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12 Jun 2020, 05:52
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I just appeared for my official GMAT test on 06 Jun 20 after undertaking about 3 months of preparations. I scored 610 (Q 47, V 27), and since the time I saw that score on my exam screen, I have lost my appetite, sleep, and peace of mind. I had taken several mocks leading to the actual GMAT exam in real testing conditions and had no reason to doubt my ability to score in the range from 690-710.
The details of the mocks I took and the scores I received in each of them are as under:
1. 29 Mar 20 -Veritas- 650 (Q 48 V 32)
2. 05 Apr 20 e-GMAT (Sigma X) 610 (Q 43 V 30)
3. 12 Apr 20 e-GMAT (Sigma X) 680 (Q 46 V 37)
4. 20 Apr 20 e-GMAT (Sigma X) 670 (Q 44 V 37)
5. 03 May 20 e-GMAT (Sigma X) 710 (Q 45 V 41)
6. 17 May 20 Official Prac 1 (GMAC) 690 (Q 48 V 35)
7. 24 May 20 Official Prac 2 (GMAC) 720 (Q 49 V 41)
8. 03 Jun 20 Expert Global 690 (Q49 V 34).
I have booked another appointment for the GMAT exam on 24 Jun 20. I will be taking the test from the same center where I had appeared this time. I have analyzed my test-taking experience and have realised that I was going too fast in my verbal section because of which I would have made certain avoidable mistakes. I can recollect that I had about 30-35 min left on the clock when I just had 10 more questions to go on the verbal section.
I have purchased the official practice exam pack 3 & 4 to verify myself before appearing for the test again.
I would require your expertise to help me sail through this last part of the GMAT journey and attain a 700+ score. I have taken leave from office, so I have full day to commit to the preparation of GMAT.
Thanks for helping.
Regards everyone.
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The details of the mocks I took and the scores I received in each of them are as under:
1. 29 Mar 20 -Veritas- 650 (Q 48 V 32)
2. 05 Apr 20 e-GMAT (Sigma X) 610 (Q 43 V 30)
3. 12 Apr 20 e-GMAT (Sigma X) 680 (Q 46 V 37)
4. 20 Apr 20 e-GMAT (Sigma X) 670 (Q 44 V 37)
5. 03 May 20 e-GMAT (Sigma X) 710 (Q 45 V 41)
6. 17 May 20 Official Prac 1 (GMAC) 690 (Q 48 V 35)
7. 24 May 20 Official Prac 2 (GMAC) 720 (Q 49 V 41)
8. 03 Jun 20 Expert Global 690 (Q49 V 34).
I have booked another appointment for the GMAT exam on 24 Jun 20. I will be taking the test from the same center where I had appeared this time. I have analyzed my test-taking experience and have realised that I was going too fast in my verbal section because of which I would have made certain avoidable mistakes. I can recollect that I had about 30-35 min left on the clock when I just had 10 more questions to go on the verbal section.
I have purchased the official practice exam pack 3 & 4 to verify myself before appearing for the test again.
I would require your expertise to help me sail through this last part of the GMAT journey and attain a 700+ score. I have taken leave from office, so I have full day to commit to the preparation of GMAT.
Thanks for helping.
Regards everyone.
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12 Jun 2020, 11:19
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Hi manishred07,
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. Before we discuss any of those potential issues though, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) Your profile includes another GMAT Score (a 690). Is that an Official Score - and if so, then when did you take that GMAT?
2) For this most recent attempt, how many hours did you typically study each week?
3) What study materials have you used over the course of ALL of your studies?
4) Did you take any other practice CATs/mocks besides the ones that you listed?
Goals:
5) What is your overall goal score?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
You might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
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. Before we discuss any of those potential issues though, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) Your profile includes another GMAT Score (a 690). Is that an Official Score - and if so, then when did you take that GMAT?
2) For this most recent attempt, how many hours did you typically study each week?
3) What study materials have you used over the course of ALL of your studies?
4) Did you take any other practice CATs/mocks besides the ones that you listed?
Goals:
5) What is your overall goal score?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
You might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
12 Jun 2020, 11:45
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Hi manishred07,
The good news is that you scored really well on quant, right? That said, I understand that you are not satisfied with your verbal score, so the question we need to ask is why you scored so high on your practice exams but lower on the real GMAT.
Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than V27. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses. You also may find my article with more information regarding
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT helpful.
If you’d like more specific advice on how to improve your quant and verbal skills, feel free to reach back out. Good luck!
The good news is that you scored really well on quant, right? That said, I understand that you are not satisfied with your verbal score, so the question we need to ask is why you scored so high on your practice exams but lower on the real GMAT.
Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than V27. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses. You also may find my article with more information regarding
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT helpful.
If you’d like more specific advice on how to improve your quant and verbal skills, feel free to reach back out. Good luck!
