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06 Jun 2007, 20:27
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Hi everyone:
I took my first gmat on june 4th after about 2.5 months of studying. I was the one that asked about the option braek. I used this website a to get some idea for my studying plan and stragety. I got 650 (Q45 V 35). It's lower than what i expected because my Gmatprep score ranged from 690 to750 and scores from MGMAT CAT ranged from 690-730. I think i am very disappointed with my quant. this is the lowest i have ever scored. I usually score around 48-50. I bought the gmat club challenge and i did 10 of them.
I am thinking about retaking it within 6-8 weeks. I think i was a little worn out toward the end of my exam esp the last month. i tried to take as many CAts as possible and in the last week of the exam, i managed to squeeze 5 cats..yeah crazy i dunno what i was thinking. Also, i am a runner but since i started prepping like crazy during may, i barely go for run and i think htat really affects me too. i am not sure. my test day experience wasnt the best. my appointment was at 115 pm. i got there around 1220 pm and the test center lady thought i was taking RN test and she requested an "athority of test". I showed her my apointment email that i got from gmac. She actually LOOOKEd and told me this is not what she was looking for. Then i started panicing because i did nto want to waste 250 bucks and not be able to take exam. she made me go to a kinko and check email to see if i got that email. i called her in kinko and told her i did not get anythign like that from gmac. thne she said, OH YOU ARE TAKING GMAT! yeah well, she apologized and i tried not to let this affect me but it's pretty hard since i was semi nervous before the test.
i think the essay was fine since i practiced with my practice exam. but for quant, i wasnt so confident and i did nto know why. i double checked so many times for first few questions then i was running behind. i managed to finish them on time except the last question. i clicked the answer first and had less than a minute left. so i was trying to think about this problem before time expired. Then all of the sudden the time is up!! i wasn't able to click next and yes. i am sure it did not go through. for verbal, i was quite relaxed because i knew i messed up my quant so i was sorta like whatever about verbal. i performed about the same level for verbal so i was happy about that since i did not let quant affect me too much. And because i have been taking full length CATs so i wasn't feeling very tired or maybe i just did not use any brain for my math at all.
so this is my first time experience. i am a little discouraged and i almost felt like not taking it again because i studied so hard and gave up all the social events for 2.5 months. But, i am really pissed about my math score. I got 800 on my GRE math section 2 years ago. so i feel like i should give it another shot and see if i can do better on math....
so i need you guys opinion on my study plan for retake...
so far for this prep, i finished all three books in OG and SC 1000 and 10 gmat club chanllenge. i think i will go back to redo some problems. and i am thinking about boost my verbal a bit by studying some LSAT problems and reading economist and such. i am almost done with MGMAT cats ( one more left). how long do you think i will have to put in to improve my score? i am thinking about 25 hours a week because i dont' want to go as crazy as last time and got very worn out at the end.
i orderred MGMAT's math books (word traslation, number properties, inequlities) and Kaplan 800 and LSAT questions. i am thinking i will spend two weeks or one week to finish the math books. I am not sure what i did wrong during the test. I think i am pretty solid on the basic stuff. So i should be able to finish the MGMAT math within a week.
then i think i will work on verbal everyother day and math every other day and take just one cat per weekend.
i am a little discouraged and i am scared after anotehr six weeks or longer of prepping, i will get the exact same score. I know some friends who just cant do better on gmat no matter how hard they studied.
i would really appreciate some wise wisdom about retake and mentality and how long i should wait to retake and more detailed study plan. I dont' want to wait for too long to retake because i want my life back!!
thanks for reading this long post.
you guys are awesome!
I took my first gmat on june 4th after about 2.5 months of studying. I was the one that asked about the option braek. I used this website a to get some idea for my studying plan and stragety. I got 650 (Q45 V 35). It's lower than what i expected because my Gmatprep score ranged from 690 to750 and scores from MGMAT CAT ranged from 690-730. I think i am very disappointed with my quant. this is the lowest i have ever scored. I usually score around 48-50. I bought the gmat club challenge and i did 10 of them.
I am thinking about retaking it within 6-8 weeks. I think i was a little worn out toward the end of my exam esp the last month. i tried to take as many CAts as possible and in the last week of the exam, i managed to squeeze 5 cats..yeah crazy i dunno what i was thinking. Also, i am a runner but since i started prepping like crazy during may, i barely go for run and i think htat really affects me too. i am not sure. my test day experience wasnt the best. my appointment was at 115 pm. i got there around 1220 pm and the test center lady thought i was taking RN test and she requested an "athority of test". I showed her my apointment email that i got from gmac. She actually LOOOKEd and told me this is not what she was looking for. Then i started panicing because i did nto want to waste 250 bucks and not be able to take exam. she made me go to a kinko and check email to see if i got that email. i called her in kinko and told her i did not get anythign like that from gmac. thne she said, OH YOU ARE TAKING GMAT! yeah well, she apologized and i tried not to let this affect me but it's pretty hard since i was semi nervous before the test.
i think the essay was fine since i practiced with my practice exam. but for quant, i wasnt so confident and i did nto know why. i double checked so many times for first few questions then i was running behind. i managed to finish them on time except the last question. i clicked the answer first and had less than a minute left. so i was trying to think about this problem before time expired. Then all of the sudden the time is up!! i wasn't able to click next and yes. i am sure it did not go through. for verbal, i was quite relaxed because i knew i messed up my quant so i was sorta like whatever about verbal. i performed about the same level for verbal so i was happy about that since i did not let quant affect me too much. And because i have been taking full length CATs so i wasn't feeling very tired or maybe i just did not use any brain for my math at all.
so this is my first time experience. i am a little discouraged and i almost felt like not taking it again because i studied so hard and gave up all the social events for 2.5 months. But, i am really pissed about my math score. I got 800 on my GRE math section 2 years ago. so i feel like i should give it another shot and see if i can do better on math....
so i need you guys opinion on my study plan for retake...
so far for this prep, i finished all three books in OG and SC 1000 and 10 gmat club chanllenge. i think i will go back to redo some problems. and i am thinking about boost my verbal a bit by studying some LSAT problems and reading economist and such. i am almost done with MGMAT cats ( one more left). how long do you think i will have to put in to improve my score? i am thinking about 25 hours a week because i dont' want to go as crazy as last time and got very worn out at the end.
i orderred MGMAT's math books (word traslation, number properties, inequlities) and Kaplan 800 and LSAT questions. i am thinking i will spend two weeks or one week to finish the math books. I am not sure what i did wrong during the test. I think i am pretty solid on the basic stuff. So i should be able to finish the MGMAT math within a week.
then i think i will work on verbal everyother day and math every other day and take just one cat per weekend.
i am a little discouraged and i am scared after anotehr six weeks or longer of prepping, i will get the exact same score. I know some friends who just cant do better on gmat no matter how hard they studied.
i would really appreciate some wise wisdom about retake and mentality and how long i should wait to retake and more detailed study plan. I dont' want to wait for too long to retake because i want my life back!!
thanks for reading this long post.
you guys are awesome!
07 Jun 2007, 00:20
Kudos
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Hey Lisa,
I really feel for you. In fact I am afraid that I might fall into a similar situation as yourself. My test is on the 19th and while I have been scoring well on gmatprep and powerprep, I know that everything depends on what happens ON THAT DAY ! In fact I like running / exercising myself, but I have barely done anything since I started preparing one month ago ...
I think you should definitely do it again , normally gmat prep is supposed to be a pretty accurate indicator. While 650 is a good score, you need high 600s to be on the safe side especially if you want to get into the better schools.
Perhaps this time limit the number of CATs you do per week to 2 at most and do only one on the last week ?
Also participate on the forum more often. Its fun going through different people's approaches to various problems
I think everyone has a bad day every now and then, dont let it affect you too much. Do it again and focus on just doing the test with a clear head .
Good luck.
(look at me talk.. I havent even taken the GMAT once yet.. )
I really feel for you. In fact I am afraid that I might fall into a similar situation as yourself. My test is on the 19th and while I have been scoring well on gmatprep and powerprep, I know that everything depends on what happens ON THAT DAY ! In fact I like running / exercising myself, but I have barely done anything since I started preparing one month ago ...
I think you should definitely do it again , normally gmat prep is supposed to be a pretty accurate indicator. While 650 is a good score, you need high 600s to be on the safe side especially if you want to get into the better schools.
Perhaps this time limit the number of CATs you do per week to 2 at most and do only one on the last week ?
Also participate on the forum more often. Its fun going through different people's approaches to various problems
I think everyone has a bad day every now and then, dont let it affect you too much. Do it again and focus on just doing the test with a clear head .
Good luck.
(look at me talk.. I havent even taken the GMAT once yet.. )
07 Jun 2007, 06:58
Kudos
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Make sure you get some running in. I'm also a runner and while I was studying for my GMATs (took them a few days ago) I didn't skip any runs--I just squeezed GMAT studying in. Running destresses me and gives me time NOT to think about work or studying.
Also, it sounds like you need to work a bit more on your verbal. I've traditionally done better on verbal so I neglected it a bit and in the end (and on all my practice tests) I ended up doing significantly better on Quant. If I'd honed my natural abilities a bit better, I'm sure I could have seen an improved score.
However, I'm pretty happy with what I got--definitely not taking the test again.
Also, it sounds like you need to work a bit more on your verbal. I've traditionally done better on verbal so I neglected it a bit and in the end (and on all my practice tests) I ended up doing significantly better on Quant. If I'd honed my natural abilities a bit better, I'm sure I could have seen an improved score.
However, I'm pretty happy with what I got--definitely not taking the test again.
