Hi Everyone,
Took my GMAT exam today. Ended up with a totally unexpected score of 650(Q:48, V:32). I was so frustrated with my score that I chose to cancel it. Absolutely no idea what went wrong.
Preparation : OG 13, Verbal Review 2nd edition, Manhattan Study Guides. Additionally, referred to content from GMAT Club and BeattheGMAT forums.
Mock Tests: GMAT Prep1 690
MGMAT1 : 680
MGMAT2: 720
MGMAT3: 720
Veritas Prep Free test : 710
GMAT Prep2: 760 [last week]
I was very confident of scoring >=50 in Quant. And in Verbal too my score kept improving in the practice tests. So, was kind of hoping to get around 40
However, during the test, I felt this strange feeling of psychic numbness
Normally after a test, I will be able to recall some questions from the test at least, as in in which all problems I got stuck, a better approach I could have used for a problem etc. This time, other than the last RC passage, I can't pretty much recall anything. I don't know whether it is the same with others as well( I know it is not required of a test taker to remember anything after the test. But I basically felt like wanting to get over the test as soon as possible after I reached Q no: 33 in Verbal). From then onwards, I am sure my brain stopped working altogether.
Can anybody here please advise what can I do to improve my score. I have no idea whether my reduction in score is due to a poor accuracy throughout or is it because I kind of got frustrated at the end of each section and made consecutive mistakes in the last few questions. I feel the latter could be the case with Verbal as I was very confident until the last 10 mins or so, after which I just wanted to run through the questions and mark some answer for the sake of completing the section. No idea what went wrong with Quant [And is it possible to tell how many questions could have gone wrong in both the sections based on the score??)
And regarding the IR section, I ran out of time unable to complete the last two questions. Even in the the first 10 questions, except maybe 5 questions I found others to be very time consuming. Even reading the question stem takes 10 mins in Multi source reasoning. Anyways, I am more worried about how to improve score in the other two sections.
Experts - Pls advise
Took my GMAT exam today. Ended up with a totally unexpected score of 650(Q:48, V:32). I was so frustrated with my score that I chose to cancel it. Absolutely no idea what went wrong.
Preparation : OG 13, Verbal Review 2nd edition, Manhattan Study Guides. Additionally, referred to content from GMAT Club and BeattheGMAT forums.
Mock Tests: GMAT Prep1 690
MGMAT1 : 680
MGMAT2: 720
MGMAT3: 720
Veritas Prep Free test : 710
GMAT Prep2: 760 [last week]
I was very confident of scoring >=50 in Quant. And in Verbal too my score kept improving in the practice tests. So, was kind of hoping to get around 40
However, during the test, I felt this strange feeling of psychic numbness
Normally after a test, I will be able to recall some questions from the test at least, as in in which all problems I got stuck, a better approach I could have used for a problem etc. This time, other than the last RC passage, I can't pretty much recall anything. I don't know whether it is the same with others as well( I know it is not required of a test taker to remember anything after the test. But I basically felt like wanting to get over the test as soon as possible after I reached Q no: 33 in Verbal). From then onwards, I am sure my brain stopped working altogether.Can anybody here please advise what can I do to improve my score. I have no idea whether my reduction in score is due to a poor accuracy throughout or is it because I kind of got frustrated at the end of each section and made consecutive mistakes in the last few questions. I feel the latter could be the case with Verbal as I was very confident until the last 10 mins or so, after which I just wanted to run through the questions and mark some answer for the sake of completing the section. No idea what went wrong with Quant [And is it possible to tell how many questions could have gone wrong in both the sections based on the score??)
And regarding the IR section, I ran out of time unable to complete the last two questions. Even in the the first 10 questions, except maybe 5 questions I found others to be very time consuming. Even reading the question stem takes 10 mins in Multi source reasoning. Anyways, I am more worried about how to improve score in the other two sections.
Experts - Pls advise
