Absolutely destroyed by GMAT 2.0 || 710 - 610

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Hello Everyone,

I scored 710 on GMAT online (Version 1.0) back in April. Since I'm from an overrepresented pool of applicants, I wanted to improve my score to 740-750. 
So after the first attempt I took 15 days break and prepared this time using e-GMAT online course. After the end of course my e-Sigma scores varied from 670 - 710(Last) and the GMAT prep scores from 720 - 770 on retake. Even on the GMAT club tests I have constantly scored between Q49 - Q51.

Today I went into the exam with the belief that I will at least be able to improve my last score. I started the Exam with Quant. First 15-16 questions seemed okay, however they were very lengthy. But during the second half of it I realised I'm going to bomb the exam. It was my worst experience in Quant, I had to guess multiple questions in order to finish the exam on time.

I was probably very demotivated by this and messed my Verbal too. SC and CR questions were similar to the OG questions. RC passages were very dense and tricky.

By the end I knew I'm not going to get a better score this time, but  610(Q45V30)  was a big shock. I'm confident even if I attempt Quant right after I wake up in the morning I'll score above Q45. This is worse than my cold test attempt.

To anyone reading this post, I do not intend to demotivate you. This is probably the result of my anxiety and I'm kind of lost right now. I would much appreciate it if you have any suggestions on what to do next?

I still look forward to scoring that 740.

Thank you!

globaldesi · Answer

Hi,
Did you take online or offline?
Were questions very different than the ones in April. 710 to 610 is not believable. Has the pattern changed completely

ahumne · Answer

Hi, I took the new online enhanced one. I’m not sure about the pattern but the questions seemed difficult from the beginning of the test.

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bb · Answer

Sorry to hear about your experience and sorry about the result! That seems to be a big drop!

P.S. You have to keep yourself moving through the questions and keep going and stay within the planned time parameters so you are not in a situation where you have to guess a ton of questions in a row. You also don't want to worry about your score until the end of the test. People traditionally have been terrible at predicting their own scores (because the test is adaptive and if you are getting hard questions it means you are doing well though people feel that are failing because questions are hard). I am sorry it went down that way

ahumne · Answer

Thanks a lot BB. I’m taking couple of weeks off. Will be giving a final offline attempt now

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egmat · Answer

ahumne : I am sorry to hear about your experience. A 100-point reduction in the official score can be extremely demotivating and I can understand how demotivated you must be now. This essentially is feels like time lost, money lost, and possibly hard work down the drain. The GMAT tests us on many things, mental toughness being one of them. If you are doing well, the test will get tough and you will get questions that will seem impossible. Many people who lose hope midway get into a downward spiral and end up doing worse. Read tip # 10 in this debrief: https://gmatclub.com/forum/670-to-740-a ... 61394.html This student improved his Quant score and from 710 to 740 in about 15 days. Improving from 710 to 750 Improving from 710 (we should still take 710 as your baseline) requires a very specific approach. Since you are at such a high ability score, we first need to identify subsections that we need to target. Within the identified subsections, we need to identify blocks in which you need to improve. The next step is to create an improvement strategy, which often requires working with a Strategy expert. The last step is to track whether you have actually improved. This entire journey process takes about 15 days. Here are two more students who have used this process and have improved. https://gmatclub.com/forum/690-to-750-i ... 59924.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5WUQoqS2s You will see the hyper-specific improvement plans detailed in the respective debriefs. I understand that you want to take a break. Write to me at rajat https://gmatclub.com:443/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&un= .. Or write to the support team whenever you are ready to take a test. Stay motivated! We will help you get there. -Rajat

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