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GMAT 1: 620 Q35 V40
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19 Aug 2020, 10:53
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First attempt was a 610, despite practice tests ranging from 660-700.
Second attempt, after another 3 months of studying, I only got up to 620. Despite again, all of my recent practice tests ranging 650-690. I at least expected a 650.
I *want* a 700 but this is getting absurd.
I used GMATPrepNow and at least *feel* like all of the content is relevant and helpful, especially since it's mostly based on the official GMAT book and the official GMAT resources.
I have no idea what to do. Also - my first attempt I got Q:40 V:38. This second attempt I got an abysmal Q:35 and V:40. This is the lowest quant score on any of my exams, real or practice. I also felt like it was going well during the actual test.
I'm just confused and uncertain about how to the heck I'm supposed to proceed from here. Any advice from anyone would be great.
I'm not interested in spending another $1000+ to get a 700 score though - so no, some $2k course with a tutor isn't going to cut it. Not when I'm going to have to spend hundreds on another exam as it is.
Anyone else feel like getting an MBA is the biggest scam on the planet? I cannot BELIEVE how expensive this is becoming. What a waste.
Second attempt, after another 3 months of studying, I only got up to 620. Despite again, all of my recent practice tests ranging 650-690. I at least expected a 650.
I *want* a 700 but this is getting absurd.
I used GMATPrepNow and at least *feel* like all of the content is relevant and helpful, especially since it's mostly based on the official GMAT book and the official GMAT resources.
I have no idea what to do. Also - my first attempt I got Q:40 V:38. This second attempt I got an abysmal Q:35 and V:40. This is the lowest quant score on any of my exams, real or practice. I also felt like it was going well during the actual test.
I'm just confused and uncertain about how to the heck I'm supposed to proceed from here. Any advice from anyone would be great.
I'm not interested in spending another $1000+ to get a 700 score though - so no, some $2k course with a tutor isn't going to cut it. Not when I'm going to have to spend hundreds on another exam as it is.
Anyone else feel like getting an MBA is the biggest scam on the planet? I cannot BELIEVE how expensive this is becoming. What a waste.
19 Aug 2020, 11:18
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I’m sorry to hear how things went with your 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 620. 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.
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?
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 620. 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.
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?
sydlyisaacs
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Joined: 05 Apr 2020
Last visit: 03 Oct 2022
Posts: 41
Own Kudos:
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Location: United States (NC)
Schools: Bocconi (A)
GMAT 1: 620 Q35 V40
GMAT 2: 690 Q40 V44 (Online)
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19 Aug 2020, 11:38
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I'm confused - do you mean quant, not verbal? My verbal score was in the 90th percentile...my quant was the low one.
