Hi all,
First of all, thank you for all your help so far on this forum. It has been integral in my study process.
I have 10 days to go until test day (by this point need to get it over with, especially given that I want to apply to R1 for several schools!).
I'm in exam-simulation mode now, and I've been pretty consistently scoring ~750+ lately, from what I remember:
- GMATPrep #1 (leaving #2 for this weekend) - 770
- Manhattan Gmat 6 tests (around two 720-740 and several 760+, and a random 680...)
- Princeton review free test (720)
- Kaplan free test (720)
- Kaplan Premier CD tests (720, then 750+ for three of them)
So it seems like I *may* be expecting from 720-770, depending on how nervous/lucky I get.
Questions below:
1. My question is, is there anything I should look out for on test day? I have taken the recent tests, including GMAT prep, in exam setting with the full allotted time.
2. In Math, I got one question wrong at around #8 and then a few scattered and then like 4 out of 6 wrong for the last questions. Clearly I ran out of time and panicked a little. However, this does not seem to have affected my score that much (total 8 questions wrong) - which I guess is an okay strategy? i.e. I can definitely put less time into the earlier questions, which I obsessively checked. Anyone have thoughts?
3. In Verbal, I got 5 questions wrong, sort of scattered throughout questions. I also had around 10 minutes left which is probably a bad practice - did you guys evenly time yourself throughout? I guess the different from math is that you really wouldn't reach very difficult questions at end that require much time.
4. Stupid question - do you bring your own pencils? Where do you put water (if you want to take a sip during breaks)? Do you guys have a practice of writing out a grid (A-->E) for each question prior?
Overall, just hoping I perform as I expect, but any pointers appreciated!!
First of all, thank you for all your help so far on this forum. It has been integral in my study process.
I have 10 days to go until test day (by this point need to get it over with, especially given that I want to apply to R1 for several schools!).
I'm in exam-simulation mode now, and I've been pretty consistently scoring ~750+ lately, from what I remember:
- GMATPrep #1 (leaving #2 for this weekend) - 770
- Manhattan Gmat 6 tests (around two 720-740 and several 760+, and a random 680...)
- Princeton review free test (720)
- Kaplan free test (720)
- Kaplan Premier CD tests (720, then 750+ for three of them)
So it seems like I *may* be expecting from 720-770, depending on how nervous/lucky I get.
Questions below:
1. My question is, is there anything I should look out for on test day? I have taken the recent tests, including GMAT prep, in exam setting with the full allotted time.
2. In Math, I got one question wrong at around #8 and then a few scattered and then like 4 out of 6 wrong for the last questions. Clearly I ran out of time and panicked a little. However, this does not seem to have affected my score that much (total 8 questions wrong) - which I guess is an okay strategy? i.e. I can definitely put less time into the earlier questions, which I obsessively checked. Anyone have thoughts?
3. In Verbal, I got 5 questions wrong, sort of scattered throughout questions. I also had around 10 minutes left which is probably a bad practice - did you guys evenly time yourself throughout? I guess the different from math is that you really wouldn't reach very difficult questions at end that require much time.
4. Stupid question - do you bring your own pencils? Where do you put water (if you want to take a sip during breaks)? Do you guys have a practice of writing out a grid (A-->E) for each question prior?
Overall, just hoping I perform as I expect, but any pointers appreciated!!
