Hey there workhard,
I read your post, and one thing for sure is - that you are definitely someone who can, should, and *will* get between a 670 - 700+ range. Your scores are very consistent in the GMAT prep tests, and even if there were repeats, it doesnt make sense gettign a score of 550. Bottom line - something happened in the exam, that did not let you get the score you are capable of/deserve....
You know what buddy - when I was going to the exam after falling sick and with the passport fiasco, I had given up on a 700+ score. All I knew was that I would write the damn exam a million times until I hit the score I knew I was capable of getting!! I LOVED YOUR POST. I know from that YOU BELIEVE you hvae what it takes to crack this damn test. YOU KNOW you are good and can do it, and you will do WHATEVER IT TAKES, and however long it takes to get thru this obstacle ..... I am 100% sure of that!
The year before last an astrologer told me that I was not destined to go for an MBA. I spent the whole last year, killing myself, going thru tremendous pain and struggle - because I do believe that I can alter my destiny. That if I put my heart and soul and mind into something, and am intelligent about how I study, logical about my areas of weaknesses, and attacking the same - I can probably have god take some mercy on me and change my destiny some ....... I think hard effort and the fervence with which I knew I would give my life to nail this thing, nothing less, might have persuaded god to help out ....
I didnt and still dont want to stagnate in what I am doing. I do believe that a better future awaits me, if I am just willing to reach out for it. The reaching out was, adn still is very hard for me - the mind feels fried, and exhausted, you just feel depressed adn frustrated, but some part of me still prods on, because the day you loose faith in yourself, loose hope, you have lost the battle, lost any chance of making a change in your life... Isn't that worst than going thru the phsycial and mental nightmare, that the exam, and subsequent applicaiton process puts you thru? Better teh frying pan than the fire - and that pushed me along work hard ..... to not give up ....
I do believe you have everything it takes to crack this exam - you just need to identify what went wrong in the exam, what your weakness was, and focus on getting it right this time. For every time you are not able to get it right - its actually a great thing, cause then you can learn what not to do next time.....
When I started the quant the very first question was a %ages question. Word question. I read and could not make head or tail out of what the guy was saying. 2 minutes went by - I started sweating, as I realized I was wasting time - each question if you exceed 2 minutes you are kind of in the dumps. Plus if you get the first question itself wrong, your score probably will be very low ..... The minute these panic attacks hit me, I swallowed hard, took three deep breaths adn told myself, you have nothing to loose (its already looking bad, by worrying you will make it worse), so I forced myself to focus read teh question with complete concentration, and tried to do the best I could. The minute I did that, it took me another 3 minutes to finish the question. But I was sure I got it right. I knew I was 3 minutes over, adn I would have to work hard on the other questions - make sure I do them faster.... I did just that. I never rushed though. After answering every question I would double check it (probably spend an extra 15 seconds to make sure I had picked the right one). Also when I came to a permutations combinations question read it and realized that it was way too hard for me, I didnt waste time trying to solve it - I just made an educated guess (for the %age one, I knew I can solve it, once I understand what teh guy was trying to say, plus it was the first question, hence I sepnd the time on it). Thats why I didnt have time to finish my quant -I had to guess the last 4 questions ...
Bottom line - studying is important but you have to be very very smart about how you answer the questions, amking sure you spend the right time on questions that yo belive you can solve, and making sure you time yourself very very well. Its better to finish right on time, than to have 10 minutes to spare. I timed every question. I would write the starting time and ending time for each question so that I knew precisely how much time I had spetn and how much I still had in hand -that by far was th ebiggest thing that helped me crack the gmat. I did the timing for every quesiton in OG.....
"i didnt probably have that attitude during the exam...i was a little casual...almost rushing to finish the exam...trying to get thro it... " - See you are doign the right hting - analyzing your weakness, seeing what you did wrong -and that is precisely teh way to go man. Understand all the things you may have messed up and try your best to fix those. By the wya I know this sounds weird, but I also wore my lucky shirt to the exam - the shirt has always helped me in times of stress - it may just be a psychological thing, but it works for me ... At the end of the day whatever makes you feel stronger and confident - do do it!!
I read your post and just wanted you to know - that you are one of the few people I do believe straight of the bat has what it takes to beat this monster. You have the skills, you have the strength of having studied and gotton good scores in your prep, plus you have the will adn determination to post on this forum - some part of you knows it can do it, and is forcing you to move on, try again - listen to that part of you workhard, and just tell yourself - you will still trudge on. You will write the test again, but this time answer all teh questions more intelligently.
I will definitely put in a prayer for you this week - I do believe that with all the work that we put in, the final push thta comes that takes us across the finish line is by GOD... I do believe you can do it, and I am looking forward to the day you come out of the exam with choking back your emotions, with tears of happiness literally coming out of your eyes, with a look of pride on yoru face that says YOU DID IT. It is an amazing feeling that I wish everyone who writes the exam can experience - it still moves me to tears thinking of that moment when 720 came up on screen for me - If I could ever believe in a god anymore than I believe today, it was definitely then .....
Dont you give up work hard - you just can't. I will be looking avidly in this forum for your final post which simple says "I BEAT THE GMAT...."
Take care,
-ngufo
I read your post, and one thing for sure is - that you are definitely someone who can, should, and *will* get between a 670 - 700+ range. Your scores are very consistent in the GMAT prep tests, and even if there were repeats, it doesnt make sense gettign a score of 550. Bottom line - something happened in the exam, that did not let you get the score you are capable of/deserve....
You know what buddy - when I was going to the exam after falling sick and with the passport fiasco, I had given up on a 700+ score. All I knew was that I would write the damn exam a million times until I hit the score I knew I was capable of getting!! I LOVED YOUR POST. I know from that YOU BELIEVE you hvae what it takes to crack this damn test. YOU KNOW you are good and can do it, and you will do WHATEVER IT TAKES, and however long it takes to get thru this obstacle ..... I am 100% sure of that!
The year before last an astrologer told me that I was not destined to go for an MBA. I spent the whole last year, killing myself, going thru tremendous pain and struggle - because I do believe that I can alter my destiny. That if I put my heart and soul and mind into something, and am intelligent about how I study, logical about my areas of weaknesses, and attacking the same - I can probably have god take some mercy on me and change my destiny some ....... I think hard effort and the fervence with which I knew I would give my life to nail this thing, nothing less, might have persuaded god to help out ....
I didnt and still dont want to stagnate in what I am doing. I do believe that a better future awaits me, if I am just willing to reach out for it. The reaching out was, adn still is very hard for me - the mind feels fried, and exhausted, you just feel depressed adn frustrated, but some part of me still prods on, because the day you loose faith in yourself, loose hope, you have lost the battle, lost any chance of making a change in your life... Isn't that worst than going thru the phsycial and mental nightmare, that the exam, and subsequent applicaiton process puts you thru? Better teh frying pan than the fire - and that pushed me along work hard ..... to not give up ....
I do believe you have everything it takes to crack this exam - you just need to identify what went wrong in the exam, what your weakness was, and focus on getting it right this time. For every time you are not able to get it right - its actually a great thing, cause then you can learn what not to do next time.....
When I started the quant the very first question was a %ages question. Word question. I read and could not make head or tail out of what the guy was saying. 2 minutes went by - I started sweating, as I realized I was wasting time - each question if you exceed 2 minutes you are kind of in the dumps. Plus if you get the first question itself wrong, your score probably will be very low ..... The minute these panic attacks hit me, I swallowed hard, took three deep breaths adn told myself, you have nothing to loose (its already looking bad, by worrying you will make it worse), so I forced myself to focus read teh question with complete concentration, and tried to do the best I could. The minute I did that, it took me another 3 minutes to finish the question. But I was sure I got it right. I knew I was 3 minutes over, adn I would have to work hard on the other questions - make sure I do them faster.... I did just that. I never rushed though. After answering every question I would double check it (probably spend an extra 15 seconds to make sure I had picked the right one). Also when I came to a permutations combinations question read it and realized that it was way too hard for me, I didnt waste time trying to solve it - I just made an educated guess (for the %age one, I knew I can solve it, once I understand what teh guy was trying to say, plus it was the first question, hence I sepnd the time on it). Thats why I didnt have time to finish my quant -I had to guess the last 4 questions ...
Bottom line - studying is important but you have to be very very smart about how you answer the questions, amking sure you spend the right time on questions that yo belive you can solve, and making sure you time yourself very very well. Its better to finish right on time, than to have 10 minutes to spare. I timed every question. I would write the starting time and ending time for each question so that I knew precisely how much time I had spetn and how much I still had in hand -that by far was th ebiggest thing that helped me crack the gmat. I did the timing for every quesiton in OG.....
"i didnt probably have that attitude during the exam...i was a little casual...almost rushing to finish the exam...trying to get thro it... " - See you are doign the right hting - analyzing your weakness, seeing what you did wrong -and that is precisely teh way to go man. Understand all the things you may have messed up and try your best to fix those. By the wya I know this sounds weird, but I also wore my lucky shirt to the exam - the shirt has always helped me in times of stress - it may just be a psychological thing, but it works for me ... At the end of the day whatever makes you feel stronger and confident - do do it!!
I read your post and just wanted you to know - that you are one of the few people I do believe straight of the bat has what it takes to beat this monster. You have the skills, you have the strength of having studied and gotton good scores in your prep, plus you have the will adn determination to post on this forum - some part of you knows it can do it, and is forcing you to move on, try again - listen to that part of you workhard, and just tell yourself - you will still trudge on. You will write the test again, but this time answer all teh questions more intelligently.
I will definitely put in a prayer for you this week - I do believe that with all the work that we put in, the final push thta comes that takes us across the finish line is by GOD... I do believe you can do it, and I am looking forward to the day you come out of the exam with choking back your emotions, with tears of happiness literally coming out of your eyes, with a look of pride on yoru face that says YOU DID IT. It is an amazing feeling that I wish everyone who writes the exam can experience - it still moves me to tears thinking of that moment when 720 came up on screen for me - If I could ever believe in a god anymore than I believe today, it was definitely then .....
Dont you give up work hard - you just can't. I will be looking avidly in this forum for your final post which simple says "I BEAT THE GMAT...."
Take care,
-ngufo
People Never Fail ... They just Give Up
.... i have solved kaplan 800 n believe me i never face prob with concept and time... but result was quite shocking...
