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25 Jun 2015, 06:30
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Hello,
I gave actual GMAT exam on 18th June at it's Bangalore centre and got a miserable 470(Q36,V20) score!
I'm in such a state of shoch that I can't tell you. Never ever I received a score this low in any of my Practice tests.Was scoring in the range of 650-710 consistently!
I don't even know where I went soo grossly wrong to get this score! People are suggesting re-attempt but I need to know what areas to improve upon!
1)I was calm during the exam, no anxiety or panic. I could finish all the questions in stipulated time with fairly good accuracy.
2) Got these scores in my practisce tests.
MGMAT1-630
MGMAT2-640
MGMAT3-630
GMATPrep1- 670
GMATPrep2 -700
Lowest I got in Quant was Q43 that too in MGMAT test and highest as Q50 on GMATPrep. Maths is my forte as I'm an engineer.
How on earth they gave me Q36???
I don't know whethere I should re-attempt and if yes then what to fix to reach my target score of 700.
Seriously, How come so low? why is such a HUGE drop in the real one.
Please advise what next I should do. Maybe I'm not meant for this beast!
I gave actual GMAT exam on 18th June at it's Bangalore centre and got a miserable 470(Q36,V20) score!
I'm in such a state of shoch that I can't tell you. Never ever I received a score this low in any of my Practice tests.Was scoring in the range of 650-710 consistently!
I don't even know where I went soo grossly wrong to get this score! People are suggesting re-attempt but I need to know what areas to improve upon!
1)I was calm during the exam, no anxiety or panic. I could finish all the questions in stipulated time with fairly good accuracy.
2) Got these scores in my practisce tests.
MGMAT1-630
MGMAT2-640
MGMAT3-630
GMATPrep1- 670
GMATPrep2 -700
Lowest I got in Quant was Q43 that too in MGMAT test and highest as Q50 on GMATPrep. Maths is my forte as I'm an engineer.
How on earth they gave me Q36???
I don't know whethere I should re-attempt and if yes then what to fix to reach my target score of 700.
Seriously, How come so low? why is such a HUGE drop in the real one.
Please advise what next I should do. Maybe I'm not meant for this beast!
25 Jun 2015, 16:36
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Hi ashishchandra80,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day.
If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, listen to music, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?
On Test Day:
1) How long was the ride to the Test Center from your home?
2) Were there any distractions at the facility or during the Test?
3) What did you do during the two 8-minute breaks?
4) Did you finish any sections early?
5) Did you have to rush to finish any sections (and guess on questions just to finish on time)?
It's possible that you just had a "bad day", but we really need to define the inconsistencies in how you studied so that we 'fix' them before you retest.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day.
If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, listen to music, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?
On Test Day:
1) How long was the ride to the Test Center from your home?
2) Were there any distractions at the facility or during the Test?
3) What did you do during the two 8-minute breaks?
4) Did you finish any sections early?
5) Did you have to rush to finish any sections (and guess on questions just to finish on time)?
It's possible that you just had a "bad day", but we really need to define the inconsistencies in how you studied so that we 'fix' them before you retest.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
26 Jun 2015, 06:25
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I have seen significant score drops on the real test, but I'll be honest yours is one of the biggest. 
It's impossible to pinpoint exactly what happened, but what I recommend is for you to go through your MGMAT exam data (pulling a score assessment report) and look for areas of weakness. If you show weakness in any content area, that weakness can have a supersized impact on your exam score. For example, I had a student who had a weakness in algebra that wouldn't fully manifest itself on practice exams but seemed to really impact him on test day.
Also, look through your exams to see if you had a tendency to work through the problem correctly but get the wrong answer. Maybe you made a small arithmetic error or inadvertently answered with the wrong choice. Those sorts of errors can be magnified on test day.
KW
It's impossible to pinpoint exactly what happened, but what I recommend is for you to go through your MGMAT exam data (pulling a score assessment report) and look for areas of weakness. If you show weakness in any content area, that weakness can have a supersized impact on your exam score. For example, I had a student who had a weakness in algebra that wouldn't fully manifest itself on practice exams but seemed to really impact him on test day.
Also, look through your exams to see if you had a tendency to work through the problem correctly but get the wrong answer. Maybe you made a small arithmetic error or inadvertently answered with the wrong choice. Those sorts of errors can be magnified on test day.
KW
