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13 Mar 2017, 09:57
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Hi all, I'm feeling rather disappointed with my progress over the last several months.
I have been studying since late november and decided to give my first attempt at the real Gmat back on the 10th of march. I was fairly confident in most subject areas with the exception of some of the more complicated SC in verbal and counting questions in quant. Unfortunately come test day, I don't know what happened. I ended up scoring substantially lower than I have ever scored on a practice test.
I'm having trouble determining what went wrong. I have been through all 6 GMAT prep exams, and generally had been scoring in the lower 700 range. I ended up scoring a 530 21Q, 32V on this test. This score is lower than the initial diagnostic exam I gave before starting studying in November. I don't feel as if I was stressed out during the exam. More so, I felt as if I hadn't seen any of the questions before, they tested concepts I was really weak in.
I could really use some advice. As for my method: I have been active on GMAT club for the past several months, completed all of the manhattan books (for the fundamentals), done all the exam packs, and done question pack 1 on GMAT prep. I've also used Magoosh to do practice, completed over 1000 practice questions there as well. I've put hundreds of hours in and am quite frustrated with myself that I came to not have anything to show for my efforts.
I even have tried 1-1 tutoring. I honestly feel like I know at least 700 level concepts and have tackled a reasonable amount of these questions, however I feel like I'm having a lot of trouble processing the actual exam.
Is there any advice someone can give me on how to correctly assess myself, I'd like to give this exam another shot soon. I was planning on making an application deadline in april, however that seems far fetched now. So I'll be shifting my focus to J term entry at columbia, in June.
I have been studying since late november and decided to give my first attempt at the real Gmat back on the 10th of march. I was fairly confident in most subject areas with the exception of some of the more complicated SC in verbal and counting questions in quant. Unfortunately come test day, I don't know what happened. I ended up scoring substantially lower than I have ever scored on a practice test.
I'm having trouble determining what went wrong. I have been through all 6 GMAT prep exams, and generally had been scoring in the lower 700 range. I ended up scoring a 530 21Q, 32V on this test. This score is lower than the initial diagnostic exam I gave before starting studying in November. I don't feel as if I was stressed out during the exam. More so, I felt as if I hadn't seen any of the questions before, they tested concepts I was really weak in.
I could really use some advice. As for my method: I have been active on GMAT club for the past several months, completed all of the manhattan books (for the fundamentals), done all the exam packs, and done question pack 1 on GMAT prep. I've also used Magoosh to do practice, completed over 1000 practice questions there as well. I've put hundreds of hours in and am quite frustrated with myself that I came to not have anything to show for my efforts.
I even have tried 1-1 tutoring. I honestly feel like I know at least 700 level concepts and have tackled a reasonable amount of these questions, however I feel like I'm having a lot of trouble processing the actual exam.
Is there any advice someone can give me on how to correctly assess myself, I'd like to give this exam another shot soon. I was planning on making an application deadline in april, however that seems far fetched now. So I'll be shifting my focus to J term entry at columbia, in June.
13 Mar 2017, 10:58
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Hi brashid91,
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 when you plan to take 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?
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 when you plan to take 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?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
15 Mar 2017, 09:13
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Hi brashid91,
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 when you plan to take 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?
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 when you plan to take 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?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
1.) I took probably 3 of the GMATprep exams with completely uncompromised testing conditions. However I did take breaks on a couple of them, and then upon reviewing/repeating the tests I didn't keep time.
2.) I took all the tests in my home, however I varied the location/desk.
3.) I took all of them roughly between 11 am and 2 pm starts. I ended up taking the exam at a 4pm time slot.
4.) I paused the cat sparingly on some tests, when I completely didnt understand the question. For example, I would give myself 2 minutes, if I didnt have any idea what to do after two minutes. I would pause and try to figure it out. I would work the question out and then mark it wrong before proceeding. Never took more than the given 8 minutes between sections.
5.) I took them each once, then used the 6 tests as question banks for practice afterward.
I'm concerned that I may have wasted the material on the practice tests. I do feel as if I know a substantial amount of material/concepts, at least low 700 level. Though writing this all out makes me think I am severely lacking in my timing.
