Hello All,
I have given the GMAT yesterday and wanted to share a very bad experience with you all. I am a working professional with 4+ year of experience. I was preparing for the GMAT since last 3-4 months and I was scoring in the practice tests just few days before the actual test as below:
MGMAT-1 580
MGMAT-2 550
MGMAT-3 590
MGMAT-4 580
GMAT PREP – I 580. (Because of the last tense moments I didn’t attempt the gmat prep 2 although I had solved it earlier)
In all the above tests I never scored less than 43 in Quant, although Verbal was always my weak point being a non-native speaker. I was scoring average around 27-29 in the verbal section of the practice tests.
As I was scoring an average of around 580 in the practice tests therefore, I was expecting at least +50/-50 Standard deviation as everybody in this forum says. When I started my actual GMAT test the 2 essays went quite well I finished both on time with proper review. BUT my problems started with Quant. First 2-3 questions were really horrible it took almost first 10 min to solve the first 3 questions in fact out of those 3, I couldn’t solve one of them. I was really surprised by the quant level of the actual GMAT it was very very tough than any of the tests or any of the material that I practiced upon. I was never short of time in the maths section but I was surprised that I could not attempt even all the questions in the maths the time-out happened when I was solving the Q-35 could not even marked the answer of that question. I scored 36 in the maths section. In the break between the Quant and verbal I lost the confidence altogether, as maths was always a source of strength before I start my verbal section and because of this I am not able to share with you the actual score…. I scored very badly in the GMAT (less than 450). I am absolutely shocked by the maths level of the exam and I am not in a position to think whether I can re-take the GMAT in future.
I would appreciate if anybody of you can tell me whether I can gain the lost confidence back and could actually score (If I re-take the exam) between the 680 and 700, the target that I set initially for myself.
Did anybody of you come across someone who has scored from around 450 to around 680-700 in his second attempt? Sincerely, I feel that I could have scored around 630 if the maths section in actual GMAT was at least up to the ok ok level….. Feeling very low at this time, really appreciate all your comments especially from the people who have actually given the GMAT.
I would like to thank moderators for this wonderful website!!!
Regards,
I have given the GMAT yesterday and wanted to share a very bad experience with you all. I am a working professional with 4+ year of experience. I was preparing for the GMAT since last 3-4 months and I was scoring in the practice tests just few days before the actual test as below:
MGMAT-1 580
MGMAT-2 550
MGMAT-3 590
MGMAT-4 580
GMAT PREP – I 580. (Because of the last tense moments I didn’t attempt the gmat prep 2 although I had solved it earlier)
In all the above tests I never scored less than 43 in Quant, although Verbal was always my weak point being a non-native speaker. I was scoring average around 27-29 in the verbal section of the practice tests.
As I was scoring an average of around 580 in the practice tests therefore, I was expecting at least +50/-50 Standard deviation as everybody in this forum says. When I started my actual GMAT test the 2 essays went quite well I finished both on time with proper review. BUT my problems started with Quant. First 2-3 questions were really horrible it took almost first 10 min to solve the first 3 questions in fact out of those 3, I couldn’t solve one of them. I was really surprised by the quant level of the actual GMAT it was very very tough than any of the tests or any of the material that I practiced upon. I was never short of time in the maths section but I was surprised that I could not attempt even all the questions in the maths the time-out happened when I was solving the Q-35 could not even marked the answer of that question. I scored 36 in the maths section. In the break between the Quant and verbal I lost the confidence altogether, as maths was always a source of strength before I start my verbal section and because of this I am not able to share with you the actual score…. I scored very badly in the GMAT (less than 450). I am absolutely shocked by the maths level of the exam and I am not in a position to think whether I can re-take the GMAT in future.
I would appreciate if anybody of you can tell me whether I can gain the lost confidence back and could actually score (If I re-take the exam) between the 680 and 700, the target that I set initially for myself.
Did anybody of you come across someone who has scored from around 450 to around 680-700 in his second attempt? Sincerely, I feel that I could have scored around 630 if the maths section in actual GMAT was at least up to the ok ok level….. Feeling very low at this time, really appreciate all your comments especially from the people who have actually given the GMAT.
I would like to thank moderators for this wonderful website!!!
Regards,
) - particularly under pressure. I think anyone with strong basics, good exam technique and timing should be able to score 550 +
