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11 Nov 2015, 11:56
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I am shattered by a very poor verbal performance yesterday. I was quite confident of scoring atleast v33+.
This is after 6 months of prep, studying 2+ hours everyday. Feel crushed by gmat. I was hoping all this hard work would pay off, but now i feel totally shattered and all the time may have been wasted.
Nevertheless i will try once again.
Here's my study background if someone can help analyze what am i doing wrong..
Enrolled in 9 week MGMAT classroom coaching. It helped me get started and the homework did make sense to get used to different concepts. I religiously studied all Quant and Verbal strategy guides. Made notes, revised the information.
MCAT1 - 600(Q37,V35)
MCAT2 - 540(Q36,V29)[Screwed up timing in Verbal]
MCAT3- Only took quant Q44
MCAT4 - Only took verbal V36
GMATPrep1 - 680(Q49,V33)[Poor performance in SC]
I signed up for e-gmat SC course thinking i can work on my weak area. Though it did help, but i did badly in RC in my next test.
GMATPrep2 - 620(Q47,V28)[Screwed up one very hard RC, so i thought if i dont make a similar mistake the score will match my previous best atleast v33]
GMAT Focus 1 - 46-49
GMAT Focus 2 - 47-51
Practiced numerous OG questions
GMAT yesterday - 620(Q48,V27)[Don't think the hardest RC was that bad, i understood it, but some questions were twisted]
Here's my story, i did feel quite stressed in verbal and may have started guessing under pressure. Most problems i was guessing between two closely related choices.
I still can't believe i ended up with 45th percentile in verbal, and that i'm behind 55% of all test takers. This certainly can't be true.
I also feel that MCAT verbals are not a true representation of GMAT verbal test. Anyway i just wanted to vent somewhere and wanted to share my experience. Please share if anyone has any inputs what should i do different for my second attempt. Am i over preparing for verbal? Why am i getting worse in verbal more i prepare. I certainly feel i know a lot more than i do before, but my scores say differently. Please advise!
Thanks
This is after 6 months of prep, studying 2+ hours everyday. Feel crushed by gmat. I was hoping all this hard work would pay off, but now i feel totally shattered and all the time may have been wasted.
Nevertheless i will try once again.
Here's my study background if someone can help analyze what am i doing wrong..
Enrolled in 9 week MGMAT classroom coaching. It helped me get started and the homework did make sense to get used to different concepts. I religiously studied all Quant and Verbal strategy guides. Made notes, revised the information.
MCAT1 - 600(Q37,V35)
MCAT2 - 540(Q36,V29)[Screwed up timing in Verbal]
MCAT3- Only took quant Q44
MCAT4 - Only took verbal V36
GMATPrep1 - 680(Q49,V33)[Poor performance in SC]
I signed up for e-gmat SC course thinking i can work on my weak area. Though it did help, but i did badly in RC in my next test.
GMATPrep2 - 620(Q47,V28)[Screwed up one very hard RC, so i thought if i dont make a similar mistake the score will match my previous best atleast v33]
GMAT Focus 1 - 46-49
GMAT Focus 2 - 47-51
Practiced numerous OG questions
GMAT yesterday - 620(Q48,V27)[Don't think the hardest RC was that bad, i understood it, but some questions were twisted]
Here's my story, i did feel quite stressed in verbal and may have started guessing under pressure. Most problems i was guessing between two closely related choices.
I still can't believe i ended up with 45th percentile in verbal, and that i'm behind 55% of all test takers. This certainly can't be true.
I also feel that MCAT verbals are not a true representation of GMAT verbal test. Anyway i just wanted to vent somewhere and wanted to share my experience. Please share if anyone has any inputs what should i do different for my second attempt. Am i over preparing for verbal? Why am i getting worse in verbal more i prepare. I certainly feel i know a lot more than i do before, but my scores say differently. Please advise!
Thanks
11 Nov 2015, 12:10
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Hi gillm,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day.
If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?
Thankfully, the GMAT is a predictable, standardized Test, so you CAN train to score at a higher level. You just might need to invest in some new resources and practice some new Tactics.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day.
If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once?
Thankfully, the GMAT is a predictable, standardized Test, so you CAN train to score at a higher level. You just might need to invest in some new resources and practice some new Tactics.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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