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No, I didnt. I have been applying with 680 till now. I have also updated my esr above

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Hey thelady02,

I would advise you not to focus on your exam now if you want to apply in Round 2.

Did you cancel your 680 score?
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Hi everyone,
I gave the GMAT today and got a devastating 565 (Q81, V83, DI70). It is completely shocking!

Some context:

I started preparing for GMAT last year, got 680 (Q48, V35) on GMAT classic in December 2023. Gave GMAT focus in August and got 605 (Q81, V82, DI77).
Before today's test, I gave official mock 3-6 and my scores ranged from 605 to 635 (never got lower than 75 on DI).
I am not sure what happened today. The test structure was very erratic.

My order was DI-Verbal-Quant (it has always been this order). DI started with 4-5 hard DS questions, then got a lengthy RC type MSR and then verbal type TPA.
I was feeling challenged in DI but didn't think it went so bad. I have never got a 70 on any mocks (including expert global mocks).

Verbal was also weird. Started with 3-4 CR and then 3 back to back RC passages. And the RC passages were very long. Like I had to scroll the screen to read.

I really want to apply to round 2 in Jan 2025 but now don't know what to do.
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Did you get any admits in R1?

It seems like you have a lot to work on DI. What was the gap between your 2 focus attempts?
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No, I didnt. I have been applying with 680 till now. I have also updated my esr above

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Hey thelady02,

I would advise you not to focus on your exam now if you want to apply in Round 2.

Did you cancel your 680 score?
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Hi everyone,
I gave the GMAT today and got a devastating 565 (Q81, V83, DI70). It is completely shocking!

Some context:

I started preparing for GMAT last year, got 680 (Q48, V35) on GMAT classic in December 2023. Gave GMAT focus in August and got 605 (Q81, V82, DI77).
Before today's test, I gave official mock 3-6 and my scores ranged from 605 to 635 (never got lower than 75 on DI).
I am not sure what happened today. The test structure was very erratic.

My order was DI-Verbal-Quant (it has always been this order). DI started with 4-5 hard DS questions, then got a lengthy RC type MSR and then verbal type TPA.
I was feeling challenged in DI but didn't think it went so bad. I have never got a 70 on any mocks (including expert global mocks).

Verbal was also weird. Started with 3-4 CR and then 3 back to back RC passages. And the RC passages were very long. Like I had to scroll the screen to read.

I really want to apply to round 2 in Jan 2025 but now don't know what to do.
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No, I got waitlisted from Emory 1 yr and Tepper after interview. Also interviewed at Kenan-Flagler; their results come out in a few days.

I took gmat focus attempt in August around 10th and second attempt December 6th
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I’m not sure if this attempt was just a bad day because I have not scored this low in DI even on mocks. My DI score ranged between 75-79 on official mocks.

So, I’m contemplating giving another attempt end of December or Jan first week
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I’m not sure if this attempt was just a bad day because I have not scored this low in DI even on mocks. My DI score ranged between 75-79 on official mocks.

So, I’m contemplating giving another attempt end of December or Jan first week
Hi thelady02,

It seems you took a lot of time on the initial questions in DI and had to rush through the last few. Did that happen in your official practice tests, and do you think it affected your accuracy towards the end?
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The 7th question that you see was a lengthy MSR, which is why I took a lot of time trying to understand it but still got the subsequent questions wrong. In official mocks, there were no MSR that were this lengthy.
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I’m not sure if this attempt was just a bad day because I have not scored this low in DI even on mocks. My DI score ranged between 75-79 on official mocks.

So, I’m contemplating giving another attempt end of December or Jan first week
Hi thelady02,

It seems you took a lot of time on the initial questions in DI and had to rush through the last few. Did that happen in your official practice tests, and do you think it affected your accuracy towards the end?
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I’m not sure if this attempt was just a bad day because I have not scored this low in DI even on mocks. My DI score ranged between 75-79 on official mocks.

So, I’m contemplating giving another attempt end of December or Jan first week
Honestly, if you feel you just had an off day, then there is nothing wrong with giving the GMAT another shot in short order. That said, did you decide on whether to retake yet?
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Thank you for your reply, Scott. Yes, I am giving another attempt in a few weeks.

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I’m not sure if this attempt was just a bad day because I have not scored this low in DI even on mocks. My DI score ranged between 75-79 on official mocks.

So, I’m contemplating giving another attempt end of December or Jan first week
Honestly, if you feel you just had an off day, then there is nothing wrong with giving the GMAT another shot in short order. That said, did you decide on whether to retake yet?
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Thank you for your reply, Scott. Yes, I am giving another attempt in a few weeks.

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I’m not sure if this attempt was just a bad day because I have not scored this low in DI even on mocks. My DI score ranged between 75-79 on official mocks.

So, I’m contemplating giving another attempt end of December or Jan first week
Honestly, if you feel you just had an off day, then there is nothing wrong with giving the GMAT another shot in short order. That said, did you decide on whether to retake yet?
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