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29 Jul 2015, 15:44
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I took the official GMAT yesterday.
I started studying for the GMAT at the end of April. I was extremely busy until the middle of May, with working three jobs and taking an undergraduate class that I didn't get to study very much at first. I quit two of the jobs, since I'm going to be going back to school, and had planned to spend the summer studying hard for the GMAT. However, my beloved Labrador retriever died of cancer at the end of May, and it actually hit me really hard, way harder than I thought it would, and so I really didn't study as much as I should have for almost the whole month of June. I only really got into studying intensely about three weeks ago.
The first practice test I took was a Manhattan and I got a 550 on it. I hadn't studied very much before that. I had basically only looked at the types of problems that were on the test.
I signed up for Magoosh after finding them via this forum. It is a very helpful site, they have lots of videos, and it was cheap compared to other websites. I had intended to watch all the videos, and again, didn't really start in on them until far too late. I also signed up to take a GMAT class at the local university. It was six weeks long, twice a week for two hours. They gave you the GMAT OG and had you work specific problems and then we would talk about the problems. We had a pre-test before the course, which I scored a 600 on, and a post-test which I scored a 630 on.
I also bought three of the e-books from Manhattan, the Critical Reasoning, the Sentence Correction and Number Properties. I found these books very helpful. I never did get a chance to use the extra practice tests that come with the books. I suggest to everyone that you take more practice tests than I did and focus on what you missed.
I spent the last two weeks trying to tear through the Magoosh videos. I was pretty nervous the day before and the morning of the test. My test was at 2pm. My husband told me to just do my best and if I had a rotten score to try again. I was fairly calm throughout the test, although the IR really tripped me up. The first question, which was one of those multi-part questions with the multiple tabs, totally tripped me up because I could not figure out what they were asking or how to decipher the graph they gave. I spent far too long trying to figure it out. I wound up having to guess on the last two IR questions because I ran out of time. I ran to the restroom on the first break and splashed water on my face and came back and was calm despite all that through the quant. And here is a general suggestion for everyone: leave your electronics at home or in your car. Don't bring your phone into the test center. I only brought my wallet, my keys, a bottle of water and a small snack bag. I brought the small snack just in case, but I didn't eat it during the test. If you can eat a large meal before going so you don't have to eat during the breaks that will probably be in your best interest. I ate the snack I brought after the exam was over, so maybe bring one to eat after. I spent almost five minutes just going to the bathroom and drinking some water during the breaks, if this gives you an idea of how long you have to spend. This way I didn't have to worry about going over the time for the break, which would stress anyone out! Eight minutes isn't long enough to do much. Anyway...
I took the second break and came back and was feeling pretty good until about three-quarters of the way through the verbal. I started getting really nervous again about what my score would be and lost focus on the last few verbal questions. I might have had a little higher score if I had managed to avoid that, because my score on my last practice test for verbal had been a point higher, and I had improved my quant score by a point too. But it's okay.
I got a 630 yesterday, and while originally I had wanted closer to a 700, practically it wasn't going to happen with my lack of studying. I think I could have gotten there, if most of my summer hadn't been so sad. The school that I'm applying to, the average GMAT score is 600, so I'm good. I am done! And happy with what I got.
Here's the breakdown:
IR 3 (evil evil thing, I got a 7 on the pre-test)
Quant 39
Verbal 37 (I really shouldn't have lost focus!)
Total 630
I think that this forum was very good and the people here are very helpful.
I started studying for the GMAT at the end of April. I was extremely busy until the middle of May, with working three jobs and taking an undergraduate class that I didn't get to study very much at first. I quit two of the jobs, since I'm going to be going back to school, and had planned to spend the summer studying hard for the GMAT. However, my beloved Labrador retriever died of cancer at the end of May, and it actually hit me really hard, way harder than I thought it would, and so I really didn't study as much as I should have for almost the whole month of June. I only really got into studying intensely about three weeks ago.
The first practice test I took was a Manhattan and I got a 550 on it. I hadn't studied very much before that. I had basically only looked at the types of problems that were on the test.
I signed up for Magoosh after finding them via this forum. It is a very helpful site, they have lots of videos, and it was cheap compared to other websites. I had intended to watch all the videos, and again, didn't really start in on them until far too late. I also signed up to take a GMAT class at the local university. It was six weeks long, twice a week for two hours. They gave you the GMAT OG and had you work specific problems and then we would talk about the problems. We had a pre-test before the course, which I scored a 600 on, and a post-test which I scored a 630 on.
I also bought three of the e-books from Manhattan, the Critical Reasoning, the Sentence Correction and Number Properties. I found these books very helpful. I never did get a chance to use the extra practice tests that come with the books. I suggest to everyone that you take more practice tests than I did and focus on what you missed.
I spent the last two weeks trying to tear through the Magoosh videos. I was pretty nervous the day before and the morning of the test. My test was at 2pm. My husband told me to just do my best and if I had a rotten score to try again. I was fairly calm throughout the test, although the IR really tripped me up. The first question, which was one of those multi-part questions with the multiple tabs, totally tripped me up because I could not figure out what they were asking or how to decipher the graph they gave. I spent far too long trying to figure it out. I wound up having to guess on the last two IR questions because I ran out of time. I ran to the restroom on the first break and splashed water on my face and came back and was calm despite all that through the quant. And here is a general suggestion for everyone: leave your electronics at home or in your car. Don't bring your phone into the test center. I only brought my wallet, my keys, a bottle of water and a small snack bag. I brought the small snack just in case, but I didn't eat it during the test. If you can eat a large meal before going so you don't have to eat during the breaks that will probably be in your best interest. I ate the snack I brought after the exam was over, so maybe bring one to eat after. I spent almost five minutes just going to the bathroom and drinking some water during the breaks, if this gives you an idea of how long you have to spend. This way I didn't have to worry about going over the time for the break, which would stress anyone out! Eight minutes isn't long enough to do much. Anyway...
I took the second break and came back and was feeling pretty good until about three-quarters of the way through the verbal. I started getting really nervous again about what my score would be and lost focus on the last few verbal questions. I might have had a little higher score if I had managed to avoid that, because my score on my last practice test for verbal had been a point higher, and I had improved my quant score by a point too. But it's okay.
I got a 630 yesterday, and while originally I had wanted closer to a 700, practically it wasn't going to happen with my lack of studying. I think I could have gotten there, if most of my summer hadn't been so sad. The school that I'm applying to, the average GMAT score is 600, so I'm good. I am done! And happy with what I got.
Here's the breakdown:
IR 3 (evil evil thing, I got a 7 on the pre-test)
Quant 39
Verbal 37 (I really shouldn't have lost focus!)
Total 630
I think that this forum was very good and the people here are very helpful.
29 Jul 2015, 20:01
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TdePayen
You still got a 37 (83%) on verbal? That's a great score.
30 Jul 2015, 08:57
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AjiteshArun
Thanks! The verbal was my strong point. I probably could have gotten into the 90% if I'd not gotten silly on myself. I wish I could have worked harder on the math. My problem is, I'm older and it had been a looonnnngg time since I'd done most of the math on the GMAT
