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by money9111 » Sat May 08, 2010 5:27 pm
SO unfortunately I do not make this post with good news to report. I was beaten this time around by the GMAT. No need to provide a debrief or anything because no one needs to know how to score low. I do hope that the girl who walked into the testing center with her calculator and asked if she could use it, did not score higher than myself!

Did anyone think that the official GMAT SC questions were nothing like those from MGMAT? I would say the whole verbal section on the official exam threw me off, but gauging by my practice exams, I should not have been surprised by my score at all.

I now know the importance of taking the exam only after you've scored in your designated range three times in a row. It's different reading it every day on here than actually doing it. If only I had taken the advice of those that came before me!

Oh well no big deal... I'll just take the exam again!

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by GMAT680 » Sat May 08, 2010 7:16 pm
Sorry to hear that. what do you mean by "Did anyone think that the official GMAT SC questions were nothing like those from MGMAT? "
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by pharmxanthan » Sat May 08, 2010 9:10 pm
Dude, with experince behind you back, you will beat the GMAT next time.
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by thephoenix » Sat May 08, 2010 10:09 pm
hey money
Sad to hear that.
Its the right time for you to identify the areas where u were struggling on Actual GMAT.Make a note of that and work on that.
how were u scoring in the preps.
were u preparing on your own.
sometime self studies aren't enough to push through the wall.

Well good to here that u are not morally down.Its a good sign.
Do share the test experience with us.
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by mgmt_gmat » Sat May 08, 2010 10:19 pm
Hey Dude, May I know your score, if u don't mind to share with... I think I am in the same boat with u...
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by DanaJ » Sat May 08, 2010 11:32 pm
Hey don't be down! You'll bounce back and do it a lot of better next time! Your score is definitely not as low as you think it is!
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by paddle_sweep » Sat May 08, 2010 11:34 pm
Mate,Don't worry.I am sure that you will do well next and beat the gmat. All the best.
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by DAYNE » Sun May 09, 2010 4:40 am
money9111 wrote:SO unfortunately I do not make this post with good news to report. I was beaten this time around by the GMAT. No need to provide a debrief or anything because no one needs to know how to score low. I do hope that the girl who walked into the testing center with her calculator and asked if she could use it, did not score higher than myself!

Did anyone think that the official GMAT SC questions were nothing like those from MGMAT? I would say the whole verbal section on the official exam threw me off, but gauging by my practice exams, I should not have been surprised by my score at all.

I now know the importance of taking the exam only after you've scored in your designated range three times in a row. It's different reading it every day on here than actually doing it. If only I had taken the advice of those that came before me!

Oh well no big deal... I'll just take the exam again!

Thank you everyone!
dude you need to tell us everything you did because the people don't make the same mistakes you did

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by dmateer25 » Sun May 09, 2010 5:48 am
Now you know exactly what to expect next time you take the test. Just keep up the hard work and you will beat it on your next attempt!
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by pardeepattri » Sun May 09, 2010 7:03 am
Debrief man, and I know you'll crack this surely!
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by HPengineer » Sun May 09, 2010 7:34 am
money911 im pulling for you brother... I just started my prep and plan to take exam in late august.

Thats funny ole girl brought a calculator... Im sure u did better then here.


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by money9111 » Sun May 09, 2010 12:52 pm
I will post a debrief later... still recovering from last night ;-)
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by senthil » Mon May 10, 2010 7:38 am
Dont give up. I have been through all this. And beleive me for any school it doesnt matter how many times you took your GMAT they will just take your highest score. So work on getting the highest score . Give yourself enough time untill you are confident enough to score more.
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by DAYNE » Tue May 11, 2010 8:48 am
still waiting on the debrief
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by goingcrazee » Tue May 11, 2010 8:57 am
Very odd but yeah the verbal on the real test was much harder. My quant score mirrored what I got in my practice tests (kaplan and GMATprep) but my verbal not so much (approx 20% lower in percentile rank). It's a shame too because I was banking on my verbal score to get me to my goal.
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