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02 Jul 2015, 05:33
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Hi All,
I wrote a few months ago how to get a tutor. I promised that i would write an email each time after coming back from test center; either a happy or sad story. I am going to try not to convey the amount of frustration, sadness, and anger that i feel. I just finished my test and it was pure disaster. 410. Never seen a score so low... I started my journey on September with a 420, then i went to the Manhattan gmat course, put the hours after 2 months and 1/2 i got a 460. Then i hired a tutor from Manhattan gmat, raging from 520 - 580 my tutor has been "watching me" doing problems and he says everything i am doing is fine, just minor content areas, and a little bit of focus, nothing "too drastic". Bear with me.
2 weeks ago i score 580 using Manhattan gmat, my tutor was expecting a 600 based on how i've worked and all, but 1 week ago i dowloaded the MBA dot com software and i got a 450, i was interrupted by my roommates all the time, and well, i had some drama that day so i thought that those situations contributed to that, and since this score was to low i could just ignore it, but from that point on 450 haunted me like Annabelle (yeah like that Doll from the movie).
In addition, i took the test and i was curiously behind the clock all the time for about 10 minutes (i arrived to the test center 10 minutes late, Cab drivers in Dubai!), i realized about this and i was more nervous and stressed than ever. I have to say that in Quant i knew i was doing awfully bad by the end of the test, but in Verbal i started really good, with 600 - 700s "hard" sentence correction questions, long passages, with 3 paragraphs, lots of technicalities and well. i was like "i am doing great", but again i was 10 minutes behind time, at the end and middle of the test i had to guess questions and it was just not good. I was always late with the test.
Some Perspective
You might say, why do you write this depressing e-mail? Well... First because i need to believe and reassurance that i am not stupid. I can tackle some of those 700 problems on time! I do not know what the F is wrong with me? Second, what do you guys recommend based on this situation?. I have to say that at this point i hate my life, in every aspect but my Job (I love my job Designing Skyscrapers and other stuff...). I am sacrificing so much for this test. I eat and drink gmat, FLASHCARDS EVERYWHERE, do problems every time i can, i stopped working out, i do not go to the Gym, neither play either tennis nor Rugby, i stopped my volunteering, going out, I had to change my apartment to keep up with the demands of this gmat lifestyle, i was dateless in Seattle and i am dateless in Dubai part because of the gmat. Since i am recent expat in Dubai, i realized yesterday while i was meditating, after checking in in a hotel to be "relaxed", that i have been so immersed in the gmat for the last 6 months since i arrived to Dubai that i haven't had the chance to interact with other people but my coworkers. Let's not talk about friendships because i have none in this country because i am obsessed with this test. I do not want to be a complainer. My mentality is always to "suck it up" and work thought it no matter what. i just want you to know my state right now, and to know based on what you've hear the best course of action for people with stories like mine.
I feel none of those sacrifices were worth it. I honestly was expecting a 620 because i know that i can get those problems right! I am not delusional when i say it. I even practiced with the MBA dot com software i was getting all those medium questions right with a hard ones wrong. My guessing is that i am taking this test too seriously.
So please help me. I was so embarrassed when i got the score, i could barely send an email to my tutor telling him the "news".
I appreciate all your comments.
Best regards,
Ricardo
I wrote a few months ago how to get a tutor. I promised that i would write an email each time after coming back from test center; either a happy or sad story. I am going to try not to convey the amount of frustration, sadness, and anger that i feel. I just finished my test and it was pure disaster. 410. Never seen a score so low... I started my journey on September with a 420, then i went to the Manhattan gmat course, put the hours after 2 months and 1/2 i got a 460. Then i hired a tutor from Manhattan gmat, raging from 520 - 580 my tutor has been "watching me" doing problems and he says everything i am doing is fine, just minor content areas, and a little bit of focus, nothing "too drastic". Bear with me.
2 weeks ago i score 580 using Manhattan gmat, my tutor was expecting a 600 based on how i've worked and all, but 1 week ago i dowloaded the MBA dot com software and i got a 450, i was interrupted by my roommates all the time, and well, i had some drama that day so i thought that those situations contributed to that, and since this score was to low i could just ignore it, but from that point on 450 haunted me like Annabelle (yeah like that Doll from the movie).
In addition, i took the test and i was curiously behind the clock all the time for about 10 minutes (i arrived to the test center 10 minutes late, Cab drivers in Dubai!), i realized about this and i was more nervous and stressed than ever. I have to say that in Quant i knew i was doing awfully bad by the end of the test, but in Verbal i started really good, with 600 - 700s "hard" sentence correction questions, long passages, with 3 paragraphs, lots of technicalities and well. i was like "i am doing great", but again i was 10 minutes behind time, at the end and middle of the test i had to guess questions and it was just not good. I was always late with the test.
Some Perspective
You might say, why do you write this depressing e-mail? Well... First because i need to believe and reassurance that i am not stupid. I can tackle some of those 700 problems on time! I do not know what the F is wrong with me? Second, what do you guys recommend based on this situation?. I have to say that at this point i hate my life, in every aspect but my Job (I love my job Designing Skyscrapers and other stuff...). I am sacrificing so much for this test. I eat and drink gmat, FLASHCARDS EVERYWHERE, do problems every time i can, i stopped working out, i do not go to the Gym, neither play either tennis nor Rugby, i stopped my volunteering, going out, I had to change my apartment to keep up with the demands of this gmat lifestyle, i was dateless in Seattle and i am dateless in Dubai part because of the gmat. Since i am recent expat in Dubai, i realized yesterday while i was meditating, after checking in in a hotel to be "relaxed", that i have been so immersed in the gmat for the last 6 months since i arrived to Dubai that i haven't had the chance to interact with other people but my coworkers. Let's not talk about friendships because i have none in this country because i am obsessed with this test. I do not want to be a complainer. My mentality is always to "suck it up" and work thought it no matter what. i just want you to know my state right now, and to know based on what you've hear the best course of action for people with stories like mine.
I feel none of those sacrifices were worth it. I honestly was expecting a 620 because i know that i can get those problems right! I am not delusional when i say it. I even practiced with the MBA dot com software i was getting all those medium questions right with a hard ones wrong. My guessing is that i am taking this test too seriously.
So please help me. I was so embarrassed when i got the score, i could barely send an email to my tutor telling him the "news".
I appreciate all your comments.
Best regards,
Ricardo
03 Jul 2015, 13:58
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Hi raaroncr,
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.
I'm going to start with how you practiced. If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, listen to music, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?
Thankfully, the GMAT is the same predictable, standardized Test that it's always been, so once we figure out what went wrong, you should be able to continue studying and score at a higher level.
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.
I'm going to start with how you practiced. If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, listen to music, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?
Thankfully, the GMAT is the same predictable, standardized Test that it's always been, so once we figure out what went wrong, you should be able to continue studying and score at a higher level.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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