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So, I took my first ever GMAT recently and completely and utterly bombed quant. Walked away with a Q39/V40/IR8. I'm obviously gutted as I was consistently scoring between 44-46Q/40-41V, and was hoping for a 700/710.
What I think went wrong:
I went against every grain of advice on the internet that said to relax in the days leading up to the exam. I spent as much time as I could revising my notes, and solving as many questions as I could get my hands on, and I already felt drained the day before. So, to no surprise, I had major brain fog during the quant and verbak sections and I could feel myself getting stuck at easy questions in quant. I was calm and didn't panic, but I believe the low score in quant is massively due to exertion.
For context, my last 4 GMAC mock scores were 690,690,700,710.I've completed ~80% TTP with an accuracy of 85%, and for verbal stuck to OGs and GMATNinja videos.
I'm attaching my ESR - would be grateful for any inputs from the experts on how to decode my ESR and go about improving my score.
What I think went wrong:
I went against every grain of advice on the internet that said to relax in the days leading up to the exam. I spent as much time as I could revising my notes, and solving as many questions as I could get my hands on, and I already felt drained the day before. So, to no surprise, I had major brain fog during the quant and verbak sections and I could feel myself getting stuck at easy questions in quant. I was calm and didn't panic, but I believe the low score in quant is massively due to exertion.
For context, my last 4 GMAC mock scores were 690,690,700,710.I've completed ~80% TTP with an accuracy of 85%, and for verbal stuck to OGs and GMATNinja videos.
I'm attaching my ESR - would be grateful for any inputs from the experts on how to decode my ESR and go about improving my score.
08 Jul 2021, 08:32
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Sorry to hear about the experience. It is hard to tell about the exact reasons for things to go not as planned but most often it is a combination of elements including luck.
One point to note, the practice test scores could get a decent amount of inflation if you know even 1 question since that gives you an extra 2 mins on the test. I would say it would only be accurate if you try to solve those questions again and don't save that time.
Otherwise, perhaps being too tired and a bad mix of questions likely what took you down. Good job on the IR by the way!
Looking at the ESR, you made 43% mistakes on your first 7-8 questions (3 out of 7 technically) - that's quite a bit for the first section and not sure why you got so many wrong at the end. 4 out of 7 on the last section. Ultimately you need to figure out why you are making mistakes.....
One point to note, the practice test scores could get a decent amount of inflation if you know even 1 question since that gives you an extra 2 mins on the test. I would say it would only be accurate if you try to solve those questions again and don't save that time.
Otherwise, perhaps being too tired and a bad mix of questions likely what took you down. Good job on the IR by the way!
Looking at the ESR, you made 43% mistakes on your first 7-8 questions (3 out of 7 technically) - that's quite a bit for the first section and not sure why you got so many wrong at the end. 4 out of 7 on the last section. Ultimately you need to figure out why you are making mistakes.....
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08 Jul 2021, 08:37
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Thanks for your inputs, Bb. My scores from the mocks are from the Practice Tests 1,2,3 & 4. I didn't repeat any of the mocks as I knew it could inflate my scores.
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