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10 Nov 2020, 13:04
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Hi,
I appeared for an exam at the centre today and scored a 630 (Q48 V28). I am familiar with the centre I appeared at. I sat for an exam last year at the same centre.
Just to give a brief, I have always scored in the range of 40-42 (official mocks) and 38-40 (MGMAT CATs) on the verbal section of the exam. As I am now trying to reflect on what could have gone wrong, I just can't put a finger on anything that could bought my score down by 10-12 points. I slept really well, and in fact, on two days leading up to the game day, I watched food shows and cooked food. I was pretty relaxed and happy about how confident I felt.
I have to appear for the exam in next 15-20 days, as I am targeting R2. Truth be told, I need a 720 at least and that's the score I prepared for - I tried to maximize my score on Verbal because that's my strength (or at least that's what I thought). I was hoping I'd see a 38 on the verbal on a bad day, and I could take it to a 40-42 on a good day. My scores on the official mocks ranged from 720 to 740.
I have ordered for my ESR, and that would probably take up to 3 days. But I am so mad at how everything turned out that I can't wait to dive back in and get some confidence back. I haven't had a lot of issues with this section because I majored in English literature and then worked as a journalist. To sum it up, I have never been out of the read-and-write game.
But one thing that does occur to me is that I couldn't understand things that appeared on screen as well. This didn't happen on the Quant section though. I was reading and re-reading stuff, including passages, arguments, and even SC answer choices. After the lockdown was announced, I got very much used to doing everything related to GMAT in the comfort of my room. I rarely ever sat in the living room because I was always either working or studying. I did feel a bit uneasy to sit in that chair and stare at a completely new device. I think this could have troubled me, but the same should also have happened on the Quant section.
I am maybe overanalyzing. Should I consider appearing for the GMAT online? Please feel free to pass on some suggestions.
Thank you, appreciate it!
I appeared for an exam at the centre today and scored a 630 (Q48 V28). I am familiar with the centre I appeared at. I sat for an exam last year at the same centre.
Just to give a brief, I have always scored in the range of 40-42 (official mocks) and 38-40 (MGMAT CATs) on the verbal section of the exam. As I am now trying to reflect on what could have gone wrong, I just can't put a finger on anything that could bought my score down by 10-12 points. I slept really well, and in fact, on two days leading up to the game day, I watched food shows and cooked food. I was pretty relaxed and happy about how confident I felt.
I have to appear for the exam in next 15-20 days, as I am targeting R2. Truth be told, I need a 720 at least and that's the score I prepared for - I tried to maximize my score on Verbal because that's my strength (or at least that's what I thought). I was hoping I'd see a 38 on the verbal on a bad day, and I could take it to a 40-42 on a good day. My scores on the official mocks ranged from 720 to 740.
I have ordered for my ESR, and that would probably take up to 3 days. But I am so mad at how everything turned out that I can't wait to dive back in and get some confidence back. I haven't had a lot of issues with this section because I majored in English literature and then worked as a journalist. To sum it up, I have never been out of the read-and-write game.
But one thing that does occur to me is that I couldn't understand things that appeared on screen as well. This didn't happen on the Quant section though. I was reading and re-reading stuff, including passages, arguments, and even SC answer choices. After the lockdown was announced, I got very much used to doing everything related to GMAT in the comfort of my room. I rarely ever sat in the living room because I was always either working or studying. I did feel a bit uneasy to sit in that chair and stare at a completely new device. I think this could have troubled me, but the same should also have happened on the Quant section.
I am maybe overanalyzing. Should I consider appearing for the GMAT online? Please feel free to pass on some suggestions.
Thank you, appreciate it!
10 Nov 2020, 19:38
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Hi Rocknrolla21,
I’m sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT.
The good news is that you scored really well on quant, right? That said, I understand that you are not satisfied with your verbal score, so the question we need to ask is why you scored so high on your practice exams but lower on the real GMAT.
Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than V28. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find it helpful to read the following articles:
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
If you’d like more specific advice on how to improve your quant and verbal skills, feel free to reach back out. Good luck!
I’m sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT.
The good news is that you scored really well on quant, right? That said, I understand that you are not satisfied with your verbal score, so the question we need to ask is why you scored so high on your practice exams but lower on the real GMAT.
Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than V28. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find it helpful to read the following articles:
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
If you’d like more specific advice on how to improve your quant and verbal skills, feel free to reach back out. Good luck!
10 Nov 2020, 23:08
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Hi Rocknrolla21,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. Before we discuss any of those potential issues though, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) When did you take your 1st Official GMAT and how did you score (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
2) How long have you studied in total? Over the last 3 months, how many hours did you typically study each week?
3) What study materials have you used over the course of all of your studies? What "brands" of CATs/mocks have you used?
4) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
Goals:
5) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
6) What specific application deadlines are you facing?
You might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. Before we discuss any of those potential issues though, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) When did you take your 1st Official GMAT and how did you score (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
2) How long have you studied in total? Over the last 3 months, how many hours did you typically study each week?
3) What study materials have you used over the course of all of your studies? What "brands" of CATs/mocks have you used?
4) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
Goals:
5) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
6) What specific application deadlines are you facing?
You might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
