Babe Ruth once pointed his bat towards the center field fence. That's what I did. I signed up for 4 PM start time for my exam. That would ensure my exam would be ending somewhere between 7:20 and 8:00 PM. I had already scored a 680 just a month earlier. But, I wanted my application profile to have the same awe factor Babe Ruth inspired. So, my rematch with the GMAT was set for 4/24 at 4 PM so that I could scored 40 points higher. On my facebook profile, I even updated my status right before my test stating exactly that...
Many failures and shortcomings has left much scar tissue on me. I think I was only able to 'call my shot' on the gmat because falling short was something I had so much experience at... My SAT score was in the pathetic 1100s. My LSAT score for law school was a mere 156. That's in the 59th percentile. Though I now have a bachelor's from Vanderbilt University and juris doctorate from Emory University School of Law, I had to draft supplemental essays arguing that I'm better than a test score... And, I know in my heart that's still true today, even if yesterday's 730 gmat score in the 96th percentile was 4 percentile away from perfect...
And, I would've scored perfect on the GMAT but for my off handed light hearted comment to the proctor during the break, "I think I'm pitching a perfect game." You're not supposed to say that or so the superstition holds that you jinx yourself. But, having had a track record of poor standardized test scores, the one thing that I never had practiced or experienced was not jinxing myself. After all, I did point my bat towards the center field fence right before the exam... That's what's key-- believing in yourself so much that you're not afraid to call your shot right before the exam...
Many failures and shortcomings has left much scar tissue on me. I think I was only able to 'call my shot' on the gmat because falling short was something I had so much experience at... My SAT score was in the pathetic 1100s. My LSAT score for law school was a mere 156. That's in the 59th percentile. Though I now have a bachelor's from Vanderbilt University and juris doctorate from Emory University School of Law, I had to draft supplemental essays arguing that I'm better than a test score... And, I know in my heart that's still true today, even if yesterday's 730 gmat score in the 96th percentile was 4 percentile away from perfect...
And, I would've scored perfect on the GMAT but for my off handed light hearted comment to the proctor during the break, "I think I'm pitching a perfect game." You're not supposed to say that or so the superstition holds that you jinx yourself. But, having had a track record of poor standardized test scores, the one thing that I never had practiced or experienced was not jinxing myself. After all, I did point my bat towards the center field fence right before the exam... That's what's key-- believing in yourself so much that you're not afraid to call your shot right before the exam...
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