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Not as expeted [#permalink] New post   29 Apr 2017, 09:17
After preparing for 4 months(i know its a long time and usually doesn't require this much time ) after taking a break from work I finally had the courage to go and give GMAT.
Gave my 200%. Read online materials studied like crazy, gave several mock tests.
Surprisingly in the last 5 mock test I scored above 710 in all, including GMAT prep software and Manhattan tests.
During the test day was a little nervous but i thought i would score atleast 700.

But BAMMMM. 630 appeared on the screen and all the effort in vain. Was devastated, didn't know what went wrong or how to correct my mistakes.
Was cnfident of getting a 700 but couldnt even cross 650 mark. :(
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Re: Not as expeted [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2017, 00:56
gauravraos , order the ESR on mba.com so that you can pinpoint your pain areas.
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Not as expeted [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2017, 02:14
gauravraos wrote:
After preparing for 4 months(i know its a long time and usually doesn't require this much time ) after taking a break from work I finally had the courage to go and give GMAT.
Gave my 200%. Read online materials studied like crazy, gave several mock tests.
Surprisingly in the last 5 mock test I scored above 710 in all, including GMAT prep software and Manhattan tests.
During the test day was a little nervous but i thought i would score atleast 700.

But BAMMMM. 630 appeared on the screen and all the effort in vain. Was devastated, didn't know what went wrong or how to correct my mistakes.
Was cnfident of getting a 700 but couldnt even cross 650 mark. :(


There are in fact many members said that they constantly scored 700+ on many CATs, including GMATPrep, but they shocked when seeing the real score on the screen. I think that the time flies and candidates study harder. As the result, the overall GMAT scores have significantly increased. To avoid score inflation, I think that GMAC has decided to increased the difficulty of every question.

Also, there could be another elements effected your performance on the test day. For example, you could easily get tired due to long time taking the test.

After all, it is not a bad idea to retake the test :-D Just set another test date, and try to focus again on practicing.
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Re: Not as expeted [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2017, 15:00
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Hi gauravraos,

I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. 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. If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:

When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (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 when you took your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE?

It's possible that you just had a "bad day"; but if we can figure all of this out quickly, then you shouldn't wait too long to retest.

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