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Hello everyone, I just took the official GMAT exam this morning. I cancelled it immediately lol. During the test, I hide the timer and thought there will be a pop-up screen when there is 1 minute left like what we have in the GMAT official Prep CAT test. Sadly there is none for both all sections. Poor me. :lol:

I will try to improve my time management skills and probably sit in an exam again in October.

Best of luck everyone!
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I got tricked by the CATs! 16 Aug 2019, 07:19
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What was your score?
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Hello everyone, I just took the official GMAT exam this morning. I cancelled it immediately lol. During the test, I hide the timer and thought there will be a pop-up screen when there is 1 minute left like what we have in the GMAT official Prep CAT test. Sadly there is none for both all sections. Poor me. :lol:

I will try to improve my time management skills and probably sit in an exam again in October.

Best of luck everyone!
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I got tricked by the CATs! 16 Aug 2019, 07:29
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5143kny , So you hide the timer in an actual test? :lol:

How much did you score?
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I got tricked by the CATs! 16 Aug 2019, 07:46
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kavach no one told me this! :cry: :dazed

Staphyk I got 570, 4 questions for quant and 7 for verbal left unanswered TT :(

NandishSS yes I did! don't recommend it lol don't be like me hahaha
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Hi 5143kny,

I'm sorry to hear that Test Day did not go better. Not answering those 11 questions would certainly have impacted your Score a great deal. That having been said, even if the timer had popped up at the 1-minute mark in each section, you would have essentially have had to blindly guess on all of those questions anyway. This implies that your current approaches for those sections are inefficient - and if your Score Goal is a lot higher than this 570, then you'll have to make some significant improvements to how you handle both the Quant and Verbal sections. Thankfully, the GMAT is a consistent, predictable Exam, so you CAN train to score at a higher level.

Before I can offer you any advice for your studies it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

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1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) How have you scored on EACH of your CATs/mocks (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

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4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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Hi Johwangie,

Sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT. Are you looking for advice regarding how to study for your retake?
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