770 (Q48, V51) - thanks gmatclub!!

Well, I don't think it's fully hit yet... but I'm sure the next few days will be interesting as I scramble to get in touch with my former employers and professors for LOR's and the such. I don't consider myself to be a nervous person, but nerves were really getting to me last night. I had a ton of trouble sleeping, and I had that sick feeling in my stomach early in the day. I went to the gym to supposedly relieve some stress. It helped a little but I wound up leaving after almost throwing up on a machine (lol!)

My test was today in NYC. I got to the test 30 mins early, but there were about 10 people there before me. As I sat there, I got even more nervous when everyone ahead of me was required to show 2 forms of ID (I swore the email said we only needed 1). I got more and more nervous until it was finally my turn - luckily only 1 was needed for the GMAT.

As I sat down and began the test, I was informed that we couldn't erase any of our answers on the dry erase boards, and that if we needed more space we would have to raise our hands and hand in our current dry erase board, and we would be given a new one. I was already scared that this would waste precious time, so I told myself I'd write small.

Anyway, test starts, and I bang out the 2 essays. Not really sure how I did, since I've never gotten any of my AWA practice essays graded. I've looked at tips online so I'd venture to say I got at least a 5... let's hope.

Quant section: I COMPLETELY (and I mean utterly) blank out on question #1. Question freaking number one. I tell myself to get it together and not waste time, but for some reason I can't get myself to hit next. It was a relatively simple one too.. ugh.

I must have spent close to 4 minutes trying to work something out. Disgusted with myself, I moved on. The rest of the Quant wasn't too bad. There were a couple of questions that I knew right away I would either a) have no shot on , or b) would take me more than 4 mins to solve, so I guessed right away and moved on. I think I did this at least twice. I think if you have the confidence to do this, you will improve your score in the long run.

Quant ends, I decide to skip my break (I also skipped the previous break as I was in the "zone" so to speak). Verbal starts.. I employ a new strategy, which is basically just TAKE YOUR TIME. On all my previous tests, I've ended verbal with like 7 mins to spare, and I've gotten in the low 40s. This time, I took a very deliberate approach, took my time, and finished the section with about 1 min to spare.

Anyway, nerves kicked in after the test was done. I almost didn't report my scores (!!!!) because I had to re-read that screen several times. Luckily, I chose to continue, and I got my scores. Quant was pretty good to me, but I scored about 10 points higher in Verbal than I normally do. I can only theorize that it's because I took my time and worked slowly from the start.

I'd like to thank everyone who's responded to my posts here for giving me words of advice and encouragement. Good luck to anyone reading this - just know that you can improve your scores on D-Day if you really try!

Edited the title. My Q score was different from what I had originally written, but the V and overall score were not affected