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saumil23
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I have been waiting for this moment to share my GMAT experience with everyone. Since past one year, I have been reading the experiences of everyone and hoping that one fine day I will get this opportunity.
Today, I appeared for GMAT and scored 720 (49Q, 40V) - I couldn't attempt last question in verbal.
For those who have already appeared for the GMAT and for some reason couldn't get the desired score, let me share past GMAT scores.
July 2011 - GMAT Score 600 - don't remember the break-up but verbal score was dismal.
Aug. 2011 - GMAT Score 550 - 48Q, 19V I was shattered to see my score. I felt I will never be able to beat this monster.
Aug. 2012 - GMAT Score 630 - 49Q, 28V - After one year of break-up and more focused effort when I saw 630 score I started thinking that was I trying to achieve something that was beyond my reach. This time I had the worst feeling. Because in all mocks I consistently scored 720 and infact in one of the Manhattan test I score 750. So I atleast hoped that I will break the barrier of 700. But when I saw 630, I felt very discouraged, disheartened and what not. It was very difficult time for me. It seemed that everything had come to standstill. Considering that in my life I have never got anything with ease, I decided to give one final shot and took the date after 2 months on Oct. 19.
As the day progressed, the amount of work in the office kept increasing. I could hardly take out any time during week days. Above all, I had to travel because of the kind of job I'm in. So only time that was available was in the bus, train or late night in the hotel.
Finally, today when I to appear for the exam - I decided to attack every question with all the knowledge and skill I have. I kept telling myself that I need not worry about my final score and I should just focus on one question at a time. As always essay, IR and quant went well. Last 75 minutes were left - because of which I was appearing for the 4th time. During the break I had a bite of nutri bar. It was yuk in taste but i guess it gave me mental satisfaction that I won't run out of energy.
I followed following strategy for the verbal section (below strategy will work really well for those who are struggling to improve their score in verbal):
1-10 - 50min remaining
11-20 - 30 min remaining
21-30 - 15 min remaining
31-41 - rest of the time
When I had completed about 12 question and I didn't get any bold face question, I became really nervous. Because in my practice test, everytime I was doing well in verbal I used to get one bold question at around 15th question. But then I told myself, that don't worry about bold question and just focus on question which is there on the screen.
By the time I finished 25 question, I was again losing my confidence as I didn't see any bold face question and I was running behind the clock by approx. 3 questions. Instead of waiting till the end, I decided to guess if I get any difficult question or question that would require more time.
Final 5 min - I tried to ensure that I solve last few questions correctly. But I still missed to attempt the last question.
When I saw the score 720 on the screen, I almost screamed and when the invigilator came, I told him how is it possible that I got this score.
From my experience, I can say for sure that if you decide to conquer something then no matter how many times you fail one fine day you will certainly succeed. Success comes to those who are patient enough to handle the failure.
Today, I appeared for GMAT and scored 720 (49Q, 40V) - I couldn't attempt last question in verbal.
For those who have already appeared for the GMAT and for some reason couldn't get the desired score, let me share past GMAT scores.
July 2011 - GMAT Score 600 - don't remember the break-up but verbal score was dismal.
Aug. 2011 - GMAT Score 550 - 48Q, 19V I was shattered to see my score. I felt I will never be able to beat this monster.
Aug. 2012 - GMAT Score 630 - 49Q, 28V - After one year of break-up and more focused effort when I saw 630 score I started thinking that was I trying to achieve something that was beyond my reach. This time I had the worst feeling. Because in all mocks I consistently scored 720 and infact in one of the Manhattan test I score 750. So I atleast hoped that I will break the barrier of 700. But when I saw 630, I felt very discouraged, disheartened and what not. It was very difficult time for me. It seemed that everything had come to standstill. Considering that in my life I have never got anything with ease, I decided to give one final shot and took the date after 2 months on Oct. 19.
As the day progressed, the amount of work in the office kept increasing. I could hardly take out any time during week days. Above all, I had to travel because of the kind of job I'm in. So only time that was available was in the bus, train or late night in the hotel.
Finally, today when I to appear for the exam - I decided to attack every question with all the knowledge and skill I have. I kept telling myself that I need not worry about my final score and I should just focus on one question at a time. As always essay, IR and quant went well. Last 75 minutes were left - because of which I was appearing for the 4th time. During the break I had a bite of nutri bar. It was yuk in taste but i guess it gave me mental satisfaction that I won't run out of energy.
I followed following strategy for the verbal section (below strategy will work really well for those who are struggling to improve their score in verbal):
1-10 - 50min remaining
11-20 - 30 min remaining
21-30 - 15 min remaining
31-41 - rest of the time
When I had completed about 12 question and I didn't get any bold face question, I became really nervous. Because in my practice test, everytime I was doing well in verbal I used to get one bold question at around 15th question. But then I told myself, that don't worry about bold question and just focus on question which is there on the screen.
By the time I finished 25 question, I was again losing my confidence as I didn't see any bold face question and I was running behind the clock by approx. 3 questions. Instead of waiting till the end, I decided to guess if I get any difficult question or question that would require more time.
Final 5 min - I tried to ensure that I solve last few questions correctly. But I still missed to attempt the last question.
When I saw the score 720 on the screen, I almost screamed and when the invigilator came, I told him how is it possible that I got this score.
From my experience, I can say for sure that if you decide to conquer something then no matter how many times you fail one fine day you will certainly succeed. Success comes to those who are patient enough to handle the failure.
