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!
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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.
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.
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working
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dude you need to tell us everything you did because the people don't make the same mistakes you didmoney9111 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!
leave your pride at the door
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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.
Cheers
M
Thats funny ole girl brought a calculator... Im sure u did better then here.
Cheers
M
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I will post a debrief later... still recovering from last night
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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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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.