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30 Aug 2023, 10:23
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Sad to be back here again. No offense- you're all great! But you know what I mean.
Today I took my 5th GMAT only to get a 610 (Q40 V35)- a score 10 points less than my last attempt in May which was already 20 point less than my attempt in February. If you want more background, you can find details my harrowing 1.5 year long GMAT journey here
A quick TLDR:
10/22 Exam 1: 590 Q32 V39
12/ 22 Exam 2: 640 Q35 V42
2/23 Exam 3: 640 Q39 V39
5/23 Exam 4: 620 Q36 V38
and then today
Exam 5: 610 Q40 V35
Since May, I took the advice of this forum and worked on my my Quant foundation, working my way through TTP for over 150 hours. I've completed 69% of the lessons 70% of problems with a 77% overall accuracy. I feel my quant skills improving with every chapter and I consistently get 90%+ on easy chapter quizzes and 75%+ on medium chapter quizzes (but less than 60 on hard levels). I understand that I have not finished the course (I had to take the test today for a few reasons), but I thought I would be at least seeing a significant improvement in my Q score. I knew I would not be getting a 700 on this test but I expected at least a 640. I took my most recent official GMAT practice test two days ago and received a 670 Q44 V39, which felt more aligned with my current skillset.
Here are the things I think may have contributed to my score today:
-Neglected verbal (however all practice tests were 39+) until a few days before where I binge-watched GMAT Ninja SC videos (did this throw me off?)
- Immense test anxiety. I would feel controlled the first 10 questions and then would suddenly look at the time and panic. In practice exams, I feel much more comfortable guessing and moving on to questions I know. On the real test, I second guess myself on questions that should be quick. Timing is never an issue on my practice exams but is my number one issue on test day.
- Much longer RC passages on the real exam than in any practice exam. Had to end up guessing on the last 7 verbal questions.
I'm awaiting my ESR which will hopefully clear up my score. Obviously, I cried today. What a waste of my summer. But I've decided this test will not be the end. Now, I'm mad. Screw this exam- it will not make me a failure. I've run out of tests until October 15. Here's my game plan for the next month and a half:
-Finish TTP fully and maybe do verbal as well?
-Use LSAT materials for RC help
-Take my next test at home (has this been proven to help with test anxiety?)
-Annihilate OG problems
Looking for any additional advice. Thanks!
Today I took my 5th GMAT only to get a 610 (Q40 V35)- a score 10 points less than my last attempt in May which was already 20 point less than my attempt in February. If you want more background, you can find details my harrowing 1.5 year long GMAT journey here
A quick TLDR:
10/22 Exam 1: 590 Q32 V39
12/ 22 Exam 2: 640 Q35 V42
2/23 Exam 3: 640 Q39 V39
5/23 Exam 4: 620 Q36 V38
and then today
Exam 5: 610 Q40 V35
Since May, I took the advice of this forum and worked on my my Quant foundation, working my way through TTP for over 150 hours. I've completed 69% of the lessons 70% of problems with a 77% overall accuracy. I feel my quant skills improving with every chapter and I consistently get 90%+ on easy chapter quizzes and 75%+ on medium chapter quizzes (but less than 60 on hard levels). I understand that I have not finished the course (I had to take the test today for a few reasons), but I thought I would be at least seeing a significant improvement in my Q score. I knew I would not be getting a 700 on this test but I expected at least a 640. I took my most recent official GMAT practice test two days ago and received a 670 Q44 V39, which felt more aligned with my current skillset.
Here are the things I think may have contributed to my score today:
-Neglected verbal (however all practice tests were 39+) until a few days before where I binge-watched GMAT Ninja SC videos (did this throw me off?)
- Immense test anxiety. I would feel controlled the first 10 questions and then would suddenly look at the time and panic. In practice exams, I feel much more comfortable guessing and moving on to questions I know. On the real test, I second guess myself on questions that should be quick. Timing is never an issue on my practice exams but is my number one issue on test day.
- Much longer RC passages on the real exam than in any practice exam. Had to end up guessing on the last 7 verbal questions.
I'm awaiting my ESR which will hopefully clear up my score. Obviously, I cried today. What a waste of my summer. But I've decided this test will not be the end. Now, I'm mad. Screw this exam- it will not make me a failure. I've run out of tests until October 15. Here's my game plan for the next month and a half:
-Finish TTP fully and maybe do verbal as well?
-Use LSAT materials for RC help
-Take my next test at home (has this been proven to help with test anxiety?)
-Annihilate OG problems
Looking for any additional advice. Thanks!
30 Aug 2023, 13:39
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Hi CML33,
For what it's worth, I think you can get a 700(+). Your verbal scores are really good, and strong scores in one section usually indicate that the test taker is capable of getting similar scores in the other section(s).
All the best for the retake.
30 Aug 2023, 13:51
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Ugh. Sorry.
I would be mad as well but I’m also slightly concerned to see your declining scores in the long history of preparing. What I mean by that is fatigue. When you’re prepared for a long time, you think you know some thing but there’s always slippage in your brain always loses some information that is not regularly used or accessed. When you’ve been preparing over six months, it gets frustrating because things are already stated and learned get to be forgotten.
However, it seems like pace and timing may be the primary issues. I guess we can see your ESR so no reason to be guessing at this point. However, you just need to have the discipline and the rule about hitting certain milestones throughout the test and if you’re running behind, you have to make the hard choice of Guessing a question. If you have never run out of time on the practice test, I suggested to you simulate running out of time and give yourself only 50 minutes or 55 minutes instead of 65. Practice like the real thing.
Getting a high score on the GMAT there’s a lot of things besides just studying and hours as it has been proven many times. A big part of it is knowing what works for you and anticipating bottlenecks and dealing with monsters in the closets. We all have some monsters lurking there But we may not always be willing to deal with them… but we need to.
PS. One option could be to take the GRE if you are looking at R1. That could help you meet some of the round one deadlines potentially if you are mentally there to apply in round one. I have seen people convert fairly quickly but you have to be open minded to it.
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I would be mad as well but I’m also slightly concerned to see your declining scores in the long history of preparing. What I mean by that is fatigue. When you’re prepared for a long time, you think you know some thing but there’s always slippage in your brain always loses some information that is not regularly used or accessed. When you’ve been preparing over six months, it gets frustrating because things are already stated and learned get to be forgotten.
However, it seems like pace and timing may be the primary issues. I guess we can see your ESR so no reason to be guessing at this point. However, you just need to have the discipline and the rule about hitting certain milestones throughout the test and if you’re running behind, you have to make the hard choice of Guessing a question. If you have never run out of time on the practice test, I suggested to you simulate running out of time and give yourself only 50 minutes or 55 minutes instead of 65. Practice like the real thing.
Getting a high score on the GMAT there’s a lot of things besides just studying and hours as it has been proven many times. A big part of it is knowing what works for you and anticipating bottlenecks and dealing with monsters in the closets. We all have some monsters lurking there But we may not always be willing to deal with them… but we need to.
PS. One option could be to take the GRE if you are looking at R1. That could help you meet some of the round one deadlines potentially if you are mentally there to apply in round one. I have seen people convert fairly quickly but you have to be open minded to it.
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