this was supposed to be a post about how i beat the gmat but sadly i didn't. so i gave another attempt yesterday and failed miserably again. first attempt was a couple of years ago and i scored somewhere in the mid-400s and i knew i deserved that score knowing i didn't prepare much for it.
this time i really tried hard and studied effectively for past couple of months. found out my weak areas through diagnostic tests and worked on those areas and actually was confident to face those types of questions.
i did all 6 practice exams from MGAMT with first 2 untimed and last 4 timed. (with scores gradually increasing from mid-500 to started scoring in the upper 600s and for the last one i scored 720)
and for the last month of preparation i did 5 GMATPrep exams with last 4 timed and with AWA essays at the library to get used to taking the exam at a place other than my own house. (with scores all in the 650~680 range)
my quant is usually in 45~49 range
my verbal is usually in 33~38 range
my test was at 3 pm so my mind was working actively and i felt confident going in. I wasn't much nervous at all and was happy to see easy topics for my AWA essays. going in to Quant section, i was tight with time but not short on it where i had to rush myself too much. all the questions seemed a little too easy and i didn't feel good about that knowing i needed hard questions to score high. i gathered myself together and went in for verbal and i had more RC questions than expected. i had about 3 or 4 passages and each passage with at least 4 questions and for one of the passages i had 6 questions...regardless, i didn't have much problem answering the questions and i felt like i was really going to score high on my verbal because i didn't have a single question where i had to guess.
when my score came up on the screen with a miserable 530 (Q37/V26)on it i felt sick to my stomach and disgusted. i felt like someone just hit my head with a huge rock and had to sit there to stare at the screen to see if i was seeing the right thing.
i was overly depressed for a few hours after walking out of the testing center thinking this wasn't fair. and if all that studying (with full committment and no leisure for past 2 months) and the confident i had feeling like i was doing well and if the result is going to be this poor then is GMAT really worth another try? my answer was yes and that's why i registered for the 3rd attempt which is going to be in 5 weeks.
i need help on how to do well on the 3rd exam which is going to be my last attempt. i saw some postings on how they over-studied and kind of took it light for the retake and ended up with a better score. i saw another posting about how they're considering getting help from a tutor. i'm just lost in words and i don't know where to begin. please evaluate my situation and help me out here......thanks...
this time i really tried hard and studied effectively for past couple of months. found out my weak areas through diagnostic tests and worked on those areas and actually was confident to face those types of questions.
i did all 6 practice exams from MGAMT with first 2 untimed and last 4 timed. (with scores gradually increasing from mid-500 to started scoring in the upper 600s and for the last one i scored 720)
and for the last month of preparation i did 5 GMATPrep exams with last 4 timed and with AWA essays at the library to get used to taking the exam at a place other than my own house. (with scores all in the 650~680 range)
my quant is usually in 45~49 range
my verbal is usually in 33~38 range
my test was at 3 pm so my mind was working actively and i felt confident going in. I wasn't much nervous at all and was happy to see easy topics for my AWA essays. going in to Quant section, i was tight with time but not short on it where i had to rush myself too much. all the questions seemed a little too easy and i didn't feel good about that knowing i needed hard questions to score high. i gathered myself together and went in for verbal and i had more RC questions than expected. i had about 3 or 4 passages and each passage with at least 4 questions and for one of the passages i had 6 questions...regardless, i didn't have much problem answering the questions and i felt like i was really going to score high on my verbal because i didn't have a single question where i had to guess.
when my score came up on the screen with a miserable 530 (Q37/V26)on it i felt sick to my stomach and disgusted. i felt like someone just hit my head with a huge rock and had to sit there to stare at the screen to see if i was seeing the right thing.
i was overly depressed for a few hours after walking out of the testing center thinking this wasn't fair. and if all that studying (with full committment and no leisure for past 2 months) and the confident i had feeling like i was doing well and if the result is going to be this poor then is GMAT really worth another try? my answer was yes and that's why i registered for the 3rd attempt which is going to be in 5 weeks.
i need help on how to do well on the 3rd exam which is going to be my last attempt. i saw some postings on how they over-studied and kind of took it light for the retake and ended up with a better score. i saw another posting about how they're considering getting help from a tutor. i'm just lost in words and i don't know where to begin. please evaluate my situation and help me out here......thanks...
