The title of this post accurately reflects my feelings after taking the GMAT today. I first started my studying about 5 months ago and about a month after I started my studies, the highest I was able to score on my own was a 520, but most of my scores were in the high 400 range. So, I decided that since self study wasn't working, I signed up for a Kaplan course and schelled out the $1400+ to take the course.
My diagnostic was a 480 on Kaplan and after a few weeks of studying, I managed to get a 550 on the first CAT. The scores after that began to decline: 480, 440. I then decided to take the GMAT PREP to see where I was. So, on the GMAT PREP 1, I got a 520, which was very disappointing since I had already scored at this level on my own. I studied more, took the same test again and got a 570. I then went to take the Ultimate Practice Test, which is just a Kaplan CAT that is taken at a real GMAT test center, and scored a 500. This was decent news as people say that the Kaplan CATs tend to give you a lower score than the actual test.
I revised some things, studied some more and went to take the test today....
It is with great embarrassment that tell you all, I got a 370. The feeling of being beaten and bruised is an understatement. The first math question took me a few more minutes than it should have and I think I got it wrong. The math overall seemed more difficult than the verbal and my score in math reflected this. Usually however, I do better in math than verbal. Anyway, as I had finished the survey and waited to see my score, I knew that the worst-case scenario would be a 500. But I was wrong, it was a 370. I stared at this horrible score for 10mins. I was shocked, this could not have been my score, something went wrong, but I guess this is the score. It is so frustrating to see this happen. I spent all that money, time and energy to see this? For the past 2 months my life has been consumed by the GMAT and I missed out on so many things just for this? Highly disppointed, very hurt, thoroughly embarrassed......
My diagnostic was a 480 on Kaplan and after a few weeks of studying, I managed to get a 550 on the first CAT. The scores after that began to decline: 480, 440. I then decided to take the GMAT PREP to see where I was. So, on the GMAT PREP 1, I got a 520, which was very disappointing since I had already scored at this level on my own. I studied more, took the same test again and got a 570. I then went to take the Ultimate Practice Test, which is just a Kaplan CAT that is taken at a real GMAT test center, and scored a 500. This was decent news as people say that the Kaplan CATs tend to give you a lower score than the actual test.
I revised some things, studied some more and went to take the test today....
It is with great embarrassment that tell you all, I got a 370. The feeling of being beaten and bruised is an understatement. The first math question took me a few more minutes than it should have and I think I got it wrong. The math overall seemed more difficult than the verbal and my score in math reflected this. Usually however, I do better in math than verbal. Anyway, as I had finished the survey and waited to see my score, I knew that the worst-case scenario would be a 500. But I was wrong, it was a 370. I stared at this horrible score for 10mins. I was shocked, this could not have been my score, something went wrong, but I guess this is the score. It is so frustrating to see this happen. I spent all that money, time and energy to see this? For the past 2 months my life has been consumed by the GMAT and I missed out on so many things just for this? Highly disppointed, very hurt, thoroughly embarrassed......
