guys, i'm done...

Finally took my GMAT today.
I too have joined the BY NOW famous 690(Q48, V35) .

Am I happy ?? Well, i dont know But I am definitely not crying. Very sad to have missed out on the 700.. but not complaing either, because the way the test went, I wouldnt be surprised if I had even got a 600.

My test was scheduled at 10.30.Somehow my timing calculation went wrong and I reached there at 10.32 ! I went in with a panic mood, but AWA was alright. Felt a bit better after that.

As for Math, my God !! I was completely bowled over. The questions were just so difficult. There was some twist to almost every problem. If there was a straightforward problem, then the numbers were quite big. I knew I was wasting a lot of time, on a few problems, but in the 29th question, I glanced up at the time and saw that I had only about 5 minutes left!! I got very nervous. The next problem was easy and after that was a long DS. Probably the question was easy, but I knew I didnt have time to read it. I did one after that. I hurried up until the 33rd question and I had just about 20 secs remaining. I just clicked on the remaining questions to finish the section and not get penalized. I finished the section with 5 secs remaining and my hands shaking.

I was completely let down and thought I completely messed up. During the break, I smsed my husband to tell him this. I was not sure if I even wanted to attempt the Verbal. But went in anyway to realise that I was 2.5 minutes late. Another chill went down my spine Verbal was okay I felt, though the very first SC, I narrowed to two and had to select one for no good reason. There was also another SC where I thought all the choices were bad. Maybe I had gone for the wrong option. The CRs were okay I thought. RC, I got a long passage in the 33-34th question. I thought all the Pearson passages were short. My 35/36th question was a BF CR. This gave me a consolation that may be I was doing well. But obviously I was not. I finished the section with 5 minutes to spare.

So, with all this happening, I was pleasantly surprised to see the 690, that too with 48 in Quant. Either I did my initial questions well , or God thought " poor little one, you've worked hard " and made the last guesses right. Maybe this is one reason that I am not complaing about the score because the way the test went today, I was not expecting anywhere near this range.

But then again.. not a 700 ! That feeling really kills.

I thank each and everyone of you in the club. I dont know what I would have done without you guys. I feel so much a part of the club now and kind'a addicted to it

I think its become a long post now. So time to wind up. If anybody has any quesions, please feel free to ask.