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Ryandmitri
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I gave my GMAT a few days back and got a score of 600. I had prepared for around 3 weeks and had given three practice tests ( Two GMAT preps and one Kaplan). My scores in the tests ranged from 660 - 720. I do not have any unrealistic expectations from myself so my target score is around 700-720. My preparation for the exam was fairly good but frankly, I did not expect to achieve my target in the first attempt, mainly because I had prepared for a few weeks only ( I had managed to complete the OG and the supplementary guides though). But I least expected a score of 600.
My experience of the test : I was lost in the first question itself and that hit my confidence badly.For the remainder of the Quant section, I felt I was in the moderate difficulty level but each question took me so long to answer that I had 10 questions to solve with around 3 minutes remaining . This got worse when I had to solve 5 questions in 1 minute and I ended up guessing all of them. The entire experience of the Quant section was very depressing. I can practice all I want ( I got about 85% of the questions correct in the OG), but the bottom line remains that I bombed at the test because I couldn't complete the problems in the stipulated time. I find it very difficult to read, grasp and solve the problem within 2 minutes. The Quant section destroyed my confidence and the verbal section followed in the same vein. I am pretty confident about the verbal section because I have given the CAT (Verbal - 99.6 percentile) and CET (verbal - 99.2 percentile) exams in India and the verbal sections in these tests are pretty much the same level as that of the GMAT. Timing wasnt an issue too as I finished the verbal section 5 minutes beforehand. It was just that my confidence was shattered by the time I started Verbal.
I am taking a few days off studies and restarting my studies in about 2 weeks. I am planning to sit for my next exam in the first week of April. Please advise how to go about my preparation this time. Also, how badly did my guessing the last 5 questions of Quant affect my score?
I am not an exceptional student but I have been a good student for the most part of my student life.
Rest of my Profile :
Age: 25 years
SSC : 84 %
HSC : 82 %
Electronics Engg : 57%
Work Exp : 2 years as an operations executive and 1 and half years as an Asst. Trading Manager in a multination firm's branch which is based in Dubai ( Our company is the best in the world in its field)
My experience of the test : I was lost in the first question itself and that hit my confidence badly.For the remainder of the Quant section, I felt I was in the moderate difficulty level but each question took me so long to answer that I had 10 questions to solve with around 3 minutes remaining . This got worse when I had to solve 5 questions in 1 minute and I ended up guessing all of them. The entire experience of the Quant section was very depressing. I can practice all I want ( I got about 85% of the questions correct in the OG), but the bottom line remains that I bombed at the test because I couldn't complete the problems in the stipulated time. I find it very difficult to read, grasp and solve the problem within 2 minutes. The Quant section destroyed my confidence and the verbal section followed in the same vein. I am pretty confident about the verbal section because I have given the CAT (Verbal - 99.6 percentile) and CET (verbal - 99.2 percentile) exams in India and the verbal sections in these tests are pretty much the same level as that of the GMAT. Timing wasnt an issue too as I finished the verbal section 5 minutes beforehand. It was just that my confidence was shattered by the time I started Verbal.
I am taking a few days off studies and restarting my studies in about 2 weeks. I am planning to sit for my next exam in the first week of April. Please advise how to go about my preparation this time. Also, how badly did my guessing the last 5 questions of Quant affect my score?
I am not an exceptional student but I have been a good student for the most part of my student life.
Rest of my Profile :
Age: 25 years
SSC : 84 %
HSC : 82 %
Electronics Engg : 57%
Work Exp : 2 years as an operations executive and 1 and half years as an Asst. Trading Manager in a multination firm's branch which is based in Dubai ( Our company is the best in the world in its field)
