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Hello all, I thought I would share my experience with the GMAT. I recognize that my gmat score probably is not as high as most people here are aiming for, but for me it was a score that I am proud of.
I started studying for the GMAT back in September, I used the princeton review, this forum, and the OG guides. I took my first real GMAT on Nov. 14th 2015. The few weeks leading up to that my pracitce CATS (which yes, empower GMAT person who always asks the same questions, I did take the full length exams, at the same time as the real thing was scheduled) were scoring anywhere from 570 to 640. So I mean I know that on the real GMAT most people score a bit lower, but I was not prepared for what I got.
I went into the gmat focusing soooo hard on "staying calm" that I think I actually freaked myself out. You see i was so worried about not being devastated by a terrible score, that I told myself in my head over and over both during the test and on the days leading up to the test "its ok, whatever score you get you worked hard for, even if you get a bad score its ok" now everyone will need a different approach to do their best but let me tell you, my strategy DID NOT WORK.
I walked out of the test that day with a 460. I was devastated. all my mental prep of telling myself any score i got would be ok was completely useless. DO NOT GO IN WITH THAT ATTITUDE!
You worked hard for your score. You know what you are capable of, and you deserve the score you have worked for!! Do not go in with the idea that it is OK to settle for anything less than you deserve!!!
Now granted everyones score they "deserve" will be different.
I retook the test on Dec 5th. The only studying I had done between the two tests was 15 practice questions every day. I went in the second time determined to score above 600. the difference this time was that instead of trying to comfort myself, I went in motivating myself. I went in with a positive can-do attitude. and most importantly, during the test ALL I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THE QUESTIONS! I forced myself to get lost in the questions. I was not worrying about my score in the middle of the exam.
I walked of the test the 2nd time with a 610. I was absolutely ecstatic! Mostly because I had improved my score by 150 points just by changing my attitude about the test.
Bottom line is that the GMAT is a big beast of a test, and you need a big beast of a mental attitude to earn the score you really deserve.
I started studying for the GMAT back in September, I used the princeton review, this forum, and the OG guides. I took my first real GMAT on Nov. 14th 2015. The few weeks leading up to that my pracitce CATS (which yes, empower GMAT person who always asks the same questions, I did take the full length exams, at the same time as the real thing was scheduled) were scoring anywhere from 570 to 640. So I mean I know that on the real GMAT most people score a bit lower, but I was not prepared for what I got.
I went into the gmat focusing soooo hard on "staying calm" that I think I actually freaked myself out. You see i was so worried about not being devastated by a terrible score, that I told myself in my head over and over both during the test and on the days leading up to the test "its ok, whatever score you get you worked hard for, even if you get a bad score its ok" now everyone will need a different approach to do their best but let me tell you, my strategy DID NOT WORK.
I walked out of the test that day with a 460. I was devastated. all my mental prep of telling myself any score i got would be ok was completely useless. DO NOT GO IN WITH THAT ATTITUDE!
You worked hard for your score. You know what you are capable of, and you deserve the score you have worked for!! Do not go in with the idea that it is OK to settle for anything less than you deserve!!!
Now granted everyones score they "deserve" will be different.
I retook the test on Dec 5th. The only studying I had done between the two tests was 15 practice questions every day. I went in the second time determined to score above 600. the difference this time was that instead of trying to comfort myself, I went in motivating myself. I went in with a positive can-do attitude. and most importantly, during the test ALL I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS THE QUESTIONS! I forced myself to get lost in the questions. I was not worrying about my score in the middle of the exam.
I walked of the test the 2nd time with a 610. I was absolutely ecstatic! Mostly because I had improved my score by 150 points just by changing my attitude about the test.
Bottom line is that the GMAT is a big beast of a test, and you need a big beast of a mental attitude to earn the score you really deserve.
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