EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi Eksha22,
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:
1) I remember that you took the GMAT back in 2022. How long have you studied for this 2nd attempt? How many hours did you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used over the course of ALL of your studies? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
If you took this Official GMAT at a Test Center, then 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
Contact Rich at: Rich.C@empowergmat.comwww.empowergmat.comHi,
Thanks for your reply
1) I remember that you took the GMAT back in 2022. How long have you studied for this 2nd attempt? How many hours did you typically study each week?
I started my prep in June. I studied for around 4-5 hours on the weekdays and maybe more on weekends from August after my workload was comparatively lighter. I can now dedicate around 3 hours on weekdays. (I am planning to take the test in 3 weeks)
2) What study materials have you used over the course of ALL of your studies? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
I bought
e-gmat course and revised the topics from there. I practiced verbal by filtering
OG questions in GMAT club
forum quiz. I have pretty much exhausted that. For quants, I mostly practiced questions from
MGMAT and
OG (on GMAT CLUB)
I attempted official mocks 1,2,3, and 4
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
I took my mocks on the weekends. So there was atleast a 7 day gap between the mocks. Except the last two. They were just 2-3 days apart. My scores were 740 V40 Q50
760 V46 Q49
760 V42 Q50
730 V41 Q49
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to? I wish to apply to ISB. I haven't explored other options yet. I wanted to get a better score first. My my main focus is on ISB. I was waitlisted last year.
I wish to reattempt the test in 3 weeks. What approach do you suggest for this last stretch?