Dear fellow members,
It is heartbreaking to expect a decent score and hit rock bottom. But let me start from the beginning.
Around August i started taking classes for the Gmat, immediately after my Ielts examination. It was extremely difficult to concentrate because my brother was hospitalized with a rapid fatal illness. As anyone can imagine, i tried to keep my mind occupied with something to make it through and the Gmat was such a thing. Eventually, in about 6 months or so my brother passed away.
Picking up my pieces 3 months later i decided to give it a try. I knew it would be a really hard task since i couldnt even concentrate for 10 minutes straight to something, but i gave it a try anyway. The score i needed for the master of my choice would be a minimum of 600, ideally a 680 to be safe. I purchased the Official Guide, the Kaplan with the 5 online tests and borrowed the manhattan series from my cousin. I did the first test and got 590. I was a little disappointed but i thought to myself " Look, whining will get you nowhere, sit your ass down and you ll get there. One step at a time". So i did.
The time i had in my disposal was limited, merely 14 days. To my surprise i was able to concentrate and study so i took advantage of it, studied all day for 14 days. 7 days prior to the examination i took the second Kaplan test and got 650. Wow that was a huge confidence booster. I thought i actually had a chance to make something good through all this mess. So i powered through even harder. It didnt felt like i had a grasp of all the concepts, i struggled at difficult quant problems and SC but i thought i should pick my poison and be done with it. If i could get 650 with these gaps then it's ok right?
I tried to brush up all the quant concepts cause that was way below my verbal score and 3 days prior to the exam i took a gmatprep test. 610, even though it felt extremely easy in the quant. I was 55th percentile in the quant and 63th in verbal. i thought wow, i got worse or kaplan was off. I panicked. Anxiety got to me like hell. If i failed in the exam i would miss the deadline of the University( RSM by the way). I focused on quant till the test date was due. i tried to sleep early, i was with 4 hours sleep the day before but guys and girls i couldn't. 10 pm laying in my bed and up until 3 am no sleep. In the end 4 hours of sleep was a luxury. Got to the exam center, anxiety through the roof and started the test. It felt easy. take away the first 5 question in the quant it felt really easy. finished on time and took the brake. The verbal had a couple hard passages but overall it also felt easy, i felt good. "Maybe you did it" I thought. And BAAAAAM! 510!!
I cant describe how devastated i was and still am. this was even lower than when i started preparing for the thing in the first place. I now have to wait a hole year to apply and start all over again with the exam. It feels terrible cause it is this feeling like you ve been preparing for something for so long, even though i actually didnt due to the circumstances but thats the feeling i have, and now i am back to square one. Plus i got destroyed on the actual thing.
So please, if anyone who has some experience with the Gmat can throw me a piece of advice, how to start again and direct me towards a study plan i would really appreciate it. As i see it, SC is a major weakness, some texts when dealing with science tend to be a little tricky, the quant is a huge problem, never got over the 55th percentile in any test. But please can someone tell me how can this discrepancy be between my test scores and my actual score. I dint need a huge score, a decent one would be fine but i blew it. I am determined to try my best and beat the 700 mark. At least that's what i say to myself to convince me.
So, any thoughts and advice guys.. Thanks..
It is heartbreaking to expect a decent score and hit rock bottom. But let me start from the beginning.
Around August i started taking classes for the Gmat, immediately after my Ielts examination. It was extremely difficult to concentrate because my brother was hospitalized with a rapid fatal illness. As anyone can imagine, i tried to keep my mind occupied with something to make it through and the Gmat was such a thing. Eventually, in about 6 months or so my brother passed away.
Picking up my pieces 3 months later i decided to give it a try. I knew it would be a really hard task since i couldnt even concentrate for 10 minutes straight to something, but i gave it a try anyway. The score i needed for the master of my choice would be a minimum of 600, ideally a 680 to be safe. I purchased the Official Guide, the Kaplan with the 5 online tests and borrowed the manhattan series from my cousin. I did the first test and got 590. I was a little disappointed but i thought to myself " Look, whining will get you nowhere, sit your ass down and you ll get there. One step at a time". So i did.
The time i had in my disposal was limited, merely 14 days. To my surprise i was able to concentrate and study so i took advantage of it, studied all day for 14 days. 7 days prior to the examination i took the second Kaplan test and got 650. Wow that was a huge confidence booster. I thought i actually had a chance to make something good through all this mess. So i powered through even harder. It didnt felt like i had a grasp of all the concepts, i struggled at difficult quant problems and SC but i thought i should pick my poison and be done with it. If i could get 650 with these gaps then it's ok right?
I tried to brush up all the quant concepts cause that was way below my verbal score and 3 days prior to the exam i took a gmatprep test. 610, even though it felt extremely easy in the quant. I was 55th percentile in the quant and 63th in verbal. i thought wow, i got worse or kaplan was off. I panicked. Anxiety got to me like hell. If i failed in the exam i would miss the deadline of the University( RSM by the way). I focused on quant till the test date was due. i tried to sleep early, i was with 4 hours sleep the day before but guys and girls i couldn't. 10 pm laying in my bed and up until 3 am no sleep. In the end 4 hours of sleep was a luxury. Got to the exam center, anxiety through the roof and started the test. It felt easy. take away the first 5 question in the quant it felt really easy. finished on time and took the brake. The verbal had a couple hard passages but overall it also felt easy, i felt good. "Maybe you did it" I thought. And BAAAAAM! 510!!
I cant describe how devastated i was and still am. this was even lower than when i started preparing for the thing in the first place. I now have to wait a hole year to apply and start all over again with the exam. It feels terrible cause it is this feeling like you ve been preparing for something for so long, even though i actually didnt due to the circumstances but thats the feeling i have, and now i am back to square one. Plus i got destroyed on the actual thing.
So please, if anyone who has some experience with the Gmat can throw me a piece of advice, how to start again and direct me towards a study plan i would really appreciate it. As i see it, SC is a major weakness, some texts when dealing with science tend to be a little tricky, the quant is a huge problem, never got over the 55th percentile in any test. But please can someone tell me how can this discrepancy be between my test scores and my actual score. I dint need a huge score, a decent one would be fine but i blew it. I am determined to try my best and beat the 700 mark. At least that's what i say to myself to convince me.
So, any thoughts and advice guys.. Thanks..
