Hi everyone,
I got my GMAT online results on 1st Oct and got a 510 (Q39, V21). The score is very low from what I was getting in the official mocks and the
experts' global mocks.
I started my preparation around July end and thought of giving the exam in September end because I am applying for the MIM course and mostly the deadlines are in mid-October. So I thought 2 months will be enough to score a 680. I took my first mock on July 30 on GMAT official prep and got a 570(Q46, V23). So I started with verbal and after studying for a week I took a mock test on
experts' global platform and got a 540 (Q43, V22). I figured out that in quants I am making some silly mistakes and that's why I am losing marks there and in verbal I was not clear with most of the concepts. Then after studying for 23 days in which completed most of the verbal and quant part available on the
experts' global platform I took another official mock on 31 Aug and got a 570(Q44, V24) again. when I analyzed I found that I am making silly mistakes again in quant and I wasn't able to apply some concepts in verbal SC and CR. So I started watching GMAT Ninja videos and GMAT shots (around 200 2min videos provided by
experts' global where every concept from verbal to quant is covered.) After 10 days I took a mock test on 11th Sept on
experts' global and got a 670 ( Q44, V38). I was happy but I wanted to reach 680 so after studying for a week I took another Official mock and got a 680 (Q49, V34). Just to make sure I took 2 more mocks 1 from
experts' global ( got a 670(Q47, V34) ) and 1 of the official mocks (got a 680 (Q49, V34) ). The last official mock I took was on 24th Sept and then I booked my test on 28th Sept.
These are mock test results in one place
1. GMAT official prep 1 - 570(Q46, V23)
2.
Experts' global platform - 540 (Q43, V22)
3. GMAT official prep 2 - 570(Q44, V24)
4.
Experts' global platform - 670 ( Q44, V38)
5. GMAT official prep 3 - 680 (Q49, V34)
6.
Experts' global platform - 670(Q47, V34)
7. GMAT official prep 4 - 680 (Q49, V34) - 4 days before the exam
After this day I just revised everything and took the test on 28th Sept. I saw a lot of difficult questions in the quant part so I guess Q39 is not possible I mean it is the lowest and at the end of prep, you can see my score in quant was in between Q47- Q49. I completed the Quant part hoping that I have answered most of the questions correctly. Verbal part started and I was welcomed by 3RCs I mean first 11 questions were RC question. So I started reading and I think I answered most of them correctly. I completed my verbal part in time and then the break time started I asked my proctor and drank some water came back to my seat. the IR section started and when I was on the 4th question. Something happened and my screen showed this message 'DNS server error cannot contact the web page' there was a reload icon I kept clicking on it and nothing happened then I alerted my proctor a thousand times through that chat icon and nothing happened I saw the video feed was on so I thought that it is still recording I raised my hand to alert the proctor still nothing happened. After some time I rushed to my phone to check if there is a missed call or anything from the proctor and nothing was there too. After a sec the screen flashed again and it said we are restarting your exam. I got reconnected but I lost around 6 mins because of this but I was not that sad because its the IR section and then after a min or so my proctor contacted me to know that if everything is ok or not and I explained everything to her and then everything got completed normally.
Now I know was nervous before the exam but I don't think that is going to play a role in a 170 points drop. I don't know what to do. I took a mock test yesterday on
experts' global and got a 680 ( Q48, V34). There is only one test centre in my state and that too is closed and I don't know when it will open. Is their a recheck kind of option or some way to contact GMAC about this because I know that I deserve more. So should I take another GMAT online or in the test center? idk when the test centre will open and if it opens in Jan I will miss the round 2 deadline as well. I am so confused so please guide me anyone (
bb or any other gmat experts).
PS - I took my mocks as per the GMAT online section order and never took a break between quant and verbal. I studied for around 6-8 hours a day. And I took all of the mocks in proper exam conditions with a physical whiteboard.