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14 Aug 2016, 12:59
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Hi,
I've been aiming for an average score (560 as that is what my Business school requires). Before I started studying I took a practice test and scored a 550. I studied for a few months as I realized I didn't have much to improve on. I studied with the Princeton review, Manhattan, Viewed some classes on Vistas and economist. I took quite a few practice tests while studying and got around the early 540-560. I usually perform well under pressure so I assumed my score would increase once I got to the test center. Once I sat the GMAT I score a 380! Im just so confused how I could perform so low after months of studying. I took a few practice tests on Manhattan and scored around 550 on those, I once again sat for the GMAT and got an even lower score than before. Im just lost so If anyone can help/give me some advice I would really appreciate it.
I've been aiming for an average score (560 as that is what my Business school requires). Before I started studying I took a practice test and scored a 550. I studied for a few months as I realized I didn't have much to improve on. I studied with the Princeton review, Manhattan, Viewed some classes on Vistas and economist. I took quite a few practice tests while studying and got around the early 540-560. I usually perform well under pressure so I assumed my score would increase once I got to the test center. Once I sat the GMAT I score a 380! Im just so confused how I could perform so low after months of studying. I took a few practice tests on Manhattan and scored around 550 on those, I once again sat for the GMAT and got an even lower score than before. Im just lost so If anyone can help/give me some advice I would really appreciate it.
14 Aug 2016, 20:50
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Hi ali123,
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. 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 each time (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, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE?
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. 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 each time (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, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
14 Aug 2016, 20:58
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Thanks so much for responding.
On manhattan I took the first practice test without Essay or IR and had a higher score. However, I took 2 others with the Essay and IR included.
I did take all my practice tests at home and no I didn't take them the same time as my GMAT. Sometimes I took them at night sometimes during the afternoon.
When i took my first GMAT at the test center it was in the evening, the second time was in the morning.
I took about 6 full practice tests all together. So maybe similar questions came up, Im not sure. I took 3 from Princeton review and 3 from Manhattan (one without essay/IR) and one on economist.
For most of the practice tests I took them straight through like the GMAT, however I did pause a few times on one or two of the practice tests.
On manhattan I took the first practice test without Essay or IR and had a higher score. However, I took 2 others with the Essay and IR included.
I did take all my practice tests at home and no I didn't take them the same time as my GMAT. Sometimes I took them at night sometimes during the afternoon.
When i took my first GMAT at the test center it was in the evening, the second time was in the morning.
I took about 6 full practice tests all together. So maybe similar questions came up, Im not sure. I took 3 from Princeton review and 3 from Manhattan (one without essay/IR) and one on economist.
For most of the practice tests I took them straight through like the GMAT, however I did pause a few times on one or two of the practice tests.
EMPOWERgmatRichC
