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02 Sep 2009, 19:47
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Hi guys,
I took the GMAT today. Everything went well today before the test. Everything went smoothly at the test center as well as I arrived on time and got checked in. I feel I did pretty good on the essays.
I took the 8 min break and started the Quant section. I was a bit nervous at first but eventually settled in. I took about 2 min even on average on each question from question #1 to about #7-8. Then somewhere along the way, I got stuck on a couple of questions and ended up taking too much time trying to solve them, rather than guessing and moving on. By the time I got through half of the Quant section, I had taken about 5 more minutes than I should have at that point. I tried to speed up but only got to about question #33 with approximately 2 minutes left. For the rest of the questions I just glanced at the question stem and made random guesses.
Knowing I had messed up the Quant section, I made up my mind to cancel the score during the optional break. For the verbal section I worked on about a third of the questions and the rest I just made random guesses. At the end of the test, I canceled my score. $250 out of my wallet with nothing to show for.
I feel totally disappointed... More so because I took the GMAT twice back in 2005 and never had any problem finishing the quant section. FYI, I scored 670 and 680 on my previous two attempts. I was looking forward to getting over 700 mark this time around but I guess I will have to try again.
I studied for 2 months. Books I studied include OG12, OG Math review, Kaplan premier and MGMAT SC. I took 9 practice CATs and here's how I did:
GMATprep 1: Q44 V41 T700
MGMAT 1: Q43 V38 T670
MGMAT 2: Q44 V40 T700
Kaplan 1: Q46 V44 T730
Kaplan 2: Q50 V33 T680
Kaplan 3: Q48 V36 T680
GMATprep 2: Q49 V41 T740
GMATprep 1(retake): Q50 V41 T750 (Repeats: Q: 2, V: 3-4)
MGMAT 3: Q48 V40 T720
I did have problem finishing MGMAT quant sections on time. I didn't have that problem on quant sections of GMATprep or Kaplan CATs though. Now I will have to wait another month to take the GMAT again. I guess I should try out the GMAT timer thing that I never bothered to look at... Any advice or comments are welcome.
I took the GMAT today. Everything went well today before the test. Everything went smoothly at the test center as well as I arrived on time and got checked in. I feel I did pretty good on the essays.
I took the 8 min break and started the Quant section. I was a bit nervous at first but eventually settled in. I took about 2 min even on average on each question from question #1 to about #7-8. Then somewhere along the way, I got stuck on a couple of questions and ended up taking too much time trying to solve them, rather than guessing and moving on. By the time I got through half of the Quant section, I had taken about 5 more minutes than I should have at that point. I tried to speed up but only got to about question #33 with approximately 2 minutes left. For the rest of the questions I just glanced at the question stem and made random guesses.
Knowing I had messed up the Quant section, I made up my mind to cancel the score during the optional break. For the verbal section I worked on about a third of the questions and the rest I just made random guesses. At the end of the test, I canceled my score. $250 out of my wallet with nothing to show for.
I feel totally disappointed... More so because I took the GMAT twice back in 2005 and never had any problem finishing the quant section. FYI, I scored 670 and 680 on my previous two attempts. I was looking forward to getting over 700 mark this time around but I guess I will have to try again.
I studied for 2 months. Books I studied include OG12, OG Math review, Kaplan premier and MGMAT SC. I took 9 practice CATs and here's how I did:
GMATprep 1: Q44 V41 T700
MGMAT 1: Q43 V38 T670
MGMAT 2: Q44 V40 T700
Kaplan 1: Q46 V44 T730
Kaplan 2: Q50 V33 T680
Kaplan 3: Q48 V36 T680
GMATprep 2: Q49 V41 T740
GMATprep 1(retake): Q50 V41 T750 (Repeats: Q: 2, V: 3-4)
MGMAT 3: Q48 V40 T720
I did have problem finishing MGMAT quant sections on time. I didn't have that problem on quant sections of GMATprep or Kaplan CATs though. Now I will have to wait another month to take the GMAT again. I guess I should try out the GMAT timer thing that I never bothered to look at... Any advice or comments are welcome.
03 Sep 2009, 01:52
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Sorry seseoppa, it must have been a terrible experience.
It is surprising that you did so well in the practice tests and such a thing happened on the test day, and you had already did the test twice!
What happened with those 2 problems that took too much time to tackle?
Try to improve your timing with the GMAT Timer, but remember that it's not a race, it's better to use all the time.
I'm sure it was only bad luck, don't give up!
It is surprising that you did so well in the practice tests and such a thing happened on the test day, and you had already did the test twice!
What happened with those 2 problems that took too much time to tackle?
Try to improve your timing with the GMAT Timer, but remember that it's not a race, it's better to use all the time.
I'm sure it was only bad luck, don't give up!
03 Sep 2009, 09:22
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saruba, thanks for the encouragement. I know the MGAMT CAT scores were skewed because I had to stop the time on the quant sections to finish. The couple of Q's I got stuck on the GMAT yesterday were word problem if I remember correctly. I was setting up and solving linear equations and I guess I took too much time doing so. I suppose I spent about 4+ min each on those Q's...
On GMATprep and Kaplan CATs, I was able to make up for the lost time by solving other easier questions quickly. But it didn't work out that way yesterday... Hopefully GMAT timer will help me manage my timing better. Now I have an extra month to prepare but the suspense is killing me. I wish I can just take the GMAT tomorrow and get it over with.
Worst comes to worst I can just use the 680 I got back in 2005 but I'd love to score 700+ since I'm trying to get as much financial aid as possible.
On GMATprep and Kaplan CATs, I was able to make up for the lost time by solving other easier questions quickly. But it didn't work out that way yesterday... Hopefully GMAT timer will help me manage my timing better. Now I have an extra month to prepare but the suspense is killing me. I wish I can just take the GMAT tomorrow and get it over with.
Worst comes to worst I can just use the 680 I got back in 2005 but I'd love to score 700+ since I'm trying to get as much financial aid as possible.
