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21 Nov 2019, 20:48
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Hi Guys,
I appeared for GMAT exam first time in September 2018 and I managed 650 (Q49 V29), which was below average for the institutes I am targeting. I felt my verbal section is underpreprared especially SC section. So before appearing for the second time, I gave loads and loads of time to SC and CR, practiced all hard questions (level>700) and I was able to manage accuracy of 60-65%. I gave 6 Kaplan Mock test (scored 710 and above in all of them) and 2 GMAT Prep test (scored 740 in both of them). I was pretty confident this time that I will get more than 720 in actual GMAT.
I gave second attempt on 19th Nov, 2019 and to my utter dissappointment I got a shocking score of 600 (Q49 V24). I am really really disappointed , frustrated and depressed with the score I got. I am really not able to find gap in my preparation. I dont know what went wrong on test day, in which section I performed poor.
I gave plenty of time to SC and CR not that much to RC, I feel RC questions let me down. I followed the startegy fo spending maximum time to top 20 questions so that accuraucy is higher and then for the last remaining questions as time left was very less so I rushed with RC and looked for RC and CR questions. Please let me know what should be the exact startegy to score higher on verbal? What new should I do before appearing again ? Need a serious mentor help.
I appeared for GMAT exam first time in September 2018 and I managed 650 (Q49 V29), which was below average for the institutes I am targeting. I felt my verbal section is underpreprared especially SC section. So before appearing for the second time, I gave loads and loads of time to SC and CR, practiced all hard questions (level>700) and I was able to manage accuracy of 60-65%. I gave 6 Kaplan Mock test (scored 710 and above in all of them) and 2 GMAT Prep test (scored 740 in both of them). I was pretty confident this time that I will get more than 720 in actual GMAT.
I gave second attempt on 19th Nov, 2019 and to my utter dissappointment I got a shocking score of 600 (Q49 V24). I am really really disappointed , frustrated and depressed with the score I got. I am really not able to find gap in my preparation. I dont know what went wrong on test day, in which section I performed poor.
I gave plenty of time to SC and CR not that much to RC, I feel RC questions let me down. I followed the startegy fo spending maximum time to top 20 questions so that accuraucy is higher and then for the last remaining questions as time left was very less so I rushed with RC and looked for RC and CR questions. Please let me know what should be the exact startegy to score higher on verbal? What new should I do before appearing again ? Need a serious mentor help.
21 Nov 2019, 21:34
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Hi,
I am sad to hear about your experiences. I do not know in which environment you gave the mock exams and official exam? I am referring to the time, mind set, confidence, etc. There is a big drop in your score which raises many questions. You were able to maintain Q49. Are you referring 60-65% accuracy in hard level or all levels? Did you practiced these question under timer? What was your test day experience?
One of the possible reasons is that you made many errors in easy/medium level questions in first 2 sets and you were unable to recover after that. Also, taking RC lightly or considering it as not so important is a big mistake. Approx. 13-14 questions comes from it. Most likely you will make errors if you do not read and understand the passage. Those errors will be consecutive. I am sure, you must have seen at least 1-2 RC passages in first 20 questions. How did you tackled them?
You need to change your strategy. The only way to get some hint about your performance is to order your 'ESR'. Once you get it, we can talk further and ask for expert replies.
I am sad to hear about your experiences. I do not know in which environment you gave the mock exams and official exam? I am referring to the time, mind set, confidence, etc. There is a big drop in your score which raises many questions. You were able to maintain Q49. Are you referring 60-65% accuracy in hard level or all levels? Did you practiced these question under timer? What was your test day experience?
One of the possible reasons is that you made many errors in easy/medium level questions in first 2 sets and you were unable to recover after that. Also, taking RC lightly or considering it as not so important is a big mistake. Approx. 13-14 questions comes from it. Most likely you will make errors if you do not read and understand the passage. Those errors will be consecutive. I am sure, you must have seen at least 1-2 RC passages in first 20 questions. How did you tackled them?
You need to change your strategy. The only way to get some hint about your performance is to order your 'ESR'. Once you get it, we can talk further and ask for expert replies.
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