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23 Sep 2020, 15:18
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I recently gave my GMAT online exam and after 8 months of preparation i am stuck at a 580 (Q45 V28)
I have given GMAT 4 more times before this (510, 530, 590, 590). Initially my quants marks were good, would get around 48- 49. But in my last two tries it has come down to 45 or 46.
In my first 4 tries i believe my preparation was not at all up to the point and hence i could mentally accept those score but i had invested at least an average 5-6 hours everyday in the past 8 months to get my scores to 720. I had invested in Jamboree online course and experts global, and i had scored between 690- 720 in the last 10 mocks. That is when i was decided that i could at least get a 680 in my GMAT.
One thing is there that i was very stressed during my online exam and i had 18 mins for the last 16 questions in verbal. Verbal actually seemed soo different than what i practised, way more tougher. But at least quants should have been better.
But here i am, back to round one.
I had already bought all gmat official mocks and manhattan test series a year back. After investing in these test series and 4 times in gmat i was looking for cheaper options and that is when i thought of investing in jamboree and experts global.
Till now i have spent a total of USD 2650 for a 580 in my GMAT and i cannot afford any more costly stuff.
just want to check if people usually have a good chance to improve in gmat (like from 580 to a 720). I am sure some will and there might be people saying it depends on your preparation, but i know i have tried a lot. Along with my 9 hours job i have prepared everyday, timed myself, tracked my errors, worked on my weak points and i don't know if i can do anything more than this.
I am exhausted, like you have no idea how much and embarrassed, i never though a student in her top 10s in college could come at this level.
I am not sure if i should try any more than this.
I have given GMAT 4 more times before this (510, 530, 590, 590). Initially my quants marks were good, would get around 48- 49. But in my last two tries it has come down to 45 or 46.
In my first 4 tries i believe my preparation was not at all up to the point and hence i could mentally accept those score but i had invested at least an average 5-6 hours everyday in the past 8 months to get my scores to 720. I had invested in Jamboree online course and experts global, and i had scored between 690- 720 in the last 10 mocks. That is when i was decided that i could at least get a 680 in my GMAT.
One thing is there that i was very stressed during my online exam and i had 18 mins for the last 16 questions in verbal. Verbal actually seemed soo different than what i practised, way more tougher. But at least quants should have been better.
But here i am, back to round one.
I had already bought all gmat official mocks and manhattan test series a year back. After investing in these test series and 4 times in gmat i was looking for cheaper options and that is when i thought of investing in jamboree and experts global.
Till now i have spent a total of USD 2650 for a 580 in my GMAT and i cannot afford any more costly stuff.
just want to check if people usually have a good chance to improve in gmat (like from 580 to a 720). I am sure some will and there might be people saying it depends on your preparation, but i know i have tried a lot. Along with my 9 hours job i have prepared everyday, timed myself, tracked my errors, worked on my weak points and i don't know if i can do anything more than this.
I am exhausted, like you have no idea how much and embarrassed, i never though a student in her top 10s in college could come at this level.
I am not sure if i should try any more than this.
24 Sep 2020, 07:08
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Oh..I can only imagine what you're going thru right now.
I am assuming that in all your attempts, your Verbal has been stuck in 20s. Which area/section in Verbal has been bothering you the most? Is there a pattern to it? Can you share your ESR?
Also, when you say that you scored between 690- 720 in the last 10 mocks, were some of these mock tests official mock tests as well?
You will always find fairy tales of people improving by 200+ points, but I do agree that not every re-test taker is able to achieve these kind of quantum jumps. 100 point jumps are more realistic (though those are also not very common).
In the first 4 attempts, since you were unprepared anyway, I do think that you are being too harsh upon yourself, if you are looking at this your most recent attempt as a fifth failed attempt.
Most importantly, I do believe that you should give yourself at least few weeks of break right now, and then contemplate on the way forward.
I am assuming that in all your attempts, your Verbal has been stuck in 20s. Which area/section in Verbal has been bothering you the most? Is there a pattern to it? Can you share your ESR?
Also, when you say that you scored between 690- 720 in the last 10 mocks, were some of these mock tests official mock tests as well?
You will always find fairy tales of people improving by 200+ points, but I do agree that not every re-test taker is able to achieve these kind of quantum jumps. 100 point jumps are more realistic (though those are also not very common).
In the first 4 attempts, since you were unprepared anyway, I do think that you are being too harsh upon yourself, if you are looking at this your most recent attempt as a fifth failed attempt.
Most importantly, I do believe that you should give yourself at least few weeks of break right now, and then contemplate on the way forward.
24 Sep 2020, 12:27
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Considering what you've said, what I think might have happened was that you were getting difficult questions (probably because you were going well courtesy GMAT's adaptive algorithm) and you spend too much time on a few questions and that resulted in a time crunch. And in that tense pressure environment, getting a decent number of questions right (that too 16) would be incredibly difficult.
I guess the only way to validate what could have happened is to get an ESR, but I would echo what EducationAisle mentioned: It is worth trying again since you were unprepared in your first four attempts.
