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Hi All,
Gave my third attempt of gmat on 17th feb. Scored an abysmal 590 with q43 v28. The questions especially in quant seemed little different and more challenging and time consuming compared to the official mocks that I gave. I was scoring around 700 in most mocks with q49 most of the times and verbal ranging from v34-37.
Started preparing for third attempt in Nov 2019. Used egmat verbal and gmatclub for quant practice. Focused largely on verbal and took quite some time to go through the entire e gmat course that I had to order it twice to complete fully.
Simultaneously after some time used to give gmatclub tests and improved weak areas on quant such as mixtures, p&c, probability by practicing via OG and gmatclub tests.
For verbal this time I focused on RC and CR a lot and improved little bit on rc in the exam though still not good(38 to 57 percentile from previous attempt) but CR was pathetic (scored only 15 percentile).
I think my guesses also went wrong.
In october 2019 started giving mock cat's. Gave experts global and official mocks with 9 mocks in expert global and 4 of gmat prep. Was scoring 680-700 in most mocks with one 760 in experts global and just 2 days before gmat scored 700 in gmat exam prep. Tests were all done in new format with verbal quant ir and awa as the order.
Chose verbal section on gmat first.
It seemed little challenging with RC coming in initially. There were CR questions that seemed difficult however sc was manageable( scored 79 from 81 percentile compared to last time). Coming to quant section, I solved the first two questions confidently but thought took more time. But gradually questions started becoming challenging and time consuming. Some of them I couldn't decipher and had to guess. There weren't any freebies and most of them seemed lengthy. Had to guess randomly after a while on few questions. The third quarter went really bad(14% accuracy). Time management also went for a toss i suppose since took around 3 mins in first quarter of quant. But in my mind I thought I had probably screwed up and was confirmed when the score popped up. IR though was a pleasant surprise since i hardly scored 6 in any of the mocks.
Basically i need to apply in September and my target score is 700+. I think the wise strategy would be to give it another shot again quickly though i am really disappointed and tired despite scoring decent in mocks. Please advice/suggest/guide as to what to do in order to achieve my score and how to plan accordingly.
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Gave my third attempt of gmat on 17th feb. Scored an abysmal 590 with q43 v28. The questions especially in quant seemed little different and more challenging and time consuming compared to the official mocks that I gave. I was scoring around 700 in most mocks with q49 most of the times and verbal ranging from v34-37.
Started preparing for third attempt in Nov 2019. Used egmat verbal and gmatclub for quant practice. Focused largely on verbal and took quite some time to go through the entire e gmat course that I had to order it twice to complete fully.
Simultaneously after some time used to give gmatclub tests and improved weak areas on quant such as mixtures, p&c, probability by practicing via OG and gmatclub tests.
For verbal this time I focused on RC and CR a lot and improved little bit on rc in the exam though still not good(38 to 57 percentile from previous attempt) but CR was pathetic (scored only 15 percentile).
I think my guesses also went wrong.
In october 2019 started giving mock cat's. Gave experts global and official mocks with 9 mocks in expert global and 4 of gmat prep. Was scoring 680-700 in most mocks with one 760 in experts global and just 2 days before gmat scored 700 in gmat exam prep. Tests were all done in new format with verbal quant ir and awa as the order.
Chose verbal section on gmat first.
It seemed little challenging with RC coming in initially. There were CR questions that seemed difficult however sc was manageable( scored 79 from 81 percentile compared to last time). Coming to quant section, I solved the first two questions confidently but thought took more time. But gradually questions started becoming challenging and time consuming. Some of them I couldn't decipher and had to guess. There weren't any freebies and most of them seemed lengthy. Had to guess randomly after a while on few questions. The third quarter went really bad(14% accuracy). Time management also went for a toss i suppose since took around 3 mins in first quarter of quant. But in my mind I thought I had probably screwed up and was confirmed when the score popped up. IR though was a pleasant surprise since i hardly scored 6 in any of the mocks.
Basically i need to apply in September and my target score is 700+. I think the wise strategy would be to give it another shot again quickly though i am really disappointed and tired despite scoring decent in mocks. Please advice/suggest/guide as to what to do in order to achieve my score and how to plan accordingly.
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kreel11 - thank you for being a student. I am sorry that you could not get to your target score despite having taken the test thrice. We definitely want to understand the cause before we create an improvement plan. Here is the most important question that we need to answer:
What are your current quant and verbal abilities?
You mentioned that you were doing well on mocks (700+ scores). You also mentioned that you have completed the e-GMAT course. Yet you underperformed in both Quant and Verbal. Since you have completed the e-GMAT course, we can look at your stats, and get a real assessment of what your current abilities are? Basically, we want to figure out whether you had a bad day or whether the test score represents your true abilities.
Create an improvement plan?
Once we have a true assessment of your current abilities, we can then help create a milestone-driven study plan to help you improve.
Overall, I understand that you may be extremely stressed. Just stay focussed.. may be take a small break and then come back with determination to ace the GMAT. Here are a few folks who have been in your shoes and have done the same:
Manika: Improved from V28 to V40. She just got done with her interview with ISB.
Krishna Kumar: Improved from V24 to V37. He received three full fellowships.
Overall, don't lose hope. We will help you get there.
-Rajat
What are your current quant and verbal abilities?
You mentioned that you were doing well on mocks (700+ scores). You also mentioned that you have completed the e-GMAT course. Yet you underperformed in both Quant and Verbal. Since you have completed the e-GMAT course, we can look at your stats, and get a real assessment of what your current abilities are? Basically, we want to figure out whether you had a bad day or whether the test score represents your true abilities.
Create an improvement plan?
Once we have a true assessment of your current abilities, we can then help create a milestone-driven study plan to help you improve.
Overall, I understand that you may be extremely stressed. Just stay focussed.. may be take a small break and then come back with determination to ace the GMAT. Here are a few folks who have been in your shoes and have done the same:
Manika: Improved from V28 to V40. She just got done with her interview with ISB.
Krishna Kumar: Improved from V24 to V37. He received three full fellowships.
Overall, don't lose hope. We will help you get there.
-Rajat
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kreel11 - thank you for being a student. I am sorry that you could not get to your target score despite having taken the test thrice. We definitely want to understand the cause before we create an improvement plan. Here is the most important question that we need to answer:
What are your current quant and verbal abilities?
You mentioned that you were doing well on mocks (700+ scores). You also mentioned that you have completed the e-GMAT course. Yet you underperformed in both Quant and Verbal. Since you have completed the e-GMAT course, we can look at your stats, and get a real assessment of what your current abilities are? Basically, we want to figure out whether you had a bad day or whether the test score represents your true abilities.
Create an improvement plan?
Once we have a true assessment of your current abilities, we can then help create a milestone-driven study plan to help you improve.
Overall, I understand that you may be extremely stressed. Just stay focussed.. may be take a small break and then come back with determination to ace the GMAT. Here are a few folks who have been in your shoes and have done the same:
Manika: Improved from V28 to V40. She just got done with her interview with ISB.
Krishna Kumar: Improved from V24 to V37. He received three full fellowships.
Overall, don't lose hope. We will help you get there.
-Rajat
What are your current quant and verbal abilities?
You mentioned that you were doing well on mocks (700+ scores). You also mentioned that you have completed the e-GMAT course. Yet you underperformed in both Quant and Verbal. Since you have completed the e-GMAT course, we can look at your stats, and get a real assessment of what your current abilities are? Basically, we want to figure out whether you had a bad day or whether the test score represents your true abilities.
Create an improvement plan?
Once we have a true assessment of your current abilities, we can then help create a milestone-driven study plan to help you improve.
Overall, I understand that you may be extremely stressed. Just stay focussed.. may be take a small break and then come back with determination to ace the GMAT. Here are a few folks who have been in your shoes and have done the same:
Manika: Improved from V28 to V40. She just got done with her interview with ISB.
Krishna Kumar: Improved from V24 to V37. He received three full fellowships.
Overall, don't lose hope. We will help you get there.
-Rajat
Hi Rajat,
Thanks for your encouraging words. I have attached my scholaranium statistics to the post and I think you can also access the same via my email id. If you want i can send my esr as well.
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