English Language Tests

Hi everyone,

I just got out from the exam. I can summarize my experience as quite negative. Although I spent a month and a half preparing, I fear that my actual exam performance would be worse than expected.

Let me briefly elaborate on my experiences:

Reading:

The section started quicky after my arrival at the examination center. Because of the nevousness, I was not able to quickly scan the passages and answer the first questions. In fact, it took me a while to get through them, which was not the case when I was doing the mock exams at home. Thus, I would expect a score of 22-25 max, in that respect.

Listening:

This was fairly easy, nevertheless I think I got a bit more lectures than usual, but maybe some of them were just testing their examination system.
My aspirations are for a score around 28-30, however this would be quite suprising knowing that I wasnt sure about answering few questions. Realisticly speaking, performance should yield a score of not more than 25-27.

Speaking:

I had nightmares about this piece of the exam. Although I use english on a daily basis, the questions comprehension, and especially, being able to combine your thoughts quickly is quite challenging. Nevertheless, I think my actual experience on this part is positive. I could answer the questions quickly and on the point.
Expected score: 25-28.

Writing:
One of the easiest sections, I wrote all points on the first task by contradicting each point with the lecture, therefore I expect a very high (5/5) performance here (lets see though). Writing the essay was also easy, I could point all my arguments quickly and with fairly complex vocabulary. Hopefully, this is going to represent my strongest section in terms of score achievement.

Bottom line:

Quite dissatisfied with what I did, especially on the reading and partially on the listening section. Undoubtedly, I could have done better. Inevitably, if I dont get at least 100 points, I will just strive for retaking the test.

Cross your fingers,

Cheers

Lets see, how it will work out.

Just got my results - 109/120.

Perfect!

Really? My Score is still not available...

But congrats on yours. 109 fulfills every requirement I know.

Well, to be honest, I did not expect such a high result based on my experiences during the test.

Here is the split of the different categories:

Reading - 28
Listening - 28
Speaking - 27
Writing - 26

I am sure that I could be better on the writing, nevertheless this is a perfect result in regards to university requirements, as you said.

Good luck with your results!

Have you already started your GMAT prep?

Good experience and hope it will work. This briefing will help other readers who will beat the GMAT in upcoming days. Best of luck.

Ohh! really. Congrats on your score. Getting 109 out of 120 is very nice score.

this is very nice post

Not so bad, my result 95/120.