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09 May 2022, 08:01
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Hi, everybody!
I took my first official GMAT exam in the beginning of March, after 4-5 months of study, and scored an 720. I took it online and had a few technical issues in the beginning, and even though 720 was a good score, I was quite frustrated since I had scored 750-770 in the official mock tests. Since the technical issues at the beginning left me a little nervous and I began the exam with the verbal section, my verbal score took quite a hit: V39, Q50. I usually scored around 40-42 in the verbal section.
During March/April I took 2 weeks off (1 for relaxing, 1 because of covid) and then went back to study. I revisited everything and studied really hard, and in the last 2 weeks I did 8 mock tests from Experts Global, scoring between 740-760 in most of them. Yesterday I retook the exam and I was really relaxed and focused, followed all the instructions and communicated with the proctor during breaks. Before the breaks, I always showed front/back of my whiteboard. After the breaks, I showed front/back of the whiteboard again and I did a 360 tour around the office, showing my table space, under the table and everything... The proctor didn't raise any issue during these moments.
After the exam ended, I was really happy - the unofficial score was 770 (V47, Q49), with IR 8. It was, honestly, higher than I was expecting! My goal was a 750 score.
When I was reorganizing my desk space, which was empty apart from my notebook + whiteboard + passport + glass of water, I completely froze. There was a post it on my wall, in front of the desk, during the whole time - I've had it in this wall for so long (over a year) that I >completely< forgot about it. It's similar to this one: https://www.amazon.com.br/Sticky-Note-M ... 1601063466
I'm really mad at myself, but I know that there's nothing I can do now. Has anybody been through a similar situation?
I took my first official GMAT exam in the beginning of March, after 4-5 months of study, and scored an 720. I took it online and had a few technical issues in the beginning, and even though 720 was a good score, I was quite frustrated since I had scored 750-770 in the official mock tests. Since the technical issues at the beginning left me a little nervous and I began the exam with the verbal section, my verbal score took quite a hit: V39, Q50. I usually scored around 40-42 in the verbal section.
During March/April I took 2 weeks off (1 for relaxing, 1 because of covid) and then went back to study. I revisited everything and studied really hard, and in the last 2 weeks I did 8 mock tests from Experts Global, scoring between 740-760 in most of them. Yesterday I retook the exam and I was really relaxed and focused, followed all the instructions and communicated with the proctor during breaks. Before the breaks, I always showed front/back of my whiteboard. After the breaks, I showed front/back of the whiteboard again and I did a 360 tour around the office, showing my table space, under the table and everything... The proctor didn't raise any issue during these moments.
After the exam ended, I was really happy - the unofficial score was 770 (V47, Q49), with IR 8. It was, honestly, higher than I was expecting! My goal was a 750 score.
When I was reorganizing my desk space, which was empty apart from my notebook + whiteboard + passport + glass of water, I completely froze. There was a post it on my wall, in front of the desk, during the whole time - I've had it in this wall for so long (over a year) that I >completely< forgot about it. It's similar to this one: https://www.amazon.com.br/Sticky-Note-M ... 1601063466
I'm really mad at myself, but I know that there's nothing I can do now. Has anybody been through a similar situation?
09 May 2022, 08:52
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Hi. Congrats on your score! That's awesome! Let's wait and see. Usually it's not canceled for dumb reasons like that or at least we have not had people complaining about scores being canceled but there is a clause about study notes and materials. I feel that's more for the sake of keeping people from stealing questions from the test rather than studying but that's not specified.
PS. I honestly don't think they will notice it. Could have been a calendar/etc. The camera is not high enough quality.
Wicked Score!
PS. I honestly don't think they will notice it. Could have been a calendar/etc. The camera is not high enough quality.
Wicked Score!
