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04 Nov 2020, 08:38
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Hi everyone,
So I gave my GMAT for the second time today, and I'm so disheartened because I don't know what happens on the day of the exam. I just bomb the paper.
Before my first exam, I was scoring 620–660 and I ended up with a 580 on the real exam. I gave it again today. I was scoring 660–710 on my mocks this time around, but I ended up with a poor 590 today.
At the beginning of the exam I was super distracted because of another person typing aggressively, so the noise of the keys kept disturbing me. Then I put on the headphones and then the markers weren't working properly (even tho I checked before). This threw me off a couple of times, but then I just feel like I get so so nervous and then I get restless.
I know my prep is decent (but it can't be lol if I'm getting this much in the real exam).
Does anyone have any advice for me? What could I do to not get nervous – this is such a difficult question to answer, I'm sure, but I just feel like what if the GMAT isn't for me.
If anyone's faced something similar, it'd be great if you could tell me how you got through this!
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So I gave my GMAT for the second time today, and I'm so disheartened because I don't know what happens on the day of the exam. I just bomb the paper.
Before my first exam, I was scoring 620–660 and I ended up with a 580 on the real exam. I gave it again today. I was scoring 660–710 on my mocks this time around, but I ended up with a poor 590 today.
At the beginning of the exam I was super distracted because of another person typing aggressively, so the noise of the keys kept disturbing me. Then I put on the headphones and then the markers weren't working properly (even tho I checked before). This threw me off a couple of times, but then I just feel like I get so so nervous and then I get restless.
I know my prep is decent (but it can't be lol if I'm getting this much in the real exam).
Does anyone have any advice for me? What could I do to not get nervous – this is such a difficult question to answer, I'm sure, but I just feel like what if the GMAT isn't for me.
If anyone's faced something similar, it'd be great if you could tell me how you got through this!
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04 Nov 2020, 22:59
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Hi Palak,
I agree that exam day pressure will have an impact on your score but looking at your mock scores, I don't think that's the only reason. Your mock scores have to consistent for you to score the same on the actual test. If your mock scores keep fluctuating, it means that you are probably not following the right approach to solve questions.
I understand that you might be very good with the concepts. But that alone wouldn't suffice. You need to work on your application. By application I mean the methodology of solving questions. Even I scored a 570 in my first attempt but later realized that I needed to work on the methodology. I worked extensively on it and then improved my score to 680 and then to 720 recently.
Below is my debrief of how I improved my score from 570 to 720. I hope you find it helpful. All the best
04 Nov 2020, 23:06
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Thanks, vamshikaithi! I'll definitely consider this once I start preparing again.
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