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smartpradip
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
Last visit: 14 Feb 2010
Posts: 3
Location: Kolkata, India
Concentration: Finance, International Business
12 Feb 2010, 10:53
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Dear Friends,
Please allow me to share my terrible experience on GMAT Day. I am new to this forum. I really need your help to reach at my targeted GMAT score.
First I would like to share my score with you all. My total score for 1st attempt is 480 (Q-44, V-13). It is not only the score that make me down but also the situation happen to me during that 4 hour journey. To explain why those 4 hour become terrible for me, I want to give you details on my preparation, performance, feelings before D day.
Preparation:
July 2009: I decided to give GMAT and started preparation. I had targeted December 2009 for final exam. I had prepared with OG11, Kaplan-800, Manhattan SC. I was preparing with full of concentration but due to some reason, I had to stop for 1.5 month from October 2009. Then again I started on November with target exam date of 1 Feb 2010.
Performance:
Verbal: After working hard for 2 month, I have noticed that I doing well with hard copy paper. My OG11 accuracy was 85% for SC, 82% for CR and 70% for RC. I also did 5-6 pdf paper. My accuracy was 69 -72% for 41 question. But when I started with timed software (GMATPrep, PowerPrep, 800Score), I found that I am doing too many wrong answer. And most was silly mistake for SC and CR (Most of the time I did wrong to choose between last 2 options).
RC was weakness for me and also I did not give good amount of time for RC.
Math: I did always well in practice exam. My average for math was 49. I was prepared for 48-50 marks in Math. I never got below 47. But Math final score is 44.
GmatPrep, 800Score and PowerPrep: My average was 630. Range was 580 to 650.
The Critical situation for last 12 days before exam: This duration was the killing machine for my GMAT dream. I was getting bad score on GmatPrep and was getting tension. Finally I was demoralized before exam and also got little bit of irritation. I was not able to get concentration and energy during verbal practice. I never practice for continuous 4 hour.
Some time my mind was acted blindly. So finally I had decided to go for gmat exam with target at 620-650 and decided on my mind that I will give another attempt latter for 700+.
On D Day: I have started well with essay with lot of energy. But after 30th question of Math some thing happens to me. My mind just got blind. I was just not able to read and understand the question. I was feeling that I am loosing the Day.
Finally I had answered all verbal questions without reading it. Don’t know what happen to me after 30th question of math. I am still searching the answer.
I have started my next journey 2 days back. I have prepared a plan chart and resource chart for my preparation. I still feel that I can achieve 700+. So need your help and suggestions.
Please allow me to share my terrible experience on GMAT Day. I am new to this forum. I really need your help to reach at my targeted GMAT score.
First I would like to share my score with you all. My total score for 1st attempt is 480 (Q-44, V-13). It is not only the score that make me down but also the situation happen to me during that 4 hour journey. To explain why those 4 hour become terrible for me, I want to give you details on my preparation, performance, feelings before D day.
Preparation:
July 2009: I decided to give GMAT and started preparation. I had targeted December 2009 for final exam. I had prepared with OG11, Kaplan-800, Manhattan SC. I was preparing with full of concentration but due to some reason, I had to stop for 1.5 month from October 2009. Then again I started on November with target exam date of 1 Feb 2010.
Performance:
Verbal: After working hard for 2 month, I have noticed that I doing well with hard copy paper. My OG11 accuracy was 85% for SC, 82% for CR and 70% for RC. I also did 5-6 pdf paper. My accuracy was 69 -72% for 41 question. But when I started with timed software (GMATPrep, PowerPrep, 800Score), I found that I am doing too many wrong answer. And most was silly mistake for SC and CR (Most of the time I did wrong to choose between last 2 options).
RC was weakness for me and also I did not give good amount of time for RC.
Math: I did always well in practice exam. My average for math was 49. I was prepared for 48-50 marks in Math. I never got below 47. But Math final score is 44.
GmatPrep, 800Score and PowerPrep: My average was 630. Range was 580 to 650.
The Critical situation for last 12 days before exam: This duration was the killing machine for my GMAT dream. I was getting bad score on GmatPrep and was getting tension. Finally I was demoralized before exam and also got little bit of irritation. I was not able to get concentration and energy during verbal practice. I never practice for continuous 4 hour.
Some time my mind was acted blindly. So finally I had decided to go for gmat exam with target at 620-650 and decided on my mind that I will give another attempt latter for 700+.
On D Day: I have started well with essay with lot of energy. But after 30th question of Math some thing happens to me. My mind just got blind. I was just not able to read and understand the question. I was feeling that I am loosing the Day.
Finally I had answered all verbal questions without reading it. Don’t know what happen to me after 30th question of math. I am still searching the answer.
I have started my next journey 2 days back. I have prepared a plan chart and resource chart for my preparation. I still feel that I can achieve 700+. So need your help and suggestions.
12 Feb 2010, 11:18
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did you do mostly paper tests? Although paper tests are nice but they are not adaptive so the difficulty might not reflect what you face on the CAT. It does seem you did a few CATs from your description later though so it doesnt seem you went in blind on the CAT aspect. Did you have good sleep/meal the day before? I basically ate crackers for the last 2 days (and some juice) so i wont get sick eating something weird. Did the "mind blind" happen just for math or continued through verbal as well? Perhaps the math question caught you off guard and you had no idea how to solve it? you dont have any health issues that might cause it right?
smartpradip
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
Last visit: 14 Feb 2010
Posts: 3
Location: Kolkata, India
Concentration: Finance, International Business
12 Feb 2010, 11:43
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I did Paper test and CAT'S test on consecutive days. I had found that I was doing well with hard copy rather with CATs. No I did not sleep well on previous night.
By the term "mind blind", I want to express my situation. I was just not able to understand the questions and started to feel that I am loosing the day. I tried enough to concentrate but failed.
Mainly I lost concentration totally and finally I answered last 5 math question and all verbal one question even without looking it. Just clicked to finish the exam.
I don't know what happen to me on that day. I don't want to repeat it again. I need your suggestion for my next preparation.
Thanks
Pradip
By the term "mind blind", I want to express my situation. I was just not able to understand the questions and started to feel that I am loosing the day. I tried enough to concentrate but failed.
Mainly I lost concentration totally and finally I answered last 5 math question and all verbal one question even without looking it. Just clicked to finish the exam.
I don't know what happen to me on that day. I don't want to repeat it again. I need your suggestion for my next preparation.
Thanks
Pradip
