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After eight months of misery, I can finally say I broke 700 on the GMAT!
I started studying around January using some old MGMAT guides from two years ago (I got a 640 when I took it then). Over the next four months, I worked hard to improve my score and was consistently scoring between an 680 - 700. I bought GMAT pill for verbal which really helped my SC and RC. I took the GMAT in May and completely freaked out when I saw my score of 600. I don't know what happened, I think I was a wreck of nerves and had actually taken a vacation to Hawaii the week before which got me really checked out. I proceeded to get very drunk that night and after I got out of my depression, I quickly scheduled my next exam for a month later.
The second time around I decided that I had overdone it. I was studying like 3/hrs a day on weeknights (while working a full time consulting gig) and 4-5 hours each day on the weekends. It was too much and I was burnt out. I shifted my schedule to about 1.5 hours during the week and 2-3 hours on weekends while focusing mainly on my error log. It helped and I scored 700s on both of my practice tests before the next exam. However, nerves again got the best of my on test day and I was annoyed to see a 660 on the second try (Q42 .. I forget verbal). I took a week to decide if I would take it again since it meant that I would have to push some of my apps to R2. I decided it was worth it and scheduled another test a month later.
I signed up for a 2 hour tutoring session with MGMAT and though it was expensive, it really helped to 1) calm me down and 2) clean up my computational errors. I reviewed flashcards every day (multiplication tables up to 20 and powers up to 4) and solidified simple drills. I also continued to practice verbal every day since I knew that would help boost my score if I killed in in verbal. To manage my nerves, I got prescribed beta blockers and took practice tests with them to make sure I didn't feel wonky. I ended up only needing a very small amount to get through my nerves/brain freezes on quant (10mg).
This past week I remained calm and continued to do sets of about 20 questions, documenting my mistakes. I also created a list of strengths and weaknesses for quant and was familiar with my weaknesses so I knew which questions to just skip so that I could have extra time on questions i was good at. The day before I didn't do any GMAT problems - instead I reviewed all of my flashcards (computations and formulas etc.),went on a hike with my boyfriend, and ate a healthy dinner. I was shocked to see my score since I was expecting around a 680. 710!! Q44 V44. I was really surprised at how much I crushed verbal since I never scored that high. While Q44 isn't the best since I know Haas and Wharton care about the 80/80 split, I am SO glad I decided to take this test again and I feel like this will put me at a much better, more confidence place, when writing my apps.
As much as I doubted it, hard work really does pay off. Don't give up!
I started studying around January using some old MGMAT guides from two years ago (I got a 640 when I took it then). Over the next four months, I worked hard to improve my score and was consistently scoring between an 680 - 700. I bought GMAT pill for verbal which really helped my SC and RC. I took the GMAT in May and completely freaked out when I saw my score of 600. I don't know what happened, I think I was a wreck of nerves and had actually taken a vacation to Hawaii the week before which got me really checked out. I proceeded to get very drunk that night and after I got out of my depression, I quickly scheduled my next exam for a month later.
The second time around I decided that I had overdone it. I was studying like 3/hrs a day on weeknights (while working a full time consulting gig) and 4-5 hours each day on the weekends. It was too much and I was burnt out. I shifted my schedule to about 1.5 hours during the week and 2-3 hours on weekends while focusing mainly on my error log. It helped and I scored 700s on both of my practice tests before the next exam. However, nerves again got the best of my on test day and I was annoyed to see a 660 on the second try (Q42 .. I forget verbal). I took a week to decide if I would take it again since it meant that I would have to push some of my apps to R2. I decided it was worth it and scheduled another test a month later.
I signed up for a 2 hour tutoring session with MGMAT and though it was expensive, it really helped to 1) calm me down and 2) clean up my computational errors. I reviewed flashcards every day (multiplication tables up to 20 and powers up to 4) and solidified simple drills. I also continued to practice verbal every day since I knew that would help boost my score if I killed in in verbal. To manage my nerves, I got prescribed beta blockers and took practice tests with them to make sure I didn't feel wonky. I ended up only needing a very small amount to get through my nerves/brain freezes on quant (10mg).
This past week I remained calm and continued to do sets of about 20 questions, documenting my mistakes. I also created a list of strengths and weaknesses for quant and was familiar with my weaknesses so I knew which questions to just skip so that I could have extra time on questions i was good at. The day before I didn't do any GMAT problems - instead I reviewed all of my flashcards (computations and formulas etc.),went on a hike with my boyfriend, and ate a healthy dinner. I was shocked to see my score since I was expecting around a 680. 710!! Q44 V44. I was really surprised at how much I crushed verbal since I never scored that high. While Q44 isn't the best since I know Haas and Wharton care about the 80/80 split, I am SO glad I decided to take this test again and I feel like this will put me at a much better, more confidence place, when writing my apps.
As much as I doubted it, hard work really does pay off. Don't give up!
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