I must admit that I was owned by the GMAT! And with nobody to blame but myself...
I was fairly confident going into the exam that I didn't need to put much prep time into it to be successful, however, that is certainly NOT the case. I had very little time to prepare, seeing as I needed to submit scores by February for full time in August, and that was the completely wrong idea. I had about 2 weeks to prepare and waited for the last few days leading up to the exam to begin looking at the quantitative side. I was once strong in Math but that was several hundred moons ago. I do not remember the scoring, but the exam was:
500 Overall. 58 percentile English, 28 percentile Quantitative.
My question is, does anybody know the effects of now answering questions and how this affected my score?
My time expired on both sections with 6 questions remaining. I assume not answering 12 of 78 questions was incredibly damaging, (not that my score would have been strong regardless)
I'm fairly confident when I take it next time my preparation will be much, MUCH higher and I'm expecting around 650-700.
My advice to everyone on here is this: Take the test seriously. Not that many prospective students aren't, but REALLY prepare for the exam. The questions and concepts are not challenging, they simply require effort.
I hope nobody makes the mistake I made, and best of luck to all!
I was fairly confident going into the exam that I didn't need to put much prep time into it to be successful, however, that is certainly NOT the case. I had very little time to prepare, seeing as I needed to submit scores by February for full time in August, and that was the completely wrong idea. I had about 2 weeks to prepare and waited for the last few days leading up to the exam to begin looking at the quantitative side. I was once strong in Math but that was several hundred moons ago. I do not remember the scoring, but the exam was:
500 Overall. 58 percentile English, 28 percentile Quantitative.
My question is, does anybody know the effects of now answering questions and how this affected my score?
My time expired on both sections with 6 questions remaining. I assume not answering 12 of 78 questions was incredibly damaging, (not that my score would have been strong regardless)
I'm fairly confident when I take it next time my preparation will be much, MUCH higher and I'm expecting around 650-700.
My advice to everyone on here is this: Take the test seriously. Not that many prospective students aren't, but REALLY prepare for the exam. The questions and concepts are not challenging, they simply require effort.
I hope nobody makes the mistake I made, and best of luck to all!
