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Ashish2929
Joined: 04 Apr 2019
Last visit: 11 Jun 2023
Posts: 20
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Location: India
Schools: IESE '25 (A) Simon '23 (I)
GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V38
GPA: 4
16 Apr 2021, 15:41
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Hi Everyone,
Gave my 1st real GMAT today and was annihilated. I had scored 690, 700, 710 in official Mock but real exam was something completely Insane.
Insane and weird.
Quant was more difficult than anything i had ever seen. 1st Question itself felt like 750 level, combination of geometry and probability with weird shapes- large block with squares, rectangles and trapezium, colored red green blue and yellow, with probability combined. blew me over. I thought maybe a experimental question and move ahead but all questions were similar that followed, high difficulty no space for breather. only last 5-6 question seemed like medium level but by then i was hardly left with any time. I got 4 questions on probability alone, 3 on standard deviation with variables, 2 on permutation combination combined with divisibility. No questions from work, speed. Geometry has 2 question.
From consistent q 49in official mocks to i think i have fallen to q 30s, will have to wait for 7 days for official but i know how the test went.
Verbal was super weird too though not difficult. Weird because 1st 22 question alternated between SC and CR and last 14 questions were straight 4 RC passages. Never experienced anything like this ever before. Every mock official mock and other mock i gave it was always mixed.
I had put in effort , wont say extreme but i think sufficient effort, solved all 2000 gmat official previous years quant question on gmat club including all medium and hard questions, i know all the theory and formulas, revised OG 2020 twice.
Has anyone else experienced something like this before???
My dreams are gone and don't know what to expect anymore. Will book another test next month but after today's exam i have lost hope.
Gave my 1st real GMAT today and was annihilated. I had scored 690, 700, 710 in official Mock but real exam was something completely Insane.
Insane and weird.
Quant was more difficult than anything i had ever seen. 1st Question itself felt like 750 level, combination of geometry and probability with weird shapes- large block with squares, rectangles and trapezium, colored red green blue and yellow, with probability combined. blew me over. I thought maybe a experimental question and move ahead but all questions were similar that followed, high difficulty no space for breather. only last 5-6 question seemed like medium level but by then i was hardly left with any time. I got 4 questions on probability alone, 3 on standard deviation with variables, 2 on permutation combination combined with divisibility. No questions from work, speed. Geometry has 2 question.
From consistent q 49in official mocks to i think i have fallen to q 30s, will have to wait for 7 days for official but i know how the test went.
Verbal was super weird too though not difficult. Weird because 1st 22 question alternated between SC and CR and last 14 questions were straight 4 RC passages. Never experienced anything like this ever before. Every mock official mock and other mock i gave it was always mixed.
I had put in effort , wont say extreme but i think sufficient effort, solved all 2000 gmat official previous years quant question on gmat club including all medium and hard questions, i know all the theory and formulas, revised OG 2020 twice.
Has anyone else experienced something like this before???
My dreams are gone and don't know what to expect anymore. Will book another test next month but after today's exam i have lost hope.
16 Apr 2021, 21:01
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Ashish2929
Hi Ashish2929,
That's a difficult experience to go through. I don't know enough about you to offer an accurate assessment of what happened on test day, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was a combination of exam pressure and time pressure. Even if we assume that the first question was not an operational question, it is just not normal for someone to go from Q49 to Q30(+).
This was your first GMAT. Consider it a learning experience, and take the exam again when you feel comfortable doing so. My guess is that you will do much better. Just remember to work on your timing as well. We should ideally never find ourselves in the kind of position you were in towards the end (let some questions go in the middle if you have to).
17 Apr 2021, 07:42
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Interesting description of your test experience. The overall theme seems to be that you received mostly difficult questions. While your subjective experience is interesting, it does not match with the test experiences of many others. The test provides a mix of easy, medium difficult and some difficult questions across the board. Generally, you will see more medium-level questions and then some harder ones. Even the ones scoring Q51 see many such questions. Your experience may be biased by your level of preparations (which seem to be on the short side) and your expectations (which seem to be of "normal" OG guide type questions).
The first quant question is interesting and is actually typical of the GMAT. Different concepts, such as geometry and probability, will be mixed together to create an unusual question. You may have seen some of these in your test. They tend not to be difficult if your understanding of the basic concepts are clear. However, seeing such a "strange" question straight off the bat and in a test situation may be unnerving. It is not unusual to see several questions on standard deviation, combinations, probability and few of typical questions related to rate/speed/distance. The test does not state that you will see even numbers of questions from certain topics.
On verbal too, there does not appear to be anything unusual. There is also the possibility that you may see all RC questions towards the end and mainly SC and CR questions before RC.
Barring the appearance of several experimental questions on your test, your test is not terribly unusual. I suggest that you pay attention to your understanding of the materials and your approach to the test. There is not much to gain by dwelling on a supposedly unusual test pattern. You need to be prepared for different but normal test situations in order to score well.
The first quant question is interesting and is actually typical of the GMAT. Different concepts, such as geometry and probability, will be mixed together to create an unusual question. You may have seen some of these in your test. They tend not to be difficult if your understanding of the basic concepts are clear. However, seeing such a "strange" question straight off the bat and in a test situation may be unnerving. It is not unusual to see several questions on standard deviation, combinations, probability and few of typical questions related to rate/speed/distance. The test does not state that you will see even numbers of questions from certain topics.
On verbal too, there does not appear to be anything unusual. There is also the possibility that you may see all RC questions towards the end and mainly SC and CR questions before RC.
Barring the appearance of several experimental questions on your test, your test is not terribly unusual. I suggest that you pay attention to your understanding of the materials and your approach to the test. There is not much to gain by dwelling on a supposedly unusual test pattern. You need to be prepared for different but normal test situations in order to score well.
