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07 Jul 2020, 22:48
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I took the GMAT Online last week and scored 580 (Q43 V27).
I had taken 5 mocks before this and have consistently score Q46+ and V38+, even when solving questions, I would generally do pretty well on my Verbal.
What could have caused my score to drop so low? I further plan to practice for a month or so and take an attempt in August at a centre. For people who have had the same issues as me, what did you guys do?
I had taken 5 mocks before this and have consistently score Q46+ and V38+, even when solving questions, I would generally do pretty well on my Verbal.
What could have caused my score to drop so low? I further plan to practice for a month or so and take an attempt in August at a centre. For people who have had the same issues as me, what did you guys do?
08 Jul 2020, 05:26
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Hi vsanika, I can only imagine how devastating this 100+ point drop would have been for you.
You need to do a self-analysis in terms of what happened wrong on the day of the exam. Some of the reasons for this could be:
1. Exam day is (well) exam day! Nerves can play a big role.
2. While giving mocks, you perhaps encountered a lot of repeat questions on the mocks (questions that you had perhaps solved earlier as a part of your practice).
Once you're done with this analysis, you need to preferably order an Enhanced Score Report (ESR) that will give you a better idea in terms of how you performed across Quant and Verbal on the day of the exam. ESR will also give you for the breakup in terms of your performance across various subject areas in both quant and verbal. Also, this report will also tell you how you performed in terms of time management.
Based upon all the data, you then need to work upon your weaknesses (time management/concepts?) to achieve the score that you desire. I see that your score drop in Verbal was especially staggering!
The good thing is that you have been scoring well in your mocks. So, you clearly have the potential. Now, you just need to convert that potential into performance.
Remember: There are no magic pills. Good luck with your prep!
08 Jul 2020, 10:38
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Hi vsanika,
Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than 580. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses. You also may find it helpful to read the following articles:
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than 580. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses. You also may find it helpful to read the following articles:
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
