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Agree. It’s hard to stay at your prime for a long time. It takes a lot of effort and it’s exhausting. Where do you take your test online without scratch paper or you idle for a long time to wait for a physical test center to open up, scores are going to take a hit.

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Agree. It’s hard to stay at your prime for a long time. It takes a lot of effort and it’s exhausting. Where do you take your test online without scratch paper or you idle for a long time to wait for a physical test center to open up, scores are going to take a hit.

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I am in a situation where I had 720+ on every GMAT mock prep, and under-performed on test day. Retake was day was when COVID went south in the states and here I am just trying to retain knowledge for what will probably be 100+ day
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Hi All,

As a general rule, we tend to advise taking one day "off" from your studies each week. Many GMATers feel compelled to study as much as they can, but unfortunately, too much studying can lead to "burnout" (and "cramming" generally does not lead to great results on tests such as the GMAT).

Hi BradyMVP,

I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When a significant score drop occur on Test Day, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. Before we discuss any of those potential issues though, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

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1) How did you score on the Official GMAT (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
2) How long did you study before your 1st attempt? What type of study routine have you been following since then?
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4) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

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6) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

You might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.

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Although it varies by student, I don't think taking a day off every so often to “recharge the batteries” is the worst idea. However, I think taking a day off every 2 or 3 days would be too much. Yes, studying for the GMAT is a grind but more than anything you just need to put in the time.
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