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28 Nov 2014, 04:39
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Hello everybody,
Today I took the GMAT and I totally blew it with a louzy score of 380 (Q25/V19).
Let me first tell you how my test day went:
10:00 Woke up and ate a good breakfast;
11:30 went to the gym and did 30 min of cardio to wake myself up;
12:30 got home, took a shower and had a good post work-out meal.
15:30 had another meal, and was starting to get ready for the test.
17:00 Arrived at the test center. This is where the drama started. Something went wrong with checking in and I had to wait for an hour before I could start my test! I was getting more nervous and started to lose concentration.
18:00 finally ready to take my test. I had a feeling the quantative part went really well in the beginning, halfway there I started losing focus, with some problems I couldn't even understand the problem. At the end of the quantative part I still had a feeling I had done most of the questions well. The weird thing was, I had about 15 min left....Did I rush too much?
During the 8 min break I quickly took a piss and and ate a proteine bar.
The verbal section was hard for me, as it had always been my weak spot. In the middle of the verbal part I started getting long and difficult RC passages en also bold face CR question (sign of being in the high scores I tought). But at the end I started getting really easy SC questions and knew I had probably messed up. Agaain, I had about 15 min left...
At the end of the test I saw my 380 score.. I knew I messed up, but this was increadible...I had never scored this low during my practice test.
For the past couple of months I had studied almost every day for the GMAT. I finished all 8 the MGMAT guides and practiced a lot of questions from the OG 12 book.
Also I had the following scores during my practice test:
GMATPREP 1: 530 (Q44/V20)
GMATPREP 2: 490 (Q36/V21)
GMAT PREP 2 again: 590 (Q47/V25)
I need a 550+ score for my admission.
I am planning to do the GMAT in about 7 weeks from now. I am also working 40 hours a week, but will work 32 hours a week during the next 7 weeks.
Do you think it is possible for me to get a 550 within 7 weeks? (especially since I scored 380 on test day) I want to be in the 600+ level to be safe.
Also, any tips on what books/material I should use? I am planning to study 1-2 hours after work everyday and 6-8 hours on friday-sunday.
Do think that will be enough? Also somebody adviced me that I should take a day off from studying every week, is that a good plan?
Sorry for the long the post, but I am really bumped out and could use really use some help...
All the help is appreciated, thanks in advance!
Yours sincerely
Kavish
Today I took the GMAT and I totally blew it with a louzy score of 380 (Q25/V19).
Let me first tell you how my test day went:
10:00 Woke up and ate a good breakfast;
11:30 went to the gym and did 30 min of cardio to wake myself up;
12:30 got home, took a shower and had a good post work-out meal.
15:30 had another meal, and was starting to get ready for the test.
17:00 Arrived at the test center. This is where the drama started. Something went wrong with checking in and I had to wait for an hour before I could start my test! I was getting more nervous and started to lose concentration.
18:00 finally ready to take my test. I had a feeling the quantative part went really well in the beginning, halfway there I started losing focus, with some problems I couldn't even understand the problem. At the end of the quantative part I still had a feeling I had done most of the questions well. The weird thing was, I had about 15 min left....Did I rush too much?
During the 8 min break I quickly took a piss and and ate a proteine bar.
The verbal section was hard for me, as it had always been my weak spot. In the middle of the verbal part I started getting long and difficult RC passages en also bold face CR question (sign of being in the high scores I tought). But at the end I started getting really easy SC questions and knew I had probably messed up. Agaain, I had about 15 min left...
At the end of the test I saw my 380 score.. I knew I messed up, but this was increadible...I had never scored this low during my practice test.
For the past couple of months I had studied almost every day for the GMAT. I finished all 8 the MGMAT guides and practiced a lot of questions from the OG 12 book.
Also I had the following scores during my practice test:
GMATPREP 1: 530 (Q44/V20)
GMATPREP 2: 490 (Q36/V21)
GMAT PREP 2 again: 590 (Q47/V25)
I need a 550+ score for my admission.
I am planning to do the GMAT in about 7 weeks from now. I am also working 40 hours a week, but will work 32 hours a week during the next 7 weeks.
Do you think it is possible for me to get a 550 within 7 weeks? (especially since I scored 380 on test day) I want to be in the 600+ level to be safe.
Also, any tips on what books/material I should use? I am planning to study 1-2 hours after work everyday and 6-8 hours on friday-sunday.
Do think that will be enough? Also somebody adviced me that I should take a day off from studying every week, is that a good plan?
Sorry for the long the post, but I am really bumped out and could use really use some help...
All the help is appreciated, thanks in advance!
Yours sincerely
Kavish
28 Nov 2014, 21:53
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Hi Kavish,
Let me know if you are looking for a Quant Tutor. You can check the details here
starting-my-own-gmat-quant-coaching-classes-bangalore-135537.html
Ankit
Let me know if you are looking for a Quant Tutor. You can check the details here
starting-my-own-gmat-quant-coaching-classes-bangalore-135537.html
Ankit
Skaffish
29 Nov 2014, 16:28
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Sounds like you took your test at 18:00 (6:00pm) -- somewhat on the late side. Do you know if most if your study sessions were around the same time of the day? Ideally, you want to schedule your exam so you have less time to get anxious. Everything that happened during the day leading up to your exam could have made you more nervous or could have drained your mental level of focus.
We do believe you can jump from 380 to 550. We would recommend 2-3 hours on weekdays and full-blown 8-10 hours on weekends. But time of study is just one part. It is more important to make sure the time you do spend studying -- to be highly and super efficient/effective. If you waste time focusing on things that don't matter, you won't get anywhere.
So develop that solid approach - and study with a purpose and direction -- don't do it aimlessly.
We do believe you can jump from 380 to 550. We would recommend 2-3 hours on weekdays and full-blown 8-10 hours on weekends. But time of study is just one part. It is more important to make sure the time you do spend studying -- to be highly and super efficient/effective. If you waste time focusing on things that don't matter, you won't get anywhere.
So develop that solid approach - and study with a purpose and direction -- don't do it aimlessly.
