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I took my GMAT this afternoon(9/9/14), totally messed it up... 640(Q49V27IR5)
that's lower that my diagnostic test score!
During the past one month i took 5 Kaplan(last being on 8/9/14- scored 720) and 2 GMATPrep tests, all of them consistently showed a 710/720, i was satisfied with my performance! started to look for schools in that range too.
But here's what happend on my D day:
AWA was ok i guess... wouldn't know until i receive my official scores
IR: i did randomly(in literal sense) guess at 2 questions which i though would consume too much time(Scored a 5 on that, never really preped for this session)
Break: Didnt need really need it but took it anyways
quants: MUST READ!
i was doing just fine but at the end i had 15 mins remaining!!!
i didn't know what to make of it! during the break(much needed), i couldn't stop thinking that, I shouldnt have had any time remaining, that i shouldnt have felt that the questions were easy and blah blah, and that i must have definitely done bad on the initial questions and that is the reason i ended up with easier questions and extra time!!!
In fact i convinced myself that this attempt was sooooo over! cause quant was my strength! My savior! And with that gone, there was no way that I was ever gonna make it to a 700! I knew my weakness (verbal) and I was being totally realistic (not pessimistic)!
I decided that the rest of the test was only for practice and I should just see how good or bad I was at verbal. I let go of quant(or that is what I thought that I did) and started my verbal session
Session was going on as usual, I always felt myself rushing thru verbal (compared to Quant) but I managed to finish the test on time
I actually got to see a long passage(second) towards the end of my session, I read somewhere that that is a sign of u doing well, so I was a bit too anxious to see my score now!(maybe miracles are true and that I scored a 50 on verbal! Just exaggerating
but yes I thought that I did well)
When the scored popped up, my mouth fell wide open! The session that I thought I messed up and got me to think about retaking the test midway during my GMAT! That god damn session received a 49!(my usual but I did convince myself that I did not do 49 like on quat, it coaxed me to think that my First attempt was pretty much over)
On the other hand on verbal, I received my all time low 27! Bring my entire score down to 640!
Lesson 1- Do not let your one sessions performance ruin the other!
Lesson 2- Prep tests’ math is tougher that the actual. Don’t judge your performance based on that!
Meaning, the questions I received on GMAT were easier that those on prep tests. Normal people would probably be happy to read this but to the other idiots, like me, who think that easier questions means the end of the world- be prepared to face medium level no matter how good you are doing on the session. It in no way means that you are doing bad!
With all this in my mind I’ll be retaking my gmat… Ahh I so thought that I’ll be done with it today! One more month to go now!!! I’m forced to apply to ISB only during round 2! All because of my stupid anxiety to judge the test!
Well Good Luck to you
I’m sure that you read similar stories and tips somewhere but just remember not to forget them this time and you’d automatically do your best
that's lower that my diagnostic test score!
During the past one month i took 5 Kaplan(last being on 8/9/14- scored 720) and 2 GMATPrep tests, all of them consistently showed a 710/720, i was satisfied with my performance! started to look for schools in that range too.
But here's what happend on my D day:
AWA was ok i guess... wouldn't know until i receive my official scores
IR: i did randomly(in literal sense) guess at 2 questions which i though would consume too much time(Scored a 5 on that, never really preped for this session)
Break: Didnt need really need it but took it anyways
quants: MUST READ!
i was doing just fine but at the end i had 15 mins remaining!!!
i didn't know what to make of it! during the break(much needed), i couldn't stop thinking that, I shouldnt have had any time remaining, that i shouldnt have felt that the questions were easy and blah blah, and that i must have definitely done bad on the initial questions and that is the reason i ended up with easier questions and extra time!!!
In fact i convinced myself that this attempt was sooooo over! cause quant was my strength! My savior! And with that gone, there was no way that I was ever gonna make it to a 700! I knew my weakness (verbal) and I was being totally realistic (not pessimistic)!
I decided that the rest of the test was only for practice and I should just see how good or bad I was at verbal. I let go of quant(or that is what I thought that I did) and started my verbal session
Session was going on as usual, I always felt myself rushing thru verbal (compared to Quant) but I managed to finish the test on time
I actually got to see a long passage(second) towards the end of my session, I read somewhere that that is a sign of u doing well, so I was a bit too anxious to see my score now!(maybe miracles are true and that I scored a 50 on verbal! Just exaggerating
but yes I thought that I did well)When the scored popped up, my mouth fell wide open! The session that I thought I messed up and got me to think about retaking the test midway during my GMAT! That god damn session received a 49!(my usual but I did convince myself that I did not do 49 like on quat, it coaxed me to think that my First attempt was pretty much over)
On the other hand on verbal, I received my all time low 27! Bring my entire score down to 640!
Lesson 1- Do not let your one sessions performance ruin the other!
Lesson 2- Prep tests’ math is tougher that the actual. Don’t judge your performance based on that!
Meaning, the questions I received on GMAT were easier that those on prep tests. Normal people would probably be happy to read this but to the other idiots, like me, who think that easier questions means the end of the world- be prepared to face medium level no matter how good you are doing on the session. It in no way means that you are doing bad!
With all this in my mind I’ll be retaking my gmat… Ahh I so thought that I’ll be done with it today! One more month to go now!!! I’m forced to apply to ISB only during round 2! All because of my stupid anxiety to judge the test!
Well Good Luck to you
I’m sure that you read similar stories and tips somewhere but just remember not to forget them this time and you’d automatically do your best
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