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24 Feb 2021, 20:21
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Hi All,
Today I took my GMAT after almost 1 yearof preparation. Although it was tough I was confidently getting 630s-670s range on my mock tests. t
I am aiming for (650+), however, I was hopeful that at least I will get a 620+ on the D-Day.
I gave several mocks like GMAT Prep scoring 670, 650, 690, and 640. I also gave free tests by Veritas and Kaplan and scored 610 and 670 respectively.
But today something devastating happened. I am not sure what went wrong. I thought I did fine on my exam until I hit the score of 430. May be I took a real competition exam after 5-6 years in my life and anxiety took over me. Or, may be I finished both verbal and quants almost 2-3 minutes early meaning I did not pay adequate time to question stems and screwed myself up. I am devastated at the score and just think that business school is not for me. Everyone I see gets these amazing scores but yet, I didn't. It is hard breaking as weird as it sounds but I set this goal of getting an MBA since I was 7 years old after seeing my parents and family friends who are older doing it. Furthermore, it would be the next step in my career as I need the MBA for a career change.
I am targeting colleges that usually need 650+ scores and the score I cam up with today left me astonished.
Any guidance will be really helpful for me to get to my desired score and motivate me.
Thank you in anticipation.
Today I took my GMAT after almost 1 yearof preparation. Although it was tough I was confidently getting 630s-670s range on my mock tests. t
I am aiming for (650+), however, I was hopeful that at least I will get a 620+ on the D-Day.
I gave several mocks like GMAT Prep scoring 670, 650, 690, and 640. I also gave free tests by Veritas and Kaplan and scored 610 and 670 respectively.
But today something devastating happened. I am not sure what went wrong. I thought I did fine on my exam until I hit the score of 430. May be I took a real competition exam after 5-6 years in my life and anxiety took over me. Or, may be I finished both verbal and quants almost 2-3 minutes early meaning I did not pay adequate time to question stems and screwed myself up. I am devastated at the score and just think that business school is not for me. Everyone I see gets these amazing scores but yet, I didn't. It is hard breaking as weird as it sounds but I set this goal of getting an MBA since I was 7 years old after seeing my parents and family friends who are older doing it. Furthermore, it would be the next step in my career as I need the MBA for a career change.
I am targeting colleges that usually need 650+ scores and the score I cam up with today left me astonished.
Any guidance will be really helpful for me to get to my desired score and motivate me.
Thank you in anticipation.
24 Feb 2021, 23:27
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Hi mvadali23,
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. Before we discuss any of those potential issues though, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) What type of study routine did you follow over the last year? Did you take any 'time off' from your studies during that time? How many hours did you typically study each week?
2) What study materials did you use over the course of your studies?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
If you took your GMAT at a Test Center, then you might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
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. Before we discuss any of those potential issues though, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) What type of study routine did you follow over the last year? Did you take any 'time off' from your studies during that time? How many hours did you typically study each week?
2) What study materials did you use over the course of your studies?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
If you took your GMAT at a Test Center, then you might also choose to purchase the Enhanced Score Report. While the ESR doesn’t provide a lot of information, there are usually a few data points that we can use to define what went wrong on Test Day (and what you should work on to score higher). If you purchase the ESR, then I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
25 Feb 2021, 12:32
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Hi mvadali23,
I’m sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT. Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than V21. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find it helpful to read the following article:
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
I’m sorry to hear how things went with your GMAT. Assuming that you took your official practice exams under realistic testing conditions, the results show that, on a good day, you are capable of scoring higher than V21. Thus, it’s quite possible that nerves, stress, tiredness, or a combination of all three negatively affected your test-day performance. However, it’s also possible that you have some lingering weaknesses that were exposed on test day. Although I’m unsure of how you prepared, it’s possible that, in your preparation, particularly in verbal, you did not really learn to do what you have to do in order to score high on the actual GMAT. Rather, you picked up on some patterns that were effective in getting you relatively high scores on practice tests. So, for you to hit your score goal, your preparation, particularly for verbal, probably needs to be more complete, meaning that you have to go through the various types of GMAT questions carefully to find your exact weaknesses, fill gaps in your knowledge, and strengthen your skills.
For verbal specifically, you have to become more skilled at clearly defining the differences between trap choices and correct answers. Otherwise, you will get stuck guessing between two choices or be surprised to find that you incorrectly answered questions that you thought you answered correctly. Becoming more skilled in this way takes carefully analyzing all of the answer choices to lots of verbal questions to develop an eye for the logical differences between the choices. In other words, you have to go beyond answering practice questions and reading explanations to doing deep analysis of questions to learn to see everything that is going on in them.
In order to follow the path described above, you may need some new quant and verbal materials, so take a look at the GMAT Club reviews for the best quant and verbal courses.
You also may find it helpful to read the following article:
Why Was My GMAT Score Lower Than My Practice Test Scores?
