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09 Aug 2014, 23:26
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My Background: I am an Indian. I graduated from Bits-Pilani in 2011. I see my college colleagues doing really well in their careers. I am also expected to do well in entrance exams such as GMAT, CAT etc. considering people who make it to such a premier college in India have an above average aptitude or a flair to succeed.
My GMAT journey
First attempt score 610, QA:49, VA:25 in October 2013
My preparation wasn't up to the mark as I used to remain very busy with my office work. I had just taken MGMAT mocks. I didnt learn any grammar rules. I couldn't work on my weaknesses. This was not a very serious attempt.
I decided to take the GMAT seriously. I enrolled for e-gmat's sc course. Started doing OG and also got MGMAT books. In Feb, 2014 I had completed the e-gmats SC course and I had given a few free mocks on Kaplan, Veritas etc in Feb, 2014. I was averaging close to 700 on these tests. However, I wanted to take the gmat only when I was prepared for a 750+.
I took e-gmats CR and RC courses also as verbal was my weakness. I decided to take the gmat on 9th august 2014.
I wish to tell you how hard I had worked for this exam. What all I had covered. I did take care of going through my mistakes and I did try to reduce them. I did maintain the account of wrong questions that I did in SC.
OG 13th edition - I did it twice.
e-gmat's SC course - did it twice.
egmat's CR and RC - did it once.
MGMATs (RC,CR,SC) - did it once.
OG verbal review - did it once.
OG quant review - Did it once.
GMAT written tests of 1995 (got them from a friend) - Did all of them once
MGMAT mock test - did all the 6 tests twice
GMAT Prep free mocks - Did both the tests twice
GMAT Prep pack 1 - Bought additional tests - did them once.
I had also done GMATClub tests
After doing all the mocks I used to check my mistakes. I used to go through all the questions.
I want to share with you my mock scores
MGMAT first attempt. All these were done in the stretch of last 2 months
Total VR QA
MGMAT-1 620 29 46
MGMAT-2 660 34 46
MGMAT-3 700 40 46
MGMAT-4 680 37 46
MGMAT-5 640 31 47
MGMAT-6 680 36 46
AVG 663 34.5 46
GMAT prep tests
April 26th - 710 QA- 50 VA 36
July 22nd - 660 QA - 50 VA 30
MGMAT mocks repeat test scores. All given in last 3 weeks.
Total VR QA
MGMAT-1 780 45 51
MGMAT-2 700 36 49
MGMAT-3 720 42 47
MGMAT-4 700 36 49
MGMAT-5 680 35 48
MGMAT-6 770 45 50
AVG 725 39.8 49
GMAT prep exam pack -1
Test -1 Aug 2 - 660 QA 49 VA 31
Test-2 Aug -6 - 700 QA 48 VA 38
Getting a VA 38 in my last mock before the exam was a relief. I thought if I can manage a 50 in quant and 38 in Verbal I might end up with a 730 which was a decent enough score considering my verbal scores had not improved despite so much hard work. But I was satisfied. 730 could have landed me in best of the colleges.
August, 8th 2014
One night before the exam, it had rained heavily and from somewhere some honeybees had entered my room. I tried to kill them and got a sting by one of them on my left hand. I couldn't sleep properly because of the pain. Early morning I decided to rush to the hospital as I couldn't have given the exam in best frame of my mind with that pain. Doctor gave me a pain killer injection and some pills to swallow. He assured me that the pills and the injection won't effect my performance on the exam.
I went for the exam. Pain had subsided. I was doing fine until Quant section. In verbal section my timing wasn't going right. I had to rush and mark some questions randomly in the end. Exam got finished. I didn't feel very positive about my verbal section. Scores popped up and I was shattered.
I got 620. QA- 50, VA - 25. In my last attempt I had scored 25 in verbal. Despite all the hard work done in last 6 months. I got the same 25 in my verbal yesterday. I cancelled my scores as 620 from 610 wouldn't have made much of a difference. I don't know whether to blame the honeybee or to blame my luck. I am not sure if I chocked during the exam. I also don't know if I am just dumb. I am not even sure if I felt sleep deprived during the exam. And since I had already given my best in terms of the preparation. I have no clue what to do now. Doubt and fear about verbal section has sneaked into my mind and I feel very low on confidence.
My GMAT journey
First attempt score 610, QA:49, VA:25 in October 2013
My preparation wasn't up to the mark as I used to remain very busy with my office work. I had just taken MGMAT mocks. I didnt learn any grammar rules. I couldn't work on my weaknesses. This was not a very serious attempt.
I decided to take the GMAT seriously. I enrolled for e-gmat's sc course. Started doing OG and also got MGMAT books. In Feb, 2014 I had completed the e-gmats SC course and I had given a few free mocks on Kaplan, Veritas etc in Feb, 2014. I was averaging close to 700 on these tests. However, I wanted to take the gmat only when I was prepared for a 750+.
I took e-gmats CR and RC courses also as verbal was my weakness. I decided to take the gmat on 9th august 2014.
I wish to tell you how hard I had worked for this exam. What all I had covered. I did take care of going through my mistakes and I did try to reduce them. I did maintain the account of wrong questions that I did in SC.
OG 13th edition - I did it twice.
e-gmat's SC course - did it twice.
egmat's CR and RC - did it once.
MGMATs (RC,CR,SC) - did it once.
OG verbal review - did it once.
OG quant review - Did it once.
GMAT written tests of 1995 (got them from a friend) - Did all of them once
MGMAT mock test - did all the 6 tests twice
GMAT Prep free mocks - Did both the tests twice
GMAT Prep pack 1 - Bought additional tests - did them once.
I had also done GMATClub tests
After doing all the mocks I used to check my mistakes. I used to go through all the questions.
I want to share with you my mock scores
MGMAT first attempt. All these were done in the stretch of last 2 months
Total VR QA
MGMAT-1 620 29 46
MGMAT-2 660 34 46
MGMAT-3 700 40 46
MGMAT-4 680 37 46
MGMAT-5 640 31 47
MGMAT-6 680 36 46
AVG 663 34.5 46
GMAT prep tests
April 26th - 710 QA- 50 VA 36
July 22nd - 660 QA - 50 VA 30
MGMAT mocks repeat test scores. All given in last 3 weeks.
Total VR QA
MGMAT-1 780 45 51
MGMAT-2 700 36 49
MGMAT-3 720 42 47
MGMAT-4 700 36 49
MGMAT-5 680 35 48
MGMAT-6 770 45 50
AVG 725 39.8 49
GMAT prep exam pack -1
Test -1 Aug 2 - 660 QA 49 VA 31
Test-2 Aug -6 - 700 QA 48 VA 38
Getting a VA 38 in my last mock before the exam was a relief. I thought if I can manage a 50 in quant and 38 in Verbal I might end up with a 730 which was a decent enough score considering my verbal scores had not improved despite so much hard work. But I was satisfied. 730 could have landed me in best of the colleges.
August, 8th 2014
One night before the exam, it had rained heavily and from somewhere some honeybees had entered my room. I tried to kill them and got a sting by one of them on my left hand. I couldn't sleep properly because of the pain. Early morning I decided to rush to the hospital as I couldn't have given the exam in best frame of my mind with that pain. Doctor gave me a pain killer injection and some pills to swallow. He assured me that the pills and the injection won't effect my performance on the exam.
I went for the exam. Pain had subsided. I was doing fine until Quant section. In verbal section my timing wasn't going right. I had to rush and mark some questions randomly in the end. Exam got finished. I didn't feel very positive about my verbal section. Scores popped up and I was shattered.
I got 620. QA- 50, VA - 25. In my last attempt I had scored 25 in verbal. Despite all the hard work done in last 6 months. I got the same 25 in my verbal yesterday. I cancelled my scores as 620 from 610 wouldn't have made much of a difference. I don't know whether to blame the honeybee or to blame my luck. I am not sure if I chocked during the exam. I also don't know if I am just dumb. I am not even sure if I felt sleep deprived during the exam. And since I had already given my best in terms of the preparation. I have no clue what to do now. Doubt and fear about verbal section has sneaked into my mind and I feel very low on confidence.
10 Aug 2014, 21:56
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Hi Nishant Consul,
I can understand how feel about your score. But dude, you have to relax about being from BITS Pilani and what your friends have achieved. I'm from India too, and I can understand how that can really pressurize us. Looking at your mock scores and your progress, I think you psyched yourself out with that pressure and lack of self confidence. It can't be the bee sting and medicines, because then you would've bombed the quants section as well.
In my opinion, the following should be your plan going forward - and in this order:
1) Calm yourself - forget about what happened or what your friends have achieved or what your friends might think about your low score. Instead, think about how awesome you would feel when you score a 740+ in your next attempt. Culminate that positive attitude and take that into your retake preparation and your retake exam.
2) Retake strategy - looking at your performance in the mocks, I think you have your basics clear. You don't need to work too much on that at least. Just brush up on them and keep things fresh in your mind.
HOWEVER, do develop a strategy for the verbal for each of its sub-sections and question types. Start by assessing your past mock tests and figure out your weak areas, and then go a level deeper by determining specific topics that you need to work on. For instance, if CR is your weak area, which type of CR questions are you getting wrong. Focus most on Weaken/Strengthen/Assumption type questions as they come most frequently in the GMAT. Similarly, find out your specific weak areas in each section.
Thirdly, develop a strategy to tackle each specific weak area. This should be the strategy that you would apply on every question of that type, every single time. This should become second nature to you. This would help you in keeping calm during the exam and going with the flow as and when different question types appear.
3) Simulate exam day environment and contingency plans - Finally, you should prepare your body and mind for the exam day. Follow the same routine, eating habits, and sleeping routine for your mocks as you would have on your real GMAT. If it's in the morning, go to sleep early and wake up early and then study. This will help you in getting accustomed to the early morning grind. Also, give mocks in uncomfortable situations so that you're prepared for any type of situation on exam day.
I think doing the above things should help you reaching the score that you desire. As I mentioned earlier, forget the past, plan the future, and stay calm!
All the best!
I can understand how feel about your score. But dude, you have to relax about being from BITS Pilani and what your friends have achieved. I'm from India too, and I can understand how that can really pressurize us. Looking at your mock scores and your progress, I think you psyched yourself out with that pressure and lack of self confidence. It can't be the bee sting and medicines, because then you would've bombed the quants section as well.
In my opinion, the following should be your plan going forward - and in this order:
1) Calm yourself - forget about what happened or what your friends have achieved or what your friends might think about your low score. Instead, think about how awesome you would feel when you score a 740+ in your next attempt. Culminate that positive attitude and take that into your retake preparation and your retake exam.
2) Retake strategy - looking at your performance in the mocks, I think you have your basics clear. You don't need to work too much on that at least. Just brush up on them and keep things fresh in your mind.
HOWEVER, do develop a strategy for the verbal for each of its sub-sections and question types. Start by assessing your past mock tests and figure out your weak areas, and then go a level deeper by determining specific topics that you need to work on. For instance, if CR is your weak area, which type of CR questions are you getting wrong. Focus most on Weaken/Strengthen/Assumption type questions as they come most frequently in the GMAT. Similarly, find out your specific weak areas in each section.
Thirdly, develop a strategy to tackle each specific weak area. This should be the strategy that you would apply on every question of that type, every single time. This should become second nature to you. This would help you in keeping calm during the exam and going with the flow as and when different question types appear.
3) Simulate exam day environment and contingency plans - Finally, you should prepare your body and mind for the exam day. Follow the same routine, eating habits, and sleeping routine for your mocks as you would have on your real GMAT. If it's in the morning, go to sleep early and wake up early and then study. This will help you in getting accustomed to the early morning grind. Also, give mocks in uncomfortable situations so that you're prepared for any type of situation on exam day.
I think doing the above things should help you reaching the score that you desire. As I mentioned earlier, forget the past, plan the future, and stay calm!
All the best!
10 Aug 2014, 22:42
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Thanks a lot. I think this is the correct way to go about it.
