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09 Apr 2018, 01:43
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It's been a day since the worst day of my life. But before I tell you the score let's do a little research on me and my prep. I'm an engineering student in Chennai and my aim is to get to top MIM programs such as HEC, ESSEC, WHU, IE etc. Yes you'll need about 680 to be safe but I always believed I can get in with something around 650 and a strong application. Nevertheless, my preparations started on jan 2018 and went on for three months straight. I took a lot of tests every now and then when i felt confident but ended up getting 580 almost everytime. Took 5 byjus tests and a veritas prep test. Usually Q41 and V28 but I knew it couldn't get worse than this so I kept at it.
Time passed by and eventually I realised it was time for something more solid which led me to buy the Manhattan tests, although I took only 3-4 i constantly for 640 or 620 with a Q44 and V32 or something like that. But I was happy with it since I heard the GMAT was a bit easier. I decided to book my exam on 8th April 2018 with only two weeks to spare. It was time to take my GMAT prep exams to get used to the exam conditions and get an approximate score. Took it, and to my surprise i Got 700 V36 Q50 (I should also mention i do cheat a little by pausing to realx or I look up the answer "just to see if I'm right or wrong, I don't tamper with the answers). But I knewmy concentration will be bang on during the exam cause I'm always like that so it was ok. So I take the second test two days later and end up getting 760! Q50 V42. Now I being a practical person decided to Just aim for a modest 650 to keep myself calm and so I did.
Test day arrives! I arrive almost 45 mins before the scheduled time but they allow me to take it anyway. I breeze through the essay and struggle as usual with IR (which might bite me someday I know) and then comes Quant, the first few questions make me nervous because my calculations were a bit off and made me pant but nevertheless i got back on my feet and breezed through the rest of the sums and I had about 10 mins to soare for the last 2 questions which I thought was a fairytale. Yes i felt I got a few wrong probably 5-10 at max but rest of the sums were easy for a trained person. But I've done this several times and ended ul with atleast Q45 so I was happy. Verbal comes along and I believe I got all 13 of my SC right because they were easy. CR had a mixed bag of easy and tough ones. RC was tough for most parts but got easier for the last 2. So I expect 30+ minimum.
10 mins to go again for my last 2 questions and I take my time for the final reveal. I click "next" whilst my heart pounds hard and then, there it was, A heart ripping score of 480 Q31 V25, a score I didn't get even on my worst days and it was unreal. Probably 620 600 I would have said "probably got a few wrong" but this! Was something which I couldn't process. People usually go workout the weak points and come back for another round but what do I do? What can I possibly take away from this that'll help me improve. Any suggestion would be helpful. I'm planning to take it again next month and I'm planning to but the GMAT pack 1 as well. Thank you.
Time passed by and eventually I realised it was time for something more solid which led me to buy the Manhattan tests, although I took only 3-4 i constantly for 640 or 620 with a Q44 and V32 or something like that. But I was happy with it since I heard the GMAT was a bit easier. I decided to book my exam on 8th April 2018 with only two weeks to spare. It was time to take my GMAT prep exams to get used to the exam conditions and get an approximate score. Took it, and to my surprise i Got 700 V36 Q50 (I should also mention i do cheat a little by pausing to realx or I look up the answer "just to see if I'm right or wrong, I don't tamper with the answers). But I knewmy concentration will be bang on during the exam cause I'm always like that so it was ok. So I take the second test two days later and end up getting 760! Q50 V42. Now I being a practical person decided to Just aim for a modest 650 to keep myself calm and so I did.
Test day arrives! I arrive almost 45 mins before the scheduled time but they allow me to take it anyway. I breeze through the essay and struggle as usual with IR (which might bite me someday I know) and then comes Quant, the first few questions make me nervous because my calculations were a bit off and made me pant but nevertheless i got back on my feet and breezed through the rest of the sums and I had about 10 mins to soare for the last 2 questions which I thought was a fairytale. Yes i felt I got a few wrong probably 5-10 at max but rest of the sums were easy for a trained person. But I've done this several times and ended ul with atleast Q45 so I was happy. Verbal comes along and I believe I got all 13 of my SC right because they were easy. CR had a mixed bag of easy and tough ones. RC was tough for most parts but got easier for the last 2. So I expect 30+ minimum.
10 mins to go again for my last 2 questions and I take my time for the final reveal. I click "next" whilst my heart pounds hard and then, there it was, A heart ripping score of 480 Q31 V25, a score I didn't get even on my worst days and it was unreal. Probably 620 600 I would have said "probably got a few wrong" but this! Was something which I couldn't process. People usually go workout the weak points and come back for another round but what do I do? What can I possibly take away from this that'll help me improve. Any suggestion would be helpful. I'm planning to take it again next month and I'm planning to but the GMAT pack 1 as well. Thank you.
09 Apr 2018, 02:44
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Hi,
Interesting and unusual story.
Its hard to grasp what could be possibly wrong, since you scored on two GMATprep 700 and 760 and 640 on Manhattan before that.
It does sound unrealistic really.
It is good idea to buy GMAT pack 1, those are best questions, did you practice with OG ?
Also, try to mimic test conditions at home, don't cheat with time and pause, to see how that possibly reflects on your score.
09 Apr 2018, 04:18
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Hi billionaire,
Thank you for replying. Yes I've completed OG 17,18. Did fairly well with 70-80% accuracy. Infact i woukd also like to say that i finished both sections with almost 10 minutes left to spare and trust me my calculations were spot on and I wasn't hasty. But just for the sake of investigating i will mimic test conditions later this week.
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Thank you for replying. Yes I've completed OG 17,18. Did fairly well with 70-80% accuracy. Infact i woukd also like to say that i finished both sections with almost 10 minutes left to spare and trust me my calculations were spot on and I wasn't hasty. But just for the sake of investigating i will mimic test conditions later this week.
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