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28 Sep 2009, 08:49
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Hi all,
I've been studying for the GMAT for 5 months and I got a 480. Quite disappointing.
My verbal skills aren't so good but I used to score higher in any simulation test (45, 44 on the GMAC's test).
What I did right:
- Eating healthy food
- A full night of sleep
- Not to touch the books the day before
- AWA went well... no problem at all
What I did wrong:
- I came too early (I was in the test center 6:40am when I was supposed to e there 8:00am!). The traffic in my city (Sao Paulo) is unpredictable so I preferred the early over the late.
- As the temperature was quite high, I asked the test supervisor to lower it a little bit. She told me she could not lower the temperature as it was centrally controlled. I accepted and got back to the test. It was so hot that I was feeling the need of drinking something in the middle of the test. I had to had asked the test supervisor: "Well, then ask someone to lower the overall temperature!".
- I think I ate too much (even the healthy food) during the break... 1 coup of natural yogurt (200ml) and another of diet milky shake another (250ml), both in each break.
- In the middle of quant session, I kind of stressed over two or three very (VERY) hard questions and spent too much time solving it. I did solve them but I lost precious time... When I saw the clock, I had 20 more questions to answer and about 22 minutes left... Then I started to rush... which was not good.
Well, that's my story...
I will practice more and try more times.
Can someone share experiences with me about that? Any advice? Do you agree or disagree with what I said?
I've been studying for the GMAT for 5 months and I got a 480. Quite disappointing.
My verbal skills aren't so good but I used to score higher in any simulation test (45, 44 on the GMAC's test).
What I did right:
- Eating healthy food
- A full night of sleep
- Not to touch the books the day before
- AWA went well... no problem at all
What I did wrong:
- I came too early (I was in the test center 6:40am when I was supposed to e there 8:00am!). The traffic in my city (Sao Paulo) is unpredictable so I preferred the early over the late.
- As the temperature was quite high, I asked the test supervisor to lower it a little bit. She told me she could not lower the temperature as it was centrally controlled. I accepted and got back to the test. It was so hot that I was feeling the need of drinking something in the middle of the test. I had to had asked the test supervisor: "Well, then ask someone to lower the overall temperature!".
- I think I ate too much (even the healthy food) during the break... 1 coup of natural yogurt (200ml) and another of diet milky shake another (250ml), both in each break.
- In the middle of quant session, I kind of stressed over two or three very (VERY) hard questions and spent too much time solving it. I did solve them but I lost precious time... When I saw the clock, I had 20 more questions to answer and about 22 minutes left... Then I started to rush... which was not good.
Well, that's my story...
I will practice more and try more times.
Can someone share experiences with me about that? Any advice? Do you agree or disagree with what I said?
28 Sep 2009, 10:56
Kudos
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Sorry to hear about it.
I think timing is very critical in GMAT test. I took practice test last week and I spent 8 minute on 1 and 6 minute on another tough quant problem. At then end I had to rush and after those two questions I got 12 wrong out of 22. I did not even realize that I spent so much time on those two questions. I knew I spent a lot of time but dint know that I spent 15 min on just two problems.
I would suggest you try taking more CAT test. They give you good breakdown as to how much time you are spending on each problem.
If you want to go one step further, MGMAT allows you to set a time limit on each problem. So you can do like 2.5 minute per problem. After that you will have no choice but to guess.
Good luck for the next test. Dont give up. You are almost there.
I think timing is very critical in GMAT test. I took practice test last week and I spent 8 minute on 1 and 6 minute on another tough quant problem. At then end I had to rush and after those two questions I got 12 wrong out of 22. I did not even realize that I spent so much time on those two questions. I knew I spent a lot of time but dint know that I spent 15 min on just two problems.
I would suggest you try taking more CAT test. They give you good breakdown as to how much time you are spending on each problem.
If you want to go one step further, MGMAT allows you to set a time limit on each problem. So you can do like 2.5 minute per problem. After that you will have no choice but to guess.
Good luck for the next test. Dont give up. You are almost there.
01 Oct 2009, 22:29
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Missed your post - sorry to hear about your experience - definitely a tough score to get.
What were some of the practice scores you got? You mention GMAT Prep - can you give a full score?
Also, see this thread for some ideas about retake: should-i-retake-gmat-thread-retaking-gmat-strategies-83339.html
What were some of the practice scores you got? You mention GMAT Prep - can you give a full score?
Also, see this thread for some ideas about retake: should-i-retake-gmat-thread-retaking-gmat-strategies-83339.html
