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Concentration: Finance, Human Resources
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GMAT 1: 640 Q47 V31
GMAT 2: 660 Q47 V35
GMAT 3: 700 Q49 V36
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03 Dec 2017, 13:28
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Hi All,
I know many here would be in the same situation as I am and so i am writing this debrief.
My score is not a fancy one, it is jut 640. But i want to share my experience of my journey from 570 - 640.
In year 2016, I went to Princeton review coaching as it is thought to be one of the best institute in Chennai, India. It helped me a little but not a lot. After continuing my self study, i wrote my first GMAT exam and i was highly confident that i will cross the 650 barrier as continuously i was getting around 650 in my MGMAT tests and GMAT prep tests. But It was a great disappointment to see 570 on the screen. I was shattered.
Then due to some office commitments i was not able to give time to my studies and started my journey again from June 2017 onward. It was a little difficult this time due to some personal miss happenings but yes, i was determined to take a shot. I studied from all the official material i had. Gave all MGMAT. Gave some Veritas CATs. My score was constantly around 690 Twice i crossed 700 and in the last CAT (GMAT prep) before final test i scored 730. I was confident to cross 700 barrier. Night before the exam i was not able to sleep because of tension. After taking sleep of about 3 hours only, I started for the Exam center. I was a bit late due to traffic but then i was in a good mood. Exam went good but again i was shocked to see 640. I was not able to comeback of that shock for about a month.
I know many are there who faced the same as i am facing now. I am preparing again and will write the exam sometime in January.
Hope to get expected score this time. I will share my full prep strategy after completing the exam.
Please share your ideas about why there is a huge difference between my mock scores and my final results and what steps shall i take
Thanks
I know many here would be in the same situation as I am and so i am writing this debrief.
My score is not a fancy one, it is jut 640. But i want to share my experience of my journey from 570 - 640.
In year 2016, I went to Princeton review coaching as it is thought to be one of the best institute in Chennai, India. It helped me a little but not a lot. After continuing my self study, i wrote my first GMAT exam and i was highly confident that i will cross the 650 barrier as continuously i was getting around 650 in my MGMAT tests and GMAT prep tests. But It was a great disappointment to see 570 on the screen. I was shattered.
Then due to some office commitments i was not able to give time to my studies and started my journey again from June 2017 onward. It was a little difficult this time due to some personal miss happenings but yes, i was determined to take a shot. I studied from all the official material i had. Gave all MGMAT. Gave some Veritas CATs. My score was constantly around 690 Twice i crossed 700 and in the last CAT (GMAT prep) before final test i scored 730. I was confident to cross 700 barrier. Night before the exam i was not able to sleep because of tension. After taking sleep of about 3 hours only, I started for the Exam center. I was a bit late due to traffic but then i was in a good mood. Exam went good but again i was shocked to see 640. I was not able to comeback of that shock for about a month.
I know many are there who faced the same as i am facing now. I am preparing again and will write the exam sometime in January.
Hope to get expected score this time. I will share my full prep strategy after completing the exam.
Please share your ideas about why there is a huge difference between my mock scores and my final results and what steps shall i take
Thanks
20 Dec 2017, 12:42
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Sorry that you had such a rough experience! But I think you already mostly answered your own question about why your actual score was lower than your practice test scores:
A lot of hard-working people are very much accustomed to "functioning" on little sleep, but I can 100% promise that your cognition will be BADLY impaired if you're not consistently well-rested leading up to your exam. There's a mountain of academic research to support the idea that 1) to reach peak cognitive and physical performance, most people need to consistently get around 8 hours of sleep per night; 2) very, very few people are exceptions to this, though plenty of people swear that they are.
Second, if you were too anxious to sleep well, I suspect strongly that the anxiety hurt your performance on the exam as well. It's not sexy, but I can promise that it played a role -- even if you didn't feel consciously nervous or jittery.
You might want to take a look at this article, in case you recognize some of the other factors: https://gmatclub.com/forum/experts-topi ... 46658.html.
Good luck with the retake! Obviously, you have some pretty good skills, so hopefully you'll feel much more comfortable next time you're in the testing room.
asthagupta
A lot of hard-working people are very much accustomed to "functioning" on little sleep, but I can 100% promise that your cognition will be BADLY impaired if you're not consistently well-rested leading up to your exam. There's a mountain of academic research to support the idea that 1) to reach peak cognitive and physical performance, most people need to consistently get around 8 hours of sleep per night; 2) very, very few people are exceptions to this, though plenty of people swear that they are.
Second, if you were too anxious to sleep well, I suspect strongly that the anxiety hurt your performance on the exam as well. It's not sexy, but I can promise that it played a role -- even if you didn't feel consciously nervous or jittery.
You might want to take a look at this article, in case you recognize some of the other factors: https://gmatclub.com/forum/experts-topi ... 46658.html.
Good luck with the retake! Obviously, you have some pretty good skills, so hopefully you'll feel much more comfortable next time you're in the testing room.
20 Dec 2017, 14:37
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asthagupta
The exact same thing happened with me. In mgmt test and gmat prep test, i scored aorund 650..But on test day I scored 560. The day before test day, I did not sleep well..May be this can be a reason for my low score.
