Took the test today... got a bad grade (in my own terms). 510 q34 v26. Finished both sections in time.
I'm upset that I let anxiety get the best of me during the exam. 3 practice exams were 650 and above, and my last practice test was a 680. I do have test anxiety, and I've been trying different methods of relaxation for about a month and a half now. I'm upset that I'm not able to take this test as lightly as i'd like, not so much my abilities.
That's what i'm most upset about.
I took 6 practice exams: each exam i skipped the essay except for the GMATPREP#2.
gmatprep#1 560 q41 v26
veritas 650 q44 v36
kaplan 620 q42 v 37
manhattan 600 q41 v32
princeton review 660 q40 v42
GMATPREP#2 680 q48 v 35
Thanks to Brent, Mitch, dabral, the whole community, and everyone else helping students like me. It's not the end of the world, but i'm upset. I havent started to think about what I want to do next yet.
Anyways, here's some notes from my experience
-did not see 1 Probability or combination problem, cool.
-saw 2 CR questions where they had the underscore and question stem of "which bests complete the passage"
-4 RC passages 1 long, 2 short, 1 med/short
-a few SC questions that tested the use of "which" and semi-colons.
-Believe it or not but I saw problems that i've seen from the OG book that were almost identical. They actually probably were directly out of the GMAT -book (13th ed 2nd ed), so familiarity with the questions helped a lot.
-the computer monitor was so big and bright that i felt like i needed sunglasses. also it was really high up so i had a stiff neck from constantly looking upwards
In summary, it's not the end of the world for me, but I haven't starting thinking about what to do next. Any advice on that would help too. Thanks.
I'm upset that I let anxiety get the best of me during the exam. 3 practice exams were 650 and above, and my last practice test was a 680. I do have test anxiety, and I've been trying different methods of relaxation for about a month and a half now. I'm upset that I'm not able to take this test as lightly as i'd like, not so much my abilities.
That's what i'm most upset about.
I took 6 practice exams: each exam i skipped the essay except for the GMATPREP#2.
gmatprep#1 560 q41 v26
veritas 650 q44 v36
kaplan 620 q42 v 37
manhattan 600 q41 v32
princeton review 660 q40 v42
GMATPREP#2 680 q48 v 35
Thanks to Brent, Mitch, dabral, the whole community, and everyone else helping students like me. It's not the end of the world, but i'm upset. I havent started to think about what I want to do next yet.
Anyways, here's some notes from my experience
-did not see 1 Probability or combination problem, cool.
-saw 2 CR questions where they had the underscore and question stem of "which bests complete the passage"
-4 RC passages 1 long, 2 short, 1 med/short
-a few SC questions that tested the use of "which" and semi-colons.
-Believe it or not but I saw problems that i've seen from the OG book that were almost identical. They actually probably were directly out of the GMAT -book (13th ed 2nd ed), so familiarity with the questions helped a lot.
-the computer monitor was so big and bright that i felt like i needed sunglasses. also it was really high up so i had a stiff neck from constantly looking upwards
In summary, it's not the end of the world for me, but I haven't starting thinking about what to do next. Any advice on that would help too. Thanks.
