. I realized that during test day I could not sit through the entire Verbal section it seemed all my brain power had been used up in the quant section. My objective this time is to increase my score by another 60-70 points.
I have been studying since May this year but I have taken very few practice tests since then. Every time I sit down to take the test I make an excuse for not sitting through the 4 hours and doing a complete test. It’s almost as if I have a Dr.Jekyl and Mr.Hyde personality. Till the day of the scheduled practice test I am pumping myself up about how I want to sit for the entire test but on the day of the practice test I will flake out making an excuse that I am either tired because of work or busy with some other personal engagement. This behavior is sure to kill any progress I make because one of the main sticking points I have is with regards to endurance, I might get 9/10 verbal problems correct but then put them in a slot of 41 after the Quant section and I can definitely see my accuracy go down. Does anybody else on this forum overcome this issue while preparing? I am writing to you guys as I seek support and guidance to deal with this. I know part of me is hesitant to actually give the (practice) test and see a bad score, I keep cheating myself by practicing problem areas (timed under 2mins), but unless I do it under test conditions I know all my practice has very little value