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01 Nov 2022, 07:55
Kudos
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Hello all,
I posted yesterday with my test day horror story. Short version - technical issues caused a 3-hour delay mid-exam and asked for a reschedule which was not granted. IR section glitched and would not show graphs related to the questions, needed to answer them.
Now I am waiting to hear back from GMAC about a cancellation, voucher and rescheduling. Regardless of what they say, I will be retaking. Ideally, they would acknowledge the problems were on their end and it would be free. Ideally, it would happen before EOW. I am not holding my breath though.
Because of this I either have another 7-18 days before I can reattempt. I would continue to practice during this time.
My journey was as follows:
Cold Princeton Review full exam - 670
Cold Official Mock #1 - 640 Q42 V36 IR 5
Study for 1.5-2 months Quant OG (some GMATNinja vid supplements) + Verbal with GMATNinja Series
Attempt Official Mock #1 again - 740 Q48 V44 IR8
Attempt Official Mock #2 - 760 Q48 V46 IR7
*When I say cold attempt, I literally mean cold. I didn't even know what the format of the exam was.
I scheduled my official and went through the nightmare 20 minutes into quant, my first section.
Result: 690 Q45 V39 IR2
I am aware that the exam, given what happened, does not necessarily reflect my abilities very accurately. At the same time, I can't help but think that I managed to still score Q45 on Quant despite the issue. Verbal is not my strong suit, but I had developed a good strategy (thank you, @GMATNinja!) that helped me score over 40 on the two final mocks - and do well on other loose OG/official questions. The stress of the moment (coupled with not having eaten, a headache, whatever) probably clouded my ability to focus and made me revert back to old bad habits.
Having said all this, what are your recommendations?
Should I purchase practice tests #3&4 to actually measure my performance on a different set?
Should I focus instead of sharpening my verbal skills exclusively?
Maybe I am still a little too upset to actually see how to make the most of the situation/what to do/if to do another official practice.
Any and all thoughts will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
I posted yesterday with my test day horror story. Short version - technical issues caused a 3-hour delay mid-exam and asked for a reschedule which was not granted. IR section glitched and would not show graphs related to the questions, needed to answer them.
Now I am waiting to hear back from GMAC about a cancellation, voucher and rescheduling. Regardless of what they say, I will be retaking. Ideally, they would acknowledge the problems were on their end and it would be free. Ideally, it would happen before EOW. I am not holding my breath though.
Because of this I either have another 7-18 days before I can reattempt. I would continue to practice during this time.
My journey was as follows:
Cold Princeton Review full exam - 670
Cold Official Mock #1 - 640 Q42 V36 IR 5
Study for 1.5-2 months Quant OG (some GMATNinja vid supplements) + Verbal with GMATNinja Series
Attempt Official Mock #1 again - 740 Q48 V44 IR8
Attempt Official Mock #2 - 760 Q48 V46 IR7
*When I say cold attempt, I literally mean cold. I didn't even know what the format of the exam was.
I scheduled my official and went through the nightmare 20 minutes into quant, my first section.
Result: 690 Q45 V39 IR2
I am aware that the exam, given what happened, does not necessarily reflect my abilities very accurately. At the same time, I can't help but think that I managed to still score Q45 on Quant despite the issue. Verbal is not my strong suit, but I had developed a good strategy (thank you, @GMATNinja!) that helped me score over 40 on the two final mocks - and do well on other loose OG/official questions. The stress of the moment (coupled with not having eaten, a headache, whatever) probably clouded my ability to focus and made me revert back to old bad habits.
Having said all this, what are your recommendations?
Should I purchase practice tests #3&4 to actually measure my performance on a different set?
Should I focus instead of sharpening my verbal skills exclusively?
Maybe I am still a little too upset to actually see how to make the most of the situation/what to do/if to do another official practice.
Any and all thoughts will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
01 Nov 2022, 08:01
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi. Again, terribly sorry about your experience yesterday. That’s really really annoying and I admire your restraint.
I think you need to use your time well and maintain the momentum. I would definitely not completely abandon quant and not completely ignore it. I would at least spend some time practicing it and keeping it warm and engaged.
Interns of getting additional practice test, if you’re going to wait for a couple weeks, you might as well take a few tests. It can be just one a week. And I would spend some time on making sure you don’t lose any of the momentum and result you achieved in the past. it doesn’t take very long to lose those little verbal sensitivities …
I wouldn’t be overly focused on hard or extra hard questions. I would do a mix of easy, medium hard. It seems from reports, Most of these days people don’t even run into many of hard questions, and instead get caught on careless mistakes.…
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I think you need to use your time well and maintain the momentum. I would definitely not completely abandon quant and not completely ignore it. I would at least spend some time practicing it and keeping it warm and engaged.
Interns of getting additional practice test, if you’re going to wait for a couple weeks, you might as well take a few tests. It can be just one a week. And I would spend some time on making sure you don’t lose any of the momentum and result you achieved in the past. it doesn’t take very long to lose those little verbal sensitivities …
I wouldn’t be overly focused on hard or extra hard questions. I would do a mix of easy, medium hard. It seems from reports, Most of these days people don’t even run into many of hard questions, and instead get caught on careless mistakes.…
Posted from my mobile device
01 Nov 2022, 08:34
Kudos
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bb
Thank you, bb! Your prompt replies are super appreciated.
I guess my question, in some way, also is:
Am I fooling myself by thinking I would have performed better under normal circumstances?
Is the question bank for Mock#2 the same as Mock#1? If so, is that practice 760 something I shouldn't use as an anchor?
