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29 Jul 2015, 08:35
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I gave my 3rd GMAT exam yesterday. In before 2 attempts my scores were 540(Q-46, V-20), and 630(Q-50, v-25) respectively. After preparing well for more than a year, I took my third attempt. Did pretty good in AWA, & IR in comparison to the last 2 attempts. Score a decent 50 in quant again. But got devastated 20 in verbal. My overall score this time was 580. This was the score in verbal that I got in my first attempt. In all Manhattan mocks, and 1 MBAprep mock, I got minimum 32, and maximum 38 in verbal, and other scores were within this range. Confident enough this time, I was, and am still shocked with my verbal score. I could not find a proper reason for doing poorly in verbal section, hence need expert's help/suggestions.
Here are the sources that I referred:
1) Princeton Review classes: After my first attempt, I thought that some good professional international coaching classes would help me in my preparations. So, I enrolled for PR classes. Neither the material, nor the faculty( verbal specifically) was helpful. After the course I found myself at the same position were I was earlier. But quant faculty taught some good tips, as a result of which I got good score in quant last 2 times. I gave all the PR mocks, but couldnt score/enhanced my score in verbal section. Than I decided to look for something better.
2) E-gmat: Observing my performance at the same level, I decided to enroll for e-gmat online classes. Though this time, I understood why I was getting low scores in verbal, I learnt the concepts for SC/CR/RC. But the biggest issue that I observed was that I was not able to apply those strategies to all the questions. I solved all the questions that the company provided, and got some confidence in my preparation. The biggest mistake that I did was that I did not give mocks. After completing my verbal preparations from e-gmat, I gave just 1 MBAprep exam, and scored 680. I thought that I would get -+30 to this score. But I got 630.
3) This time, I joined a local coaching center. There I got some more concepts, and lots of materials to study. I stuck to the course, and prepared as per the plan given to me. Apart from the resources that the coaching center gave to me, I enrolled for Magoosh online classes as well. I practiced verbal section twice, and the expected score that I saw was in the range of 33-40. This time, I make it a point to give mocks regularly. I gave almost every mock from PR, Kaplan, score800, MBAPrep, to Manhattan. Gave 1 MBAPrep, and all Manhattan mocks at the end days of my preparation.
MGMAT1:- 630(v-37)
MGMAT2:- 650(v-35)
MGMAT3:- 690(V-38)
MBAPrep1:- 700(V-34)
MGMAT4:-650(V-32)
MGMAT5:- 660(V-34)
MGMAT6:- 680(V-34)
I observed my verbal score for the last 7 mock tests. I found 32 was the minimum that I got. Keeping this thing in mind, I was sure that this time I would nail the exam. I gave last 2 mocks with AWA, and IR within time constraints.
I donot know what went wrong? What did I do? Still I am thinking that it is a bad dream. CANNOT ACCEPT THIS SCORE.
Experts, help/suggest here. Let me know what more information you want.
Here are the sources that I referred:
1) Princeton Review classes: After my first attempt, I thought that some good professional international coaching classes would help me in my preparations. So, I enrolled for PR classes. Neither the material, nor the faculty( verbal specifically) was helpful. After the course I found myself at the same position were I was earlier. But quant faculty taught some good tips, as a result of which I got good score in quant last 2 times. I gave all the PR mocks, but couldnt score/enhanced my score in verbal section. Than I decided to look for something better.
2) E-gmat: Observing my performance at the same level, I decided to enroll for e-gmat online classes. Though this time, I understood why I was getting low scores in verbal, I learnt the concepts for SC/CR/RC. But the biggest issue that I observed was that I was not able to apply those strategies to all the questions. I solved all the questions that the company provided, and got some confidence in my preparation. The biggest mistake that I did was that I did not give mocks. After completing my verbal preparations from e-gmat, I gave just 1 MBAprep exam, and scored 680. I thought that I would get -+30 to this score. But I got 630.
3) This time, I joined a local coaching center. There I got some more concepts, and lots of materials to study. I stuck to the course, and prepared as per the plan given to me. Apart from the resources that the coaching center gave to me, I enrolled for Magoosh online classes as well. I practiced verbal section twice, and the expected score that I saw was in the range of 33-40. This time, I make it a point to give mocks regularly. I gave almost every mock from PR, Kaplan, score800, MBAPrep, to Manhattan. Gave 1 MBAPrep, and all Manhattan mocks at the end days of my preparation.
MGMAT1:- 630(v-37)
MGMAT2:- 650(v-35)
MGMAT3:- 690(V-38)
MBAPrep1:- 700(V-34)
MGMAT4:-650(V-32)
MGMAT5:- 660(V-34)
MGMAT6:- 680(V-34)
I observed my verbal score for the last 7 mock tests. I found 32 was the minimum that I got. Keeping this thing in mind, I was sure that this time I would nail the exam. I gave last 2 mocks with AWA, and IR within time constraints.
I donot know what went wrong? What did I do? Still I am thinking that it is a bad dream. CANNOT ACCEPT THIS SCORE.
Experts, help/suggest here. Let me know what more information you want.
29 Jul 2015, 12:03
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Hi ssagar1801,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. Your practice CAT scores clearly show that you're capable of scoring at a much higher level. 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.
I'd like to start with a few questions about your CATs.
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (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, listen to music, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?
6) You mention taking 7 CATs near the end of your preparation. On what days did you take each of these CATs (and what day was your Official GMAT?)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. Your practice CAT scores clearly show that you're capable of scoring at a much higher level. 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.
I'd like to start with a few questions about your CATs.
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (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, listen to music, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?
6) You mention taking 7 CATs near the end of your preparation. On what days did you take each of these CATs (and what day was your Official GMAT?)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
29 Jul 2015, 19:55
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Hi Rich,
Following are the replies to your questions:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)? :-I took last 2 Mocks with AWA, and IR.
2) Did you take them at home? :- Yes
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT? No, not specifically. I took 1 of the mock, MBAPrep, at the same time of the day. But that was almost a month and a half before the exam.
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, listen to music, etc.)? :- In the last 2 mocks, and MBAPrep mock I did not take any break. For others I did take the breaks longer than 8 minutes between Quant, and verbal. But I did not do anything unusual in between such as listening music etc.
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?:- Nope. As MBAPrep app allows us to take 1 xam 3 times, I just attempted the 1st mock for 3rd and the last time.
6) You mention taking 7 CATs near the end of your preparation. On what days did you take each of these CATs (and what day was your Official GMAT?)? I took all the mocks in weekends.
MGMAT1:- 630(v-37):- 4-May
MGMAT2:- 650(v-35):- 11-May
MGMAT3:- 690(V-38):- 10-June
MBAPrep1:- 700(V-34):- 4-June
MGMAT4:-650(V-32):- 28-June
MGMAT5:- 660(V-34):- 12-July
MGMAT6:- 680(V-34) :- 19-July
My GMAT was on 28-July.
Following are the replies to your questions:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)? :-I took last 2 Mocks with AWA, and IR.
2) Did you take them at home? :- Yes
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT? No, not specifically. I took 1 of the mock, MBAPrep, at the same time of the day. But that was almost a month and a half before the exam.
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, listen to music, etc.)? :- In the last 2 mocks, and MBAPrep mock I did not take any break. For others I did take the breaks longer than 8 minutes between Quant, and verbal. But I did not do anything unusual in between such as listening music etc.
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?:- Nope. As MBAPrep app allows us to take 1 xam 3 times, I just attempted the 1st mock for 3rd and the last time.
6) You mention taking 7 CATs near the end of your preparation. On what days did you take each of these CATs (and what day was your Official GMAT?)? I took all the mocks in weekends.
MGMAT1:- 630(v-37):- 4-May
MGMAT2:- 650(v-35):- 11-May
MGMAT3:- 690(V-38):- 10-June
MBAPrep1:- 700(V-34):- 4-June
MGMAT4:-650(V-32):- 28-June
MGMAT5:- 660(V-34):- 12-July
MGMAT6:- 680(V-34) :- 19-July
My GMAT was on 28-July.
