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27 Dec 2012, 14:13
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Today I have just taken the damn GMAT. The unofficial score is,
Q 50- Percentile-90
V 24- Percentile-34
Total 630- Percentile 72
Actually, I was a very decent student when I was a student
and to be honest I have never ever ranked much that low %34 ?!!! Too bad... I was always on the top of the list on these kind of exams.
I am a mechanical engineer, and have been working for 3 years. I have studied GMAT for two months in my free times. My study covered mostly the verbal.
At the beginning I was very bad at verbal. Then as I studied, I got better in SC and CR. Actually I have not put so much effort on the RC. I thought that I could do well on SC and CR and this might componsate my RC. Until today, I was quite condifent with the SC and CR because my trials were all getting better and my aim was just 650. Doing all the verbal and concentrating on every single question is just too hard for me. You know also there is a time pressure.
Even though I did not care too much and left 15 minutes more in all tests, my tests at home ranged between 650 and 710.
However, today I screwed up. In the real exam today, I thought that I did very well on the RC but I just could not concentrate on the SC and CR and failed. I dont know why but it was totally the reverse comparing with my studies.
I am so nervous and cannot wait for a month. If it was possible to take it tomorrow, I would go for it. But damn, it is not possible. I do not know what to do, but I'm really bored and do not want to study anymore. Even if I study, I do not know what to study. Because I was quiet sure that I was okey and ready to get what I need. But it just did not happen. Anyway, a boring month is on the way. I'll be back with 700 this time. Wait for me....
And any experience in a similar situation or suggestion what to do next month will be appreciated.
Q 50- Percentile-90
V 24- Percentile-34
Total 630- Percentile 72
Actually, I was a very decent student when I was a student
and to be honest I have never ever ranked much that low %34 ?!!! Too bad... I was always on the top of the list on these kind of exams.I am a mechanical engineer, and have been working for 3 years. I have studied GMAT for two months in my free times. My study covered mostly the verbal.
At the beginning I was very bad at verbal. Then as I studied, I got better in SC and CR. Actually I have not put so much effort on the RC. I thought that I could do well on SC and CR and this might componsate my RC. Until today, I was quite condifent with the SC and CR because my trials were all getting better and my aim was just 650. Doing all the verbal and concentrating on every single question is just too hard for me. You know also there is a time pressure.
Even though I did not care too much and left 15 minutes more in all tests, my tests at home ranged between 650 and 710.
However, today I screwed up. In the real exam today, I thought that I did very well on the RC but I just could not concentrate on the SC and CR and failed. I dont know why but it was totally the reverse comparing with my studies.
I am so nervous and cannot wait for a month. If it was possible to take it tomorrow, I would go for it. But damn, it is not possible. I do not know what to do, but I'm really bored and do not want to study anymore. Even if I study, I do not know what to study. Because I was quiet sure that I was okey and ready to get what I need. But it just did not happen. Anyway, a boring month is on the way. I'll be back with 700 this time. Wait for me....
And any experience in a similar situation or suggestion what to do next month will be appreciated.
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28 Dec 2012, 04:47
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Can't suggest much on the basis of the information you've given. But, I'll go ahead and write what you should definitely do:
1.) You have not mentioned what material you studied from.
If you feel you don't have a solid base then go through manhattan SC and aristotle grail (for SC) and powerscore bible (for CR).
I'd suggest be very thorough with official questions.
OG, verbal supplement and verbal pack - all of them. Go through each explanation (even for qs you get right) carefully and derive maximum out of these questions.
2.) Write at least 4-5 tests in the next month (with AWA and IR).
3.) Be very active on GC SC/CR forums. Go through and solve as many questions as you can. Reach out to experts for any problems.
4.) Do solve the documents which have all the official questions from GMAT prep.
good luck
1.) You have not mentioned what material you studied from.
If you feel you don't have a solid base then go through manhattan SC and aristotle grail (for SC) and powerscore bible (for CR).
I'd suggest be very thorough with official questions.
OG, verbal supplement and verbal pack - all of them. Go through each explanation (even for qs you get right) carefully and derive maximum out of these questions.
2.) Write at least 4-5 tests in the next month (with AWA and IR).
3.) Be very active on GC SC/CR forums. Go through and solve as many questions as you can. Reach out to experts for any problems.
4.) Do solve the documents which have all the official questions from GMAT prep.
good luck
28 Dec 2012, 18:06
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In addition to the excellent advice offered by jumsumtak, I would strongly recommend that you put in a concerted effort to improve your focus and stamina on the test. The GMAT is a strange beast: if you're not 100% focused on 100% of the questions, you'll miss a word here or there, and then you'll start missing all sorts of questions that you shouldn't miss. And on an adaptive test, that can absolutely destroy your score.
Whenever you practice anything on the GMAT, do it as if your life depends on it. If you practice half-heartedly and don't use all of the allotted time on practice tests, you'll train your mind to approach questions in an unfocused way. Yes, this crap is incredibly boring, especially on the verbal section. But you need to convince yourself that it isn't boring, and you should probably train like an athlete--do a lot of long, hard verbal practice sets, and do them at full intensity every single time.
It's unfortunate that the verbal section comes at the end of a four-hour exam, but that means that you'll want to practice massive quantities of verbal questions to build your stamina. If you've exhausted the official GMAT materials, you might consider using LSAT questions for CR and RC--they're miserably convoluted and boring. Do 50 LSAT questions at a time if you really want to suffer. Once you can do 50 questions in a single sitting with a reasonable rate of accuracy, then you'll be ready to maximize your potential on the GMAT verbal section.
Good luck!
Whenever you practice anything on the GMAT, do it as if your life depends on it. If you practice half-heartedly and don't use all of the allotted time on practice tests, you'll train your mind to approach questions in an unfocused way. Yes, this crap is incredibly boring, especially on the verbal section. But you need to convince yourself that it isn't boring, and you should probably train like an athlete--do a lot of long, hard verbal practice sets, and do them at full intensity every single time.
It's unfortunate that the verbal section comes at the end of a four-hour exam, but that means that you'll want to practice massive quantities of verbal questions to build your stamina. If you've exhausted the official GMAT materials, you might consider using LSAT questions for CR and RC--they're miserably convoluted and boring. Do 50 LSAT questions at a time if you really want to suffer. Once you can do 50 questions in a single sitting with a reasonable rate of accuracy, then you'll be ready to maximize your potential on the GMAT verbal section.
Good luck!
