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I took the GMATPrep Practise Test 1 yesterday and scored a bad 660 with Q 48 (10 incorrect off 37) and V 32 (14 incorrect off 41). Not totally disappointed but in one way happy that if I would have scored above 720, that am actually targeting, perhaps I would have loosen up a bit with my last few days of preparation before the Big Day. Certain nuances that I observed and need some clarification.
1. Logic and Prediction - Am glad that for most questions, while I was reading the question itself, I could identify what was wrong and logically predict an optimum answer. However, a couple of them took me by surprise after considering the given options, typically stuck with two or three of them and had to spend considerable amount of time to judge and come up with the right answer. In that sense, am sure I am on the right track.
2. Timing and speed - Totally sucked at it. I was taking up too long, over 2 minutes for most questions, just to make sure or recheck that my approach wasn't wrong. I was trying to be more careful than perhaps required and yet, got some very straight questions wrong. Verbal got me very bad at this. Lost all my time with a mere 5 minutes left to answer the last four, which I blindly guessed and got all four wrong - in order. This dramatically reduced my score.
3. Hard levels - This is one thing am still not able to judge properly. I must admit that I felt the practice test was pretty easy. For most questions my approach was moderately good yet, I was only wasting more time to not to miss out on subtle and significant aspects of the question stems. I wonder if the real GMAT is pretty much in the same levels of hard questions?
4. Score estimations - With 32 on verbal having the last 4 questions all incorrect in an order, how much would my score have improved if I would have been able to get at least two correct alternatively? Also, can those who have already given the GMAT post the range in which your GMATPrep and the actual GMAT scores differed? This I think, will help me estimate the levels and number of hard questions.
5. Approach - I noticed that focus, speed and time are the only factors. The more focused one is, the faster we will be able to solve the questions and the more time is available for the latter questions. And with focus, I mean decreased carelessness.
I request some of the members to reply to this thread with some encouraging posts, nuances they would have observed that might bring down the score, best suggested material to stay on track and possibly improve focus. Especially, I would need some guidance towards points 3 and 4 as mentioned above.
Collective encouragement is always mutually benefiting.
1. Logic and Prediction - Am glad that for most questions, while I was reading the question itself, I could identify what was wrong and logically predict an optimum answer. However, a couple of them took me by surprise after considering the given options, typically stuck with two or three of them and had to spend considerable amount of time to judge and come up with the right answer. In that sense, am sure I am on the right track.
2. Timing and speed - Totally sucked at it. I was taking up too long, over 2 minutes for most questions, just to make sure or recheck that my approach wasn't wrong. I was trying to be more careful than perhaps required and yet, got some very straight questions wrong. Verbal got me very bad at this. Lost all my time with a mere 5 minutes left to answer the last four, which I blindly guessed and got all four wrong - in order. This dramatically reduced my score.
3. Hard levels - This is one thing am still not able to judge properly. I must admit that I felt the practice test was pretty easy. For most questions my approach was moderately good yet, I was only wasting more time to not to miss out on subtle and significant aspects of the question stems. I wonder if the real GMAT is pretty much in the same levels of hard questions?
4. Score estimations - With 32 on verbal having the last 4 questions all incorrect in an order, how much would my score have improved if I would have been able to get at least two correct alternatively? Also, can those who have already given the GMAT post the range in which your GMATPrep and the actual GMAT scores differed? This I think, will help me estimate the levels and number of hard questions.
5. Approach - I noticed that focus, speed and time are the only factors. The more focused one is, the faster we will be able to solve the questions and the more time is available for the latter questions. And with focus, I mean decreased carelessness.
I request some of the members to reply to this thread with some encouraging posts, nuances they would have observed that might bring down the score, best suggested material to stay on track and possibly improve focus. Especially, I would need some guidance towards points 3 and 4 as mentioned above.
Collective encouragement is always mutually benefiting.
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