So I finally took my shortly anticipated GMAT test today, and to say that I was shocked would be a grave understatement. However, what shocked me was not that I did not score as high as I had hoped for, but the fact that I scored lower than I could have ever imagined, and trust in the fact that I have a very vivid imagination. I was hoping to fall somewhere between the 600-700s but I ended up at 420 exact (Q=17, V=27). The real kicker is that on all the practise tests I took (dunno 6 or 7, my head hurts) I never even came close to a 420. The Least was a 540 which was the first practise test I took without even studying a thing.
Now, all I can remember besides the $8.00 I paid for parking (apparently just to fail), was that it all started to go wrong after the third Quant question which I answered incorrectly. I knew it was wrong because the next question looked so easy, that the difference in difficulty made my brain freeze. And thats when it happened, my mind shut down to the point that I was unable to solve the simplest of sums or even comprehend the questions being asked, by the time I got the blood flowing through my brains again, the issue of time arose. I had about 20+ questions to go with an average of about a minute per question, terrible, I wrapped up the Quant section by making barely educated guesses because apparently not finishing a section is worse than getting the answers wrong.
Data Sufficiency, Seriously? whats that all about. I have already scheduled a second go at the GMAT so if anyone has any ideas/strategies to tackle or prepare for Data Sufficiency I would very much appreciate it, Please.
The Verbal section was pretty much a crap shoot because the Quant section had already fried my brain and sapped my will to process anything cognitively, so I just zombied through that section. I have no problem with the Verbal section but my overall performance is inextricably tied to my quantitative performance so that is my area of focus.
Incase you haven't figured it out yet, my rant is a cry for help and any lessons learnt from your experience would be very helpful in making sure that my second try is not in vain.
Thanks.
Now, all I can remember besides the $8.00 I paid for parking (apparently just to fail), was that it all started to go wrong after the third Quant question which I answered incorrectly. I knew it was wrong because the next question looked so easy, that the difference in difficulty made my brain freeze. And thats when it happened, my mind shut down to the point that I was unable to solve the simplest of sums or even comprehend the questions being asked, by the time I got the blood flowing through my brains again, the issue of time arose. I had about 20+ questions to go with an average of about a minute per question, terrible, I wrapped up the Quant section by making barely educated guesses because apparently not finishing a section is worse than getting the answers wrong.
Data Sufficiency, Seriously? whats that all about. I have already scheduled a second go at the GMAT so if anyone has any ideas/strategies to tackle or prepare for Data Sufficiency I would very much appreciate it, Please.
The Verbal section was pretty much a crap shoot because the Quant section had already fried my brain and sapped my will to process anything cognitively, so I just zombied through that section. I have no problem with the Verbal section but my overall performance is inextricably tied to my quantitative performance so that is my area of focus.
Incase you haven't figured it out yet, my rant is a cry for help and any lessons learnt from your experience would be very helpful in making sure that my second try is not in vain.
Thanks.
before many posts come to follow yours... can you post your study routine? we may be able to offer better advice if we know what you did to prepare!
