Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Apr 2610:00 AM EDT
-11:00 AM EDT
The Target Test Prep course represents a quantum leap forward in GMAT preparation, a radical reinterpretation of the way that students should study. Try before you buy with a 5-day, full-access trial of the course for FREE!
Apr 2711:00 AM EDT
-12:00 PM EDT
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors
Apr 2808:00 AM PDT
-11:00 AM PDT
Whether you are just beginning your MBA journey or fine-tuning your path to a 700+ score, GMAT Day is designed to give you a competitive edge.
10 Dec 2014, 21:01
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi guys,
I really need your advise in my pretty unique situation.
I took the GMAT test on December, 8, 2014 and received unofficial score as following:
IR: 8.
Total: 610 (Q48, V27).
Put behind depression, I think that this score is very strange to me since it has some problems.
1, I blindly guested 50% of questions on IR part(will explain detail later), but I got maximum score. I know this is possible but its chance is very very small. Right?
2, I feel that I have done very good with RC and CR although I am not that sure with SC. In fact I have faced about 3 Fill in the Blank questions on CR part even until the very end of the exam. Hence, the verbal score seems unusually low.
These reasons force me to doubt the accuracy of this unofficial score.
To put more information, let’s me present my detail story. I have taken 4 GMAT tests totally.
I did the first one on July, 2012 and got serious disruption when doing this exam. The test center was moving to another place on that day, so there were workers making a lot of noise and moving stuffs in the test room. At worst, they even climbed to my table to take out the air condition when I was doing Verbal part. Frustrated, I scored 640 (Q49,V28).
Anyhow, I complained this to GMAC and they offer me a free retake. I retook the test 2 months later and got terrible score: 570(Q49, V17). I gave up for MBA dream with this score and also because I don’t clearly see what benefit I got from MBA at that time.
However, in this August, there were some events that pulled me back to MBA path so I decided to give me another chance for GMAT.
At 1st and 2nd test, I studied books: MGMAT RC, SC, CR, GMATClub Math but none of MGMAT Math Books. I practiced on OG12, Verbal Review 1.
At 3rd test, I decided to study MGMAT SC, MGMAT Math Books, CR Bible and practiced on OG13 and Verbal Review 2.
On free MGMAT test, I only scored 640 when retook it. But on 2 GMATPrep tests, I got 730, 740(Yes, I see repeated questions from two years ago)
I came to the 3rd test in October and got another terrible score 610. Too sad, I cancelled this score.
After 1 week, I recovered. To continue enhancing my Verbal, this time I studied and practiced with E-GMAT SC, RC while kept reviewing other notes. I focused more on Time Management and also bought Exam pack 1 from GMAC with 2 addition tests. I got 700(Q50, V35) on test 1 in Exam pack 1. I cannot finish test 2 of this exam pack because of other people mistake.
Anyway, felt confidence, I made appointment on December, 8, 2014 and got bad score as said above.
So my point is that after three tests with a lot preparation, I still cannot get better score than the first one which I did with serious disruption. Plus two reasons presented in the beginning, do you think that I have strong reasons to doubt the accuracy of my score?
I am not very stubborn and can accept the fact that my ability is limited but I cannot accept the unfair. Hence, I sent an email to GMATCandidateServicesAPAC at pearson dot com to demand the review for my last score. Yesterday, they responded and said that they were investing my situation and will answer as soon as possible. I demanded a specific deadline and now in the waiting state.
Do you guys think that anything more I can do?
In case they responded that my score is actually correct, should I accept it or continue demand more hard evidence?
If my score is truly correct, I probably will give up on MBA since my best is not good enough.
Thank you guys.
I really need your advise in my pretty unique situation.
I took the GMAT test on December, 8, 2014 and received unofficial score as following:
IR: 8.
Total: 610 (Q48, V27).
Put behind depression, I think that this score is very strange to me since it has some problems.
1, I blindly guested 50% of questions on IR part(will explain detail later), but I got maximum score. I know this is possible but its chance is very very small. Right?
2, I feel that I have done very good with RC and CR although I am not that sure with SC. In fact I have faced about 3 Fill in the Blank questions on CR part even until the very end of the exam. Hence, the verbal score seems unusually low.
These reasons force me to doubt the accuracy of this unofficial score.
To put more information, let’s me present my detail story. I have taken 4 GMAT tests totally.
I did the first one on July, 2012 and got serious disruption when doing this exam. The test center was moving to another place on that day, so there were workers making a lot of noise and moving stuffs in the test room. At worst, they even climbed to my table to take out the air condition when I was doing Verbal part. Frustrated, I scored 640 (Q49,V28).
Anyhow, I complained this to GMAC and they offer me a free retake. I retook the test 2 months later and got terrible score: 570(Q49, V17). I gave up for MBA dream with this score and also because I don’t clearly see what benefit I got from MBA at that time.
However, in this August, there were some events that pulled me back to MBA path so I decided to give me another chance for GMAT.
At 1st and 2nd test, I studied books: MGMAT RC, SC, CR, GMATClub Math but none of MGMAT Math Books. I practiced on OG12, Verbal Review 1.
At 3rd test, I decided to study MGMAT SC, MGMAT Math Books, CR Bible and practiced on OG13 and Verbal Review 2.
On free MGMAT test, I only scored 640 when retook it. But on 2 GMATPrep tests, I got 730, 740(Yes, I see repeated questions from two years ago)
I came to the 3rd test in October and got another terrible score 610. Too sad, I cancelled this score.
After 1 week, I recovered. To continue enhancing my Verbal, this time I studied and practiced with E-GMAT SC, RC while kept reviewing other notes. I focused more on Time Management and also bought Exam pack 1 from GMAC with 2 addition tests. I got 700(Q50, V35) on test 1 in Exam pack 1. I cannot finish test 2 of this exam pack because of other people mistake.
Anyway, felt confidence, I made appointment on December, 8, 2014 and got bad score as said above.
So my point is that after three tests with a lot preparation, I still cannot get better score than the first one which I did with serious disruption. Plus two reasons presented in the beginning, do you think that I have strong reasons to doubt the accuracy of my score?
I am not very stubborn and can accept the fact that my ability is limited but I cannot accept the unfair. Hence, I sent an email to GMATCandidateServicesAPAC at pearson dot com to demand the review for my last score. Yesterday, they responded and said that they were investing my situation and will answer as soon as possible. I demanded a specific deadline and now in the waiting state.
Do you guys think that anything more I can do?
In case they responded that my score is actually correct, should I accept it or continue demand more hard evidence?
If my score is truly correct, I probably will give up on MBA since my best is not good enough.
Thank you guys.
15 Dec 2014, 00:15
Kudos
Bookmarks
As expected, the customer service department send me an email said that they do not see any error with the score.
===============================
We do not see any error in the exam after the review. Your GMAT results are scored three times before being made official. Exams are scored twice at the test center (as you’re completing your exam) and a third time when the results are returned to Pearson VUE (our testing partner) for processing. We use two independent scoring algorithms and compare the results. If any difference is found in the two scores, the results are investigated immediately. Both scores must be validated before your Official Score can be released.
===============================
I asked them more questions to confirm that they scored based on my accurate test data.
I don't know whether they can answer those questions. Feel that there is no hope here.
===============================
We do not see any error in the exam after the review. Your GMAT results are scored three times before being made official. Exams are scored twice at the test center (as you’re completing your exam) and a third time when the results are returned to Pearson VUE (our testing partner) for processing. We use two independent scoring algorithms and compare the results. If any difference is found in the two scores, the results are investigated immediately. Both scores must be validated before your Official Score can be released.
===============================
I asked them more questions to confirm that they scored based on my accurate test data.
I don't know whether they can answer those questions. Feel that there is no hope here.
15 Dec 2014, 00:44
Kudos
Bookmarks
I will suggest you to look inside instead of looking outside. I have never seen any difference in unofficial score card and official score.
I will suggest you to work on your weakness and try harder.
Similar things happened with me when I took GMAT 2nd time. My Mock score in Mock 3 and Mock 4 were 730 and 720 respectively, but actual GMAT score was 680.
I took this as a challenge and thought if 720 translate to 680, I need to score 770-780 in mocks to score a descent in actual GMAT.
Recently, I was scoring 770/780/770 in mocks and I took the test and got a score of 760. So never give up !!
Hope this helps!
I will suggest you to work on your weakness and try harder.
Similar things happened with me when I took GMAT 2nd time. My Mock score in Mock 3 and Mock 4 were 730 and 720 respectively, but actual GMAT score was 680.
I took this as a challenge and thought if 720 translate to 680, I need to score 770-780 in mocks to score a descent in actual GMAT.
Recently, I was scoring 770/780/770 in mocks and I took the test and got a score of 760. So never give up !!
Hope this helps!
