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12 Sep 2016, 03:22
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Hi, Can anyone (experts) help me out in decision making.
Im a non-math background student having 4 years of experience in financial services. Im a post graduate(MBA). Im on gmat prepartaion process for the last 8mnths. first 2 mnths with a bloody useless institute, next one month with a planless prepartion. A serious health issue has eaten my next 3months. At this time i have rescheduled my exam twice. then a month before the exam, i got into gmat club . find much more importnat and useful info and followed the same. My mock scores from the beginning 420, 380, 540 like such and my last mock gave me 640. i worked hard for the next 7 days (7 days before my actual GMAT) and went to Pearson with nervous and tensed mind. all the admin related things went well. Procotor was very suportive. I started typing AWA, then a girl sat next to me have created some noise that she was feeling disturbed with my typing sound. I didnt bother her and kept typing with a slow speed. Quant - Every question in the quant section appeared very easy and even got the accurate answers for all the questions(not sure about DS question). I felt very bad that all the questions apppeared very easily so that i may not get a good score. verbal it went okay. But im not sure of even one question in verbal. everything seemed correct for me. But finally my score is 360Q27,V07. I have cancelled the score. Its my husbands dream to see me with a good score and an MBA seat in a good university. But i failed to achieve the score. He told me to decide myself on retake.
I really want to score good on GMAT and wanna study in a top university. Can anyone guide me through?
Im in a confusion that whether to retake or to leave GMAT. pPlease give your inputs.
Im a non-math background student having 4 years of experience in financial services. Im a post graduate(MBA). Im on gmat prepartaion process for the last 8mnths. first 2 mnths with a bloody useless institute, next one month with a planless prepartion. A serious health issue has eaten my next 3months. At this time i have rescheduled my exam twice. then a month before the exam, i got into gmat club . find much more importnat and useful info and followed the same. My mock scores from the beginning 420, 380, 540 like such and my last mock gave me 640. i worked hard for the next 7 days (7 days before my actual GMAT) and went to Pearson with nervous and tensed mind. all the admin related things went well. Procotor was very suportive. I started typing AWA, then a girl sat next to me have created some noise that she was feeling disturbed with my typing sound. I didnt bother her and kept typing with a slow speed. Quant - Every question in the quant section appeared very easy and even got the accurate answers for all the questions(not sure about DS question). I felt very bad that all the questions apppeared very easily so that i may not get a good score. verbal it went okay. But im not sure of even one question in verbal. everything seemed correct for me. But finally my score is 360Q27,V07. I have cancelled the score. Its my husbands dream to see me with a good score and an MBA seat in a good university. But i failed to achieve the score. He told me to decide myself on retake.
I really want to score good on GMAT and wanna study in a top university. Can anyone guide me through?
Im in a confusion that whether to retake or to leave GMAT. pPlease give your inputs.
12 Sep 2016, 12:03
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Hi BGm,
I see you have studied on and off for only a few months. Keep in mind that many students have to study for much longer than that amount of time to achieve their GMAT score goals. So while you may be frustrated with the GMAT, with some dedicated prep and motivation, you can achieve your GMAT goals. I am happy to provide some advice for your retake but I have a few questions:
1) What is your GMAT score goal?
2) Did you get your enhanced score reports? If not, could you do so and share the score breakdown from your GMAT?
3) Can you provide us with the dates and score breakdowns from your Official GMAT prep practice exams? When you took the practice tests, did you take them under realistic conditions (e.g. in a quiet environment, no extended breaks)? Did you complete the entire CAT, including the IR and Essay sections?
4) Describe your study routine. What resources did you use to study? How many hours a day did you study?
5) For your retake, how many hours a day can you commit to studying?
6) What are the MBA programs to which you plan to apply? What deadlines are you targeting?
Don’t give up!! You can do it!! When you were a baby, you didn’t know how to walk. The process wasn't easy, but you learned! You can learn how to earn a high GMAT score.
I see you have studied on and off for only a few months. Keep in mind that many students have to study for much longer than that amount of time to achieve their GMAT score goals. So while you may be frustrated with the GMAT, with some dedicated prep and motivation, you can achieve your GMAT goals. I am happy to provide some advice for your retake but I have a few questions:
1) What is your GMAT score goal?
2) Did you get your enhanced score reports? If not, could you do so and share the score breakdown from your GMAT?
3) Can you provide us with the dates and score breakdowns from your Official GMAT prep practice exams? When you took the practice tests, did you take them under realistic conditions (e.g. in a quiet environment, no extended breaks)? Did you complete the entire CAT, including the IR and Essay sections?
4) Describe your study routine. What resources did you use to study? How many hours a day did you study?
5) For your retake, how many hours a day can you commit to studying?
6) What are the MBA programs to which you plan to apply? What deadlines are you targeting?
Don’t give up!! You can do it!! When you were a baby, you didn’t know how to walk. The process wasn't easy, but you learned! You can learn how to earn a high GMAT score.
12 Sep 2016, 12:09
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Hi BGm,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE?
It would also help if you included a bit more information about your studies:
1) What materials have you used?
2) What is your goal score?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE?
It would also help if you included a bit more information about your studies:
1) What materials have you used?
2) What is your goal score?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
) and then setting a few priorities to work on. Most likely, you'll find that you have to start with the basics on Verbal; the MPrep Foundations of Verbal book might be a good resource for you. 
