I just Beat The GMAT!

Ok!

I haven't been an active member of the community, especially not in these past few months.

I come from a background of Quant&Verbal- Politics and Economics graduate.

I know that everyone who posts over here is an overachiever and the score looks like a nightmare, but here's my story.

I got in my first pratice exam a decent 640(Q43, V34) on the 12th of August 2012. I remember I even posted on this forum, asking about tips and advises on how to improve it. I carried on practicing both speed and content up until beginning of December in 2012 when I got a 730(Q50, V38)in a GMAT Prep test.
After that I completely interrupted my studies and practices due to an unfortunate personal loss and had only started practicing about a week ago when a friend of mine asked me to stop whining and start climbing. I had my exam today. Needless to say I am incredibly disappointed. I knew from the second I walked out of the door that I was not going to do great in the exam, but nonetheless, my last night's KAP score of 640 gave me enough confidence to believe that with a bit of focus a 700 was achievable.

Actually, both things went in the complete opposite direction. I believe I had 0 concentration level and this was translated into the fact that sometimes my mind went completely blank or that sometimes I was thinking about how bad I was performing in the test. I did not even know how to attack some problems so I got frustrated and persevered in trying to solve those problems. I believe I guessed around 5-10 Quant questions because I was running out of time, meaning that I had only about 45-60 seconds for each of them.
I also believe I guessed around 5-8 Verbal Questions and hence the tragedy happened.

I am deeply disappointed, but this does not mean that the game is over. I am 200 points away from my target score, but that's just a figure. Even if my friend made me lose 300 dollars, they were worth every penny. I'm now ready to give the GMAT another fight and I've sort of snapped out of my lethargic state. I know I have the potential to succeed and I will do so, regardless. My past scores, GPA, and myself have all told me that I can do it, that I can be up there in the stratosphere.

I've written this at the GMAT Success stories part of the forum, because I find in this failure a success. I've found ambition again and I have definitely become determined to prove that no test is impossible.

I am planning on taking on the test again in the next 4-6 weeks and I will need your help in order to make sure that this time, I'll show the GMAT who's the boss. You are more than welcomed to come up with suggestions regarding time management, concentration problems, and test taking strategies.

Thank you for your future help and thanks to this community for its existence!