Hey folks ,
I have been a silent visitor to this forum since 2 months and i have always dreamt about posting a success story in "I jus beat the GMAT" forum . But sadly, my GMAT on Oct 30th 2009 ended as badly as my first attempt in May 2008. Both times i scored a 590.
My first attempt.Spent a total of about 10 days in total (10 hours each day) just trying to complete the Official guide. On the D-day couldn't complete both the sections on time and ended up guessing about 8-10 questions in each section. I wasnt really surprised at the end score of 590. Decided i will do well the next time and scheduled another test immediately .But since then , due to some reason or the other , i kept postponing it. I got married in the meanwhile and moved to US from India and i thought i would take a shot at it again. After postponing for about 4 times , after more than an year since my first GMAT, I gave the exam on Oct 30th.
My second attempt.I put in a decent amount of preperation of about 6 hours daily for about a month. Since I knew that my major weakness was time management, I tried focussing on managing time . I also did a lot of quant questions because I have never been confident with maths my whole life. I also worked on Powerprep questions from both beatthegmat forums and manhattan gmat forums. I was scoring consistently around 650-680s in GMAT powerprep and MGMAT tests .
Till today I don't understand what went wrong on the D-day the second time. I thought I encountered all easy questions in math except for 4-5 questions which I wasn't sure of and expected around 48 .By the first break I thought I did quite well. I felt a little low on confidence once I started verbal . I wasn't sure of many questions , but still I thought I would score around 33 . So I was expecting to score around 650 as usual. But I was devasted to see the end score ..590 again ..Q40 , V31
Not even a single point more ? I just felt drained. I mean the first time, I felt worst after completing the test. I knew I would score low and I knew I had to work harder. But the second time , I worked with a better strategy , put in long hours , went through all the forums , and the worst of all - I managed to complete both the sections on time with the feeling that I rocked math .I just went numb for a few minutes. I came home , I cried .. For a few days I contemplated about giving it up. But my ego did not let me. I am strong believer of the phrase "Impossible is Nothing". I consider myself of above avg intelligence and I respect myself for what I have achieved all through these years. Hence I promised myself that I will make one serious attempt for one last time before giving it up. I have exactly a month to go from now from my third GMAT attempt . I need some serious motivation and advice on how I should proceed.
I named myself Xena coz I wanna feel like a warrior waging a battle against GMAT .. I wanna win over it this time !!! I have to ..
I sincerely would appreciate any inputs.
Thanks a lot
I have been a silent visitor to this forum since 2 months and i have always dreamt about posting a success story in "I jus beat the GMAT" forum . But sadly, my GMAT on Oct 30th 2009 ended as badly as my first attempt in May 2008. Both times i scored a 590.
My first attempt.Spent a total of about 10 days in total (10 hours each day) just trying to complete the Official guide. On the D-day couldn't complete both the sections on time and ended up guessing about 8-10 questions in each section. I wasnt really surprised at the end score of 590. Decided i will do well the next time and scheduled another test immediately .But since then , due to some reason or the other , i kept postponing it. I got married in the meanwhile and moved to US from India and i thought i would take a shot at it again. After postponing for about 4 times , after more than an year since my first GMAT, I gave the exam on Oct 30th.
My second attempt.I put in a decent amount of preperation of about 6 hours daily for about a month. Since I knew that my major weakness was time management, I tried focussing on managing time . I also did a lot of quant questions because I have never been confident with maths my whole life. I also worked on Powerprep questions from both beatthegmat forums and manhattan gmat forums. I was scoring consistently around 650-680s in GMAT powerprep and MGMAT tests .
Till today I don't understand what went wrong on the D-day the second time. I thought I encountered all easy questions in math except for 4-5 questions which I wasn't sure of and expected around 48 .By the first break I thought I did quite well. I felt a little low on confidence once I started verbal . I wasn't sure of many questions , but still I thought I would score around 33 . So I was expecting to score around 650 as usual. But I was devasted to see the end score ..590 again ..Q40 , V31
Not even a single point more ? I just felt drained. I mean the first time, I felt worst after completing the test. I knew I would score low and I knew I had to work harder. But the second time , I worked with a better strategy , put in long hours , went through all the forums , and the worst of all - I managed to complete both the sections on time with the feeling that I rocked math .I just went numb for a few minutes. I came home , I cried .. For a few days I contemplated about giving it up. But my ego did not let me. I am strong believer of the phrase "Impossible is Nothing". I consider myself of above avg intelligence and I respect myself for what I have achieved all through these years. Hence I promised myself that I will make one serious attempt for one last time before giving it up. I have exactly a month to go from now from my third GMAT attempt . I need some serious motivation and advice on how I should proceed.
I named myself Xena coz I wanna feel like a warrior waging a battle against GMAT .. I wanna win over it this time !!! I have to ..
I sincerely would appreciate any inputs.
Thanks a lot
