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05 Nov 2018, 13:01
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Hello guys,
I am really disappointed. I was about to give up all the GMAT things and my MSc journey.
This is what happened:
GMAT prep 3 710 (Q50, V35)
GMAT prep 4 710 (Q50, V35) <- 2 questions wrong in Quant (#1, #4)
I gave MGMAT twice: Q50 and Q49. GMAT club tests: on general ~Q45 and twice Q38... (both were surprising...) all the tests were timed, in exam mode. However, I could do better on these gmatclub tests - I didn't focus that much and just rushed on questions just to familiarize myself with the content. I mean if I couldn't get the problem right in 1-2mins, I just used to skip it (guess) and check the correct solution afterwards.
Real gmat: 570 (Q41,v28) - what a shame.......
-> no number properties, which are my score boosters, problems (literally 1 or 2)
-> ~60% of Quant section questions were word problems; some extremely hard questions at the very beginning (I've never seen similar questions before - couldn't get the pattern at all) IS THAT NORMAL? I encountered no overlapping sets, no absolute value, no statistics problems... not a single!!! I remember only few geometry and tons of word problems (combined with geometry/volumes/etc) . Two hard combinatorics problems (which I'm sure I got correct) and one easy probability question. One easy work problem and one easy distance problem.
-> 3 veeery long passages and one short - forced me to guess on one whole RC (4 questions in a row)
-> ~80% accuracy in CR went to about 30% (my feelings) - two bold face Qs
-> ~100% accuracy in SC maintained - very easy problems
I found all the quant questions different.... they were questions that I've never encountered anywhere. GMAT prep questions were 100% different, as if it were a completely other exam.
I cancelled the score immediately and barely resisted the urge to punch the screen. I suffer from insomnia, I couldn't sleep the whole night before. My exam was at 11:30 am, now I have to take the next at 8:30 am.
Should I buy ESR? What are your recommendations?
I am really disappointed. I was about to give up all the GMAT things and my MSc journey.
This is what happened:
GMAT prep 3 710 (Q50, V35)
GMAT prep 4 710 (Q50, V35) <- 2 questions wrong in Quant (#1, #4)
I gave MGMAT twice: Q50 and Q49. GMAT club tests: on general ~Q45 and twice Q38... (both were surprising...) all the tests were timed, in exam mode. However, I could do better on these gmatclub tests - I didn't focus that much and just rushed on questions just to familiarize myself with the content. I mean if I couldn't get the problem right in 1-2mins, I just used to skip it (guess) and check the correct solution afterwards.
Real gmat: 570 (Q41,v28) - what a shame.......
-> no number properties, which are my score boosters, problems (literally 1 or 2)
-> ~60% of Quant section questions were word problems; some extremely hard questions at the very beginning (I've never seen similar questions before - couldn't get the pattern at all) IS THAT NORMAL? I encountered no overlapping sets, no absolute value, no statistics problems... not a single!!! I remember only few geometry and tons of word problems (combined with geometry/volumes/etc) . Two hard combinatorics problems (which I'm sure I got correct) and one easy probability question. One easy work problem and one easy distance problem.
-> 3 veeery long passages and one short - forced me to guess on one whole RC (4 questions in a row)
-> ~80% accuracy in CR went to about 30% (my feelings) - two bold face Qs
-> ~100% accuracy in SC maintained - very easy problems
I found all the quant questions different.... they were questions that I've never encountered anywhere. GMAT prep questions were 100% different, as if it were a completely other exam.
I cancelled the score immediately and barely resisted the urge to punch the screen. I suffer from insomnia, I couldn't sleep the whole night before. My exam was at 11:30 am, now I have to take the next at 8:30 am.
Should I buy ESR? What are your recommendations?
05 Nov 2018, 15:08
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Hi Kaczet,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day did not go as well as hoped. I'm not sure how literal you were being about how you slept the night before your Exam, but if you slept very little then that could have significantly impacted your performance. Unfortunately, that's probably not enough to explain a 140 point drop in Score though, so there are other factors that we have to consider.
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 (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
You mentioned that you would have to take your next GMAT at 8:30. Have you already scheduled it (and if so, then what is the date?)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day did not go as well as hoped. I'm not sure how literal you were being about how you slept the night before your Exam, but if you slept very little then that could have significantly impacted your performance. Unfortunately, that's probably not enough to explain a 140 point drop in Score though, so there are other factors that we have to consider.
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 (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
You mentioned that you would have to take your next GMAT at 8:30. Have you already scheduled it (and if so, then what is the date?)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
05 Nov 2018, 15:29
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Hello EMPOWERgmatRichC,
I think I didn't sleep at all this night. I checked my phone several times as I couldn't really fall asleep (I've been suffering from insomnia for a few years now. I took double the dose of trazodone and it didn't work at all). I might have fallen asleep for an hour or two but I am not really sure.
I'm scheduling the 2nd attempt on November, 21 (16 days from today). I will have to wait till December if I want to write at 11:30 am. I have three exams at my university and IELTS in December so that's not an option. I'm really puzzled, I don't know whether I can manage it all: the GMAT, the exams, the IELTS and my job... I was really deprived from sleep for few last weeks, I feel too exhausted to maintain this lifestyle. I need a rest. What do I do... the university requires that the documents be submitted in January at the latest. Sorry for being such a weeper but I really don't know what to do. I was 100% sure to destroy the Quant after the Exam prep 4 (29/31). But the real gmat turned out to be a completely different exam. Everything I learned seemed useless; every pattern I learned seemed useless. I will not have the comfort to sleep the night before. I'm so devastated. I need 650 at least.
While my MGMAT cats were untimed and totally not realistic, GMAT 3 & 4 exams were taken outside of my home and without any breaks / external help. Now it turns out that my CATs weren't realistic as I could sleep the day before (I got a week off at job 01/11 - 04/11). I just need the 650 (Q,V), the university doesn't want me to take the IR and AWA sections. I think I may get this score with the proper set of questions but it'll be best to get a 650 on 21 November. Should I continue studying with GMAT Club's CATs? They didn't seem similar to what I experienced yesterday. I applied few patterns but there were too many word problems I couldn't comprehend: it wasn't the counting problem in this case. I just couldn't get the questions, which were like "xxx cm^2 of water is poured into a container of Y square meters area, what is the height (z liters is p cm^2, etc.)" so I jumped into aha.. it's area * height = water poured .. these questions just weren't what I had expected.
I took the Quant -> Verbal order. I felt good during quant, I just couldn't figure out the patterns. No signs of tiredness. (Now I feel dizzy but it's 11:30 PM in my country) Questions seemed too unfamiliar... Too many word problems, too many geometry, too few arithmetic... During the Verbal I KNEW THAT THE QUANT WAS GOING TO BE Q40-Q44.... I couldn't focus. I needed to re-read CR stems even three times to comprehend. At the end of the day I believe I'm somewhere between V28-32 so that's not something that I'm worried about. But quant.... drop from ~90 percentile to a ~50 percentile.......
Should I study word problems or gmat club's cats. I can devote 1,5 hours a day. I'll be good to know how frequent the situation that word problems are the majority of the content tested is. So a GMAT Tutor or a student who has already taken gmat 3+ times would be able to counsel me expediently.
Thank you very much.
I think I didn't sleep at all this night. I checked my phone several times as I couldn't really fall asleep (I've been suffering from insomnia for a few years now. I took double the dose of trazodone and it didn't work at all). I might have fallen asleep for an hour or two but I am not really sure.
I'm scheduling the 2nd attempt on November, 21 (16 days from today). I will have to wait till December if I want to write at 11:30 am. I have three exams at my university and IELTS in December so that's not an option. I'm really puzzled, I don't know whether I can manage it all: the GMAT, the exams, the IELTS and my job... I was really deprived from sleep for few last weeks, I feel too exhausted to maintain this lifestyle. I need a rest. What do I do... the university requires that the documents be submitted in January at the latest. Sorry for being such a weeper but I really don't know what to do. I was 100% sure to destroy the Quant after the Exam prep 4 (29/31). But the real gmat turned out to be a completely different exam. Everything I learned seemed useless; every pattern I learned seemed useless. I will not have the comfort to sleep the night before. I'm so devastated. I need 650 at least.
While my MGMAT cats were untimed and totally not realistic, GMAT 3 & 4 exams were taken outside of my home and without any breaks / external help. Now it turns out that my CATs weren't realistic as I could sleep the day before (I got a week off at job 01/11 - 04/11). I just need the 650 (Q,V), the university doesn't want me to take the IR and AWA sections. I think I may get this score with the proper set of questions but it'll be best to get a 650 on 21 November. Should I continue studying with GMAT Club's CATs? They didn't seem similar to what I experienced yesterday. I applied few patterns but there were too many word problems I couldn't comprehend: it wasn't the counting problem in this case. I just couldn't get the questions, which were like "xxx cm^2 of water is poured into a container of Y square meters area, what is the height (z liters is p cm^2, etc.)" so I jumped into aha.. it's area * height = water poured .. these questions just weren't what I had expected.
I took the Quant -> Verbal order. I felt good during quant, I just couldn't figure out the patterns. No signs of tiredness. (Now I feel dizzy but it's 11:30 PM in my country) Questions seemed too unfamiliar... Too many word problems, too many geometry, too few arithmetic... During the Verbal I KNEW THAT THE QUANT WAS GOING TO BE Q40-Q44.... I couldn't focus. I needed to re-read CR stems even three times to comprehend. At the end of the day I believe I'm somewhere between V28-32 so that's not something that I'm worried about. But quant.... drop from ~90 percentile to a ~50 percentile.......
Should I study word problems or gmat club's cats. I can devote 1,5 hours a day. I'll be good to know how frequent the situation that word problems are the majority of the content tested is. So a GMAT Tutor or a student who has already taken gmat 3+ times would be able to counsel me expediently.
Thank you very much.
