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22 Mar 2016, 08:03
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I recently took the GMAT and got a 680 (47 Q, 37 V).
I took all 25 GMAT Club tests and got 49-51 on all of them, took all 6 Manhattan GMAT CATs and got 730-770 on all of them (49-50 Q, 42-45 V on all of them), and the GMAT Prep CATs and got 760 on both of them (49-50 Q, 42-45 V respectively).
During the actual GMAT, I was feeling confident and nothing out of the ordinary. I answered every question as I did on the practices that I took. When the final score showed up, I was so devastated that I couldn't even stand up. Do you guys have any advice on how to learn from this experience and move forward? I definitely will retake the GMAT but I feel that I need to learn from this experience before I do so.
I took all 25 GMAT Club tests and got 49-51 on all of them, took all 6 Manhattan GMAT CATs and got 730-770 on all of them (49-50 Q, 42-45 V on all of them), and the GMAT Prep CATs and got 760 on both of them (49-50 Q, 42-45 V respectively).
During the actual GMAT, I was feeling confident and nothing out of the ordinary. I answered every question as I did on the practices that I took. When the final score showed up, I was so devastated that I couldn't even stand up. Do you guys have any advice on how to learn from this experience and move forward? I definitely will retake the GMAT but I feel that I need to learn from this experience before I do so.
22 Mar 2016, 08:46
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Hi,
Refer your PM too. I'll share my thoughts here itself..
Many of the students would be happy with a score of 680, but one can understand your anguish and sentiments having scored consistently in 750-770 range..
Where you could have gone wrong is not replicating the actual environment during the mocks- Did you take your MOCKS timed and with all four sections..
You have taken a lot of mocks and you claim that the experience and stress level were the same, I can believe may be subconsciously you were under some stress, which had an effect on your picking correct choices at times.. in most likely, Ds and Cr would be the ones effected
Did you ask for ESR, which may be able to confirm on the Areas where you went wrong and a detailed analysis of ESR may help ..
Having seen scores of 750 to 770 should encourage you to get a score in the same range in actuals.. Leave this be a one off case and Send me the ESR , amy be I will be able to help you better
Cheer up because that is the only way forward
22 Mar 2016, 08:53
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Were all your GMATPrep questions "new" to you, and did you take both tests under exam conditions? If yes, you need to back yourself on this. I've seen a lot of test takers here get into whether the GMATPreps are easier than the GMAT, and then start to doubt themselves. The GMATPreps are very representative of the actual exam, and it's important that you "know" that. Also, every test taker scores in a "range". Our job is to make that range as narrow as possible, while increasing the probability that we'll get a score in that range. 760 is a very high score, and it is very difficult (impossible?) to keep complete control over the kind of performance needed for that score. I'll wait for your reply on how you took the GMATPreps, but if it is true that this was a "hard fail" for you, just remember that your "hard fail" still ended up a 680, and a 680 is itself a good score.
I think you should get the ESR (as Chetan suggested) and look to bounce back. This could be a case of underperformance, but you shouldn't go in thinking (or relying on) that.
