Hello Everyone,
Want to share my story and seek advise.
I have taken the GMAT twice. I took the GMAT for the first time in August 2009 and scored 670. I took the GMAT again in December 2009 and scored 620.
670 - Quant-47, Verbal-35
620 - Quant-48, Verbal-27
I was in a state of mental fatigue when I took the GMAT in December 2009 (which is clearly reflected by my score). I spent atleast 3 hours a day on weekdays and 6-7 hours a day on weekends. I also took online classes and performed very well in the classes so my confidence was really high before I took the test in December. But a week before the test, my mind just gave up. I started committing silly mistakes in both Math and English. I somehow managed to boost myself up and to mentally prepare myself for the exam (I think I was successful to an extent in doing so).
The day of the test arrived and I was nervous. I did not do well in the essays. However, I performed better in Quant (not a whole lot better but still...). I was confident going into the verbal section but suddenly, something snapped and I started loosing concentration. I somehow managed to concentrate again but to make matters worse, this guy sitting right next to me started typing (probably an essay). That just killed my concentration. I used the headphones to block the noise but it was still too loud for me to concentrate. So a long story short, it was a bad day, I was too stressed and things did not work out me. As a result, my score - 620...
I will be taking the GMAT for the third time in 10-11 weeks.
I have a very demanding job and I have to take the test in 11 weeks. So people, I need guidance as to how to manage the stress and how to beat the GMAT.
Thanks in advance!
Want to share my story and seek advise.
I have taken the GMAT twice. I took the GMAT for the first time in August 2009 and scored 670. I took the GMAT again in December 2009 and scored 620.
670 - Quant-47, Verbal-35
620 - Quant-48, Verbal-27
I was in a state of mental fatigue when I took the GMAT in December 2009 (which is clearly reflected by my score). I spent atleast 3 hours a day on weekdays and 6-7 hours a day on weekends. I also took online classes and performed very well in the classes so my confidence was really high before I took the test in December. But a week before the test, my mind just gave up. I started committing silly mistakes in both Math and English. I somehow managed to boost myself up and to mentally prepare myself for the exam (I think I was successful to an extent in doing so).
The day of the test arrived and I was nervous. I did not do well in the essays. However, I performed better in Quant (not a whole lot better but still...). I was confident going into the verbal section but suddenly, something snapped and I started loosing concentration. I somehow managed to concentrate again but to make matters worse, this guy sitting right next to me started typing (probably an essay). That just killed my concentration. I used the headphones to block the noise but it was still too loud for me to concentrate. So a long story short, it was a bad day, I was too stressed and things did not work out me. As a result, my score - 620...
I will be taking the GMAT for the third time in 10-11 weeks.
I have a very demanding job and I have to take the test in 11 weeks. So people, I need guidance as to how to manage the stress and how to beat the GMAT.
Thanks in advance!
