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Hey everyone, I wanted to share my situation and hopefully get some advice. I’ve been studying for the GMAT for about 6 months now. I completed the TTP On Demand course, filled literally two notebooks with Quant concepts, and spent a huge amount of time going through the material.
After finishing the course, I took all the official practice exams, and my average score was around 595. However, I took the real test last week and ended up with a 495, which was really frustrating (that’s basically the same score I used to get before I started studying seriously).
I’m planning to retake the test in about a month, since I’m aiming to apply in Round 2, so my timeline is pretty tight.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? Any advice on how to overcome this kind of setback or what to focus on in the next few weeks would be super appreciated.
After finishing the course, I took all the official practice exams, and my average score was around 595. However, I took the real test last week and ended up with a 495, which was really frustrating (that’s basically the same score I used to get before I started studying seriously).
I’m planning to retake the test in about a month, since I’m aiming to apply in Round 2, so my timeline is pretty tight.
Has anyone else experienced something similar? Any advice on how to overcome this kind of setback or what to focus on in the next few weeks would be super appreciated.
12 Oct 2025, 18:56
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yes I was at the lanes as you, mindset was my problem during the test + I couln`t perform under pressure. So I`m working on those. Also another helpful thing could be tell chatgpt of the entire scenario & it could help with mindset setup & how to be calm & not anxious during test
12 Oct 2025, 18:59
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Hi. Haven’t had an issue like this myself. But I’ve observed people running into a variety of things.
I’m not sure where to start, perhaps you can tell us what went wrong. You only talked about quantum that your score was the same as what you started with but there are three components to the score...
Also one reason peoples scores go down is because they make bad choices by spending a lot of time on the questions and then running out of time. You said nothing about your score that you received. I would recommend some retrospection such as “I’ve taken the test and I felt good about it, I’ve kept my time for each question and I felt like I was answering well and then super surprised when I got 495” versus something like “I got stuck on a couple questions and then had to guess a whole bunch and by the way here is my distribution of scores. “
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I can’t really tell tell you what to fix because I don’t know what went wrong. You’re the only witness 😇
I’m not sure where to start, perhaps you can tell us what went wrong. You only talked about quantum that your score was the same as what you started with but there are three components to the score...
Also one reason peoples scores go down is because they make bad choices by spending a lot of time on the questions and then running out of time. You said nothing about your score that you received. I would recommend some retrospection such as “I’ve taken the test and I felt good about it, I’ve kept my time for each question and I felt like I was answering well and then super surprised when I got 495” versus something like “I got stuck on a couple questions and then had to guess a whole bunch and by the way here is my distribution of scores. “
I guess what I’m trying to say is that I can’t really tell tell you what to fix because I don’t know what went wrong. You’re the only witness 😇
