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31 Jul 2014, 15:07
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I just came back from my first attempt. Feeling absolutely devastated. I scored a dismal 620 Q42 V34 .
Just two days ago i did an mgmat exam and scored 660 Q45 V35, one week before that i scored 680 Q47 V36 in gmat prep. The most annoying thing i found was the distraction at the test centre. The effin' fire alarm went off in the middle of the exam by mistake !! Not mentioning the herds of people taking their driving license exams, walking in and out of the room all the time, some even would talk to the proctors inside the room. Seriously, why don't they just let us sit the exam in a train station instead ?!?!
My sources for studying were the veritas prep course, mgmat number theory, mgmat sentence correction, OG and this awesome forum.
Anyway, enough moaning. I think the primary reason for this score was the fact that i couldn't sleep the night before because of the anxiety. I was so nervous that i went in and got stressed right from the moment the essay argument popped up. I felt helpless trying to find the weaknesses in the argument.
In fairness, I never really studied for verbal much. Other than practicing questions from OG and reading parts of the mgmat sentence correction. I think i could hit my target score with more time dedicated to verbal but i am not sure how best to tackle this 4-5 point score improvement. I am not a native speaker but my command of English is better than average since i have been studying in English all my life and have lived in an english speaking country for the past 5 years (England). I read a lot as well. So i guess i can use sources targeted at people fluent in English. I glanced at some of the really basic sources but they just confuse me rather than add any value.
Will practicing more suffice to score in the 40s in verbal ? When should i retake ? (I think i have just decided that i am going to retake anyway because i felt all the conditions today were completely against me (lack of sleep, major anxiety, FIRE ALARM ! ))
Just two days ago i did an mgmat exam and scored 660 Q45 V35, one week before that i scored 680 Q47 V36 in gmat prep. The most annoying thing i found was the distraction at the test centre. The effin' fire alarm went off in the middle of the exam by mistake !! Not mentioning the herds of people taking their driving license exams, walking in and out of the room all the time, some even would talk to the proctors inside the room. Seriously, why don't they just let us sit the exam in a train station instead ?!?!
My sources for studying were the veritas prep course, mgmat number theory, mgmat sentence correction, OG and this awesome forum.
Anyway, enough moaning. I think the primary reason for this score was the fact that i couldn't sleep the night before because of the anxiety. I was so nervous that i went in and got stressed right from the moment the essay argument popped up. I felt helpless trying to find the weaknesses in the argument.
In fairness, I never really studied for verbal much. Other than practicing questions from OG and reading parts of the mgmat sentence correction. I think i could hit my target score with more time dedicated to verbal but i am not sure how best to tackle this 4-5 point score improvement. I am not a native speaker but my command of English is better than average since i have been studying in English all my life and have lived in an english speaking country for the past 5 years (England). I read a lot as well. So i guess i can use sources targeted at people fluent in English. I glanced at some of the really basic sources but they just confuse me rather than add any value.
Will practicing more suffice to score in the 40s in verbal ? When should i retake ? (I think i have just decided that i am going to retake anyway because i felt all the conditions today were completely against me (lack of sleep, major anxiety, FIRE ALARM ! ))
31 Jul 2014, 17:17
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Dear amz14,
I'm very sorry to here that conditions conspired against you as they did. I am happy to respond.
First of all, even under the best of circumstances, a drop from practice test to the real GMAT is not uncommon. See:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2014/lower-on-t ... ice-tests/
Now, to improve. Here's a set of GMAT Idiom Flashcards:
https://gmat.magoosh.com/flashcards/idioms
Here's a three-month study schedule you may find helpful:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-gm ... -students/
You say you read a lot already. I will caution you: how much of what you read is high-brow and academic in nature? That's the level of language on the GMAT. Reading material at a colloquial level will actually be detrimental, because many colloquialisms will not be acceptable by the high standards of the GMAT. You need to make sure your reading is as sophisticated as possible.
Those are some suggestions. Please let me know if you have further questions.
Mike
01 Aug 2014, 13:43
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Thanks a lot Mike. I should have read the stress management blog post before the test. Oh well, i hope next time it won't be as bad.
I downloaded the idioms flashcards app, thanks for the link. This should prove really useful on the go
I downloaded the idioms flashcards app, thanks for the link. This should prove really useful on the go
