It was my first GMAT and luckily I got 710 (M 49 V 37).
I just want to give people a little hope through my experience.
After taking the first practice test (Manhattan) two weeks before my first real GMAT, my score was 650. After this, I wanted to find any messages which tell me that I would get more scores than the practice tests, and whenever I found these messages, it gave me hope and also encouraged me a lot.
My third practice test was GMATPREP Test and I got 670. I assumed that I would end up with around 670 at most.
Then, I took Princeton review practice test, and got 660, then took another Princeton test and got 590. I was shocked and embarassed because I got the lowest score right four days before the real test! I was discouraged but did another GMATPREP and my score went back to 670 again.
I did get 730 and 750 from GMATPREP, but I didn't believe this score since I found a lot of same questions from my first & second tests. (For some math & verbal questions, I didn't even solve the problems because I knew what the answer was.)
Anyway, according to some advices from this forum, I focused on practice tests and did 12 practice tests all together within two weeks.
As you can see, excluding unusually low 590 and two extremely hight scores(730,750), my average score was around 670 - 680.
Luckily, I got 710 today and I was relieved because I got 30-40 points more than my average scores.
English is not my first language, so Verbal was very challenging to me, and I'm happy I didn't get my worst score at real GMAT.
Math seemed to be a bit easier than practice tests.
I don't know what would be the best way to increase your GMAT score, but just be positive and don't lose hope and belief in you.
I'm planning to take another test at the end of August, and hope I get even higher score than 710 if possible.
One more thing to add is difficulty level of each practice tests.
To me, Manhanttan gave me the most challenging math, and Princeton Review gave the most challenging verbal. GMATPREP Test is the most similar to the real GMAT as everyone mentioned.
Good luck to everyone, and keep working hard!
I just want to give people a little hope through my experience.
After taking the first practice test (Manhattan) two weeks before my first real GMAT, my score was 650. After this, I wanted to find any messages which tell me that I would get more scores than the practice tests, and whenever I found these messages, it gave me hope and also encouraged me a lot.
My third practice test was GMATPREP Test and I got 670. I assumed that I would end up with around 670 at most.
Then, I took Princeton review practice test, and got 660, then took another Princeton test and got 590. I was shocked and embarassed because I got the lowest score right four days before the real test! I was discouraged but did another GMATPREP and my score went back to 670 again.
I did get 730 and 750 from GMATPREP, but I didn't believe this score since I found a lot of same questions from my first & second tests. (For some math & verbal questions, I didn't even solve the problems because I knew what the answer was.)
Anyway, according to some advices from this forum, I focused on practice tests and did 12 practice tests all together within two weeks.
As you can see, excluding unusually low 590 and two extremely hight scores(730,750), my average score was around 670 - 680.
Luckily, I got 710 today and I was relieved because I got 30-40 points more than my average scores.
English is not my first language, so Verbal was very challenging to me, and I'm happy I didn't get my worst score at real GMAT.
Math seemed to be a bit easier than practice tests.
I don't know what would be the best way to increase your GMAT score, but just be positive and don't lose hope and belief in you.
I'm planning to take another test at the end of August, and hope I get even higher score than 710 if possible.
One more thing to add is difficulty level of each practice tests.
To me, Manhanttan gave me the most challenging math, and Princeton Review gave the most challenging verbal. GMATPREP Test is the most similar to the real GMAT as everyone mentioned.
Good luck to everyone, and keep working hard!
