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rafgimenes
Joined: 02 Sep 2011
Last visit: 03 Apr 2017
Posts: 15
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Location: Brazil
Concentration: General Management, Entrepreneurship
GMAT 1: 660 Q48 V32
GMAT 2: 700 Q50 V34
GPA: 3
WE:Consulting (Consulting)
22 Feb 2015, 10:34
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Hi all,
This week I wrote the real GMAT after 4 months of intense preparation.
Long story short: I scored 710 in the 3 Gmat Prep mock tests and was pretty confident to repeat the score on the day. However, I scored a 660.
I am 100% sure that stress or pressure did not play a role, since I was relaxed during that morning.
On the previous day, I had 39 C degrees (103 F) of fever, due to a flu. I took some medicines and during the tst I was feeling very well and motivated.
I cannot find a reason for this so low score. All the SC questions were incredibly more difficult than those I found in Magoosh, OG and other sources. Is that norma? Did I prepare wrongly? What do you recommend to improve my SC skills? I master concepts such as "fewer vs less", modifiers, comparisons etc, but I faced 0 questions with these topics.
I have the feeling that if I write the GMAT right now, without no extra preparation, I would score 700+. Could it be the case that I was unlucky with the set of questions? Or the fever made a bad effect on me without I realized that?
Thank you for the support and for being my psychologists
This week I wrote the real GMAT after 4 months of intense preparation.
Long story short: I scored 710 in the 3 Gmat Prep mock tests and was pretty confident to repeat the score on the day. However, I scored a 660.
I am 100% sure that stress or pressure did not play a role, since I was relaxed during that morning.
On the previous day, I had 39 C degrees (103 F) of fever, due to a flu. I took some medicines and during the tst I was feeling very well and motivated.
I cannot find a reason for this so low score. All the SC questions were incredibly more difficult than those I found in Magoosh, OG and other sources. Is that norma? Did I prepare wrongly? What do you recommend to improve my SC skills? I master concepts such as "fewer vs less", modifiers, comparisons etc, but I faced 0 questions with these topics.
I have the feeling that if I write the GMAT right now, without no extra preparation, I would score 700+. Could it be the case that I was unlucky with the set of questions? Or the fever made a bad effect on me without I realized that?
Thank you for the support and for being my psychologists
22 Feb 2015, 11:07
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Who knows why you got the score that you got, but if you feel confident that you can beat it, then I say go for it again.
22 Feb 2015, 15:49
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Hi rafgimenes,
First off, a 660 is a strong score (it's right around the 80th percentile), so you might have enough of a score right now to get you into Business School.
GMAC has publicly stated that your Official Score on Test Day is within +-30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar "swing" in those practice CATs, your Official Score is 'in range' of your practice scores (albeit at the low end).
There's also the possibility that something you did during your practice was unrealistic (re: non test-like) and that difference (or differences) could have impacted your performance when you faced the Official GMAT. To that end, here are some things to consider:
1) What were the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores on your Official GMAT and on each of your CATs?
2) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
3) Did you take the CATs at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you take them under 'test-like' conditions?
5) Did you do ANYTHING that didn't 'match up' with Test Day (re: skipping sections, pausing the CAT, taking it at your home, listening to music, etc.)?
The sickness that you described could have easily impacted your performance (even if you didn't realize it) and there could have been any number of other "physical" issues that effected your performance on Test Day. The likeliest explanation is that you just made a few little mistakes - regardless of the cause, that's always what costs Test Takers points.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
First off, a 660 is a strong score (it's right around the 80th percentile), so you might have enough of a score right now to get you into Business School.
GMAC has publicly stated that your Official Score on Test Day is within +-30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar "swing" in those practice CATs, your Official Score is 'in range' of your practice scores (albeit at the low end).
There's also the possibility that something you did during your practice was unrealistic (re: non test-like) and that difference (or differences) could have impacted your performance when you faced the Official GMAT. To that end, here are some things to consider:
1) What were the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores on your Official GMAT and on each of your CATs?
2) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
3) Did you take the CATs at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you take them under 'test-like' conditions?
5) Did you do ANYTHING that didn't 'match up' with Test Day (re: skipping sections, pausing the CAT, taking it at your home, listening to music, etc.)?
The sickness that you described could have easily impacted your performance (even if you didn't realize it) and there could have been any number of other "physical" issues that effected your performance on Test Day. The likeliest explanation is that you just made a few little mistakes - regardless of the cause, that's always what costs Test Takers points.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
