Scored poorly on GMAT....suggestions for re-take strategy

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Well, I don't want to make this post too long, but to give a little background on my recent GMAT experience. I studied pretty intensely for about 12 weeks and would take a practice test almost every Saturday morning (as that was the time that my actual test would be).

I took 4 PR tests, 5 Manhattan GMAT, and 1 GMAT Prep. The last five that I took were a combination of Manhattan GMAT and the GMAT Prep. I scored a 660 (Q44, V36) on GMATPrep and had scored (3) 650's and (1) 670 with Manhattan GMAT. My goal on the actual test was a 700. I felt that this was achieveable and not out of reach.....

The actual GMAT was last Saturday and I scored a 600.... :( (Q35, V37) As you can imagine, I was very disappointed and had never scored this low on math. I have decided to take 10-14 days off to re-evaluate my gameplan to prepare to retake the test. I would appreciate any and all suggestions.

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by bates88 » Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:15 pm
Sorry, dude. That sucks. I can imagine how shocked you must have been!

Do you have a feel for what went wrong? Was it anxiety, not managing your time, getting harder questions than you expected, forgetting math formulas? If you can figure that out, it will help you come up with a new game plan for your retake.

For now, just decompress and do something fun to take your mind off it!

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by beatthegmat » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:45 pm
Sorry to hear about your experience. How were you feeling during your test? Did you feel like the questions were particularly hard/different, or were you feeling distracted by nerves?
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by Stacey Koprince » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:22 pm
Based on the one GMATPrep score you posted, it looks like your verbal was in line with your practice tests but your math dropped.

How was your pacing? Did you feel rushed or have to guess towards the end? How nervous did you feel? Were you able to recognize what to do on some problems or were you having trouble recognizing / remembering and instead spending a lot of time figuring stuff out from scratch? Etc.
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