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Hello,
I gave the GMAT exam last month and scored 690. Maths-50 Verbal -33. In all my prep mocks which were taken under the controlled environment I had always scored a 38 in verbal. On the test day I started feeling extremely dizzy while doing the verbal part. I tried various things like closing my eyes and resting for a minute , even put the headphones on but nothing helped. It never happened with me in any of the mocks. I had even taken proper snacks like a carribean coffee and half mars bar in the break. I have my gmat within 10 days . Last evening when I was sitting for a mock I again had the same feeling. At that moment since I was sitting in a coaching center a guy came and turned off the ac. Since there was a feeling of anger I confronted him and asked him to turn it on. This just broke the dizziness I was experiencing and I performed well from that question onwards. Not sure how to break this pattern on test day
I gave the GMAT exam last month and scored 690. Maths-50 Verbal -33. In all my prep mocks which were taken under the controlled environment I had always scored a 38 in verbal. On the test day I started feeling extremely dizzy while doing the verbal part. I tried various things like closing my eyes and resting for a minute , even put the headphones on but nothing helped. It never happened with me in any of the mocks. I had even taken proper snacks like a carribean coffee and half mars bar in the break. I have my gmat within 10 days . Last evening when I was sitting for a mock I again had the same feeling. At that moment since I was sitting in a coaching center a guy came and turned off the ac. Since there was a feeling of anger I confronted him and asked him to turn it on. This just broke the dizziness I was experiencing and I performed well from that question onwards. Not sure how to break this pattern on test day
27 Jun 2016, 11:39
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Hi eektvas,
Given the few details that you've provided, I can suggest a couple of potential 'broad' solutions based to the physical issues that you're experiencing:
1) Be mindful of how close you're sitting to the computer screen. Over the course of the Exam, you'll be staring at that screen for the better part of 4 hours (and the final 75 minutes will be during the Verbal section when you'll be the most fatigued). Leaning back from the screen and making sure to take plenty of notes on your pad (so that you're not constantly staring at the screen) will probably help.
2) You might be getting dehydrated during the Exam. Make sure to drink plenty of fluids/water before the Exam and during each of your two 8-minute breaks. This will likely also require that you use the restroom a couple of times on Test Day, but that is a fair trade-off to avoid these symptoms.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Given the few details that you've provided, I can suggest a couple of potential 'broad' solutions based to the physical issues that you're experiencing:
1) Be mindful of how close you're sitting to the computer screen. Over the course of the Exam, you'll be staring at that screen for the better part of 4 hours (and the final 75 minutes will be during the Verbal section when you'll be the most fatigued). Leaning back from the screen and making sure to take plenty of notes on your pad (so that you're not constantly staring at the screen) will probably help.
2) You might be getting dehydrated during the Exam. Make sure to drink plenty of fluids/water before the Exam and during each of your two 8-minute breaks. This will likely also require that you use the restroom a couple of times on Test Day, but that is a fair trade-off to avoid these symptoms.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
