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chandramouli
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- GMAT Score:720
Hi,
I just cracked the GMAT sterday after a day long struggle. Got a 720 with Q48 and V40 and 95th percentile. And here's my unique and harrowing experience at the center.
I had my exam scheduled at the Chennai PPC center for 09:00AM on 27-08-2008. Reached the center at 08:00 AM. There was one other guy waiting to take the test. The admin person told that there were power problems in the building and cannot confirm whether we would have the test in the morning session or not. We waited till 09:30 and suddenly the power gen worked and we started the test. Time was 09:45 AM. I completed all the formalities and the essays as well. They were pretty easy and as luck would have it, they were some topics which i had seen earlier. I didnt take the break and started on quants. Questions were very easy and i breezed through. After the 10th odd question, the gen stopped and there was no other source and we had to stop. After 20 mins, the power came back and we started again. I breezed through the questions and at the 30th question, there was a scheduled power cut and since there was no diesel in the gen, we had to stop the test. This time, the wait was for 1.30 hrs. We then started the test again at 12:20PM. When we started, for the other 2 persons who wrote along with me, it worked. But for me, the application gave a decryption error. They tried again and again, but in vain. They called up US support center for PPC Vue and they told tried and failed. They gave me an option of rescheduling or write the exam the same day once again. I had to wait for some time till the power came back. They rescheduled the exam for 05:30 PM. But allowed me to start the exam as soon as the power came back. They then downloaded the exam for me again and after the initial formalities(photograph, vein scanner etc), i went in and started the exam. The same error popped up on the screen. Imagine my plight. Then the admin called up malaysia support and they rectified the problem. Once again, i had to endure the initial formalities and i started the exam. This time, there were no power problems. But the math this time was difficult. I had to guess most of the questions. Then i started the verbal. Verbal was somewat difficult. Finally finished the test and clicked the final submit button expecting a 600 score because of my quants fumble. But to my utter surprise, a 720 came up on the screen. 48 Q - i cudnt believe my eyes. Even though i went into the test expecting a 740-760, considering my very bad experience before the exam, i think this score is very good. I didnt even have lunch and the first morsel of food i could have after my breakfast at 09:30 in the night. Phew, what an experience.
During my practice tests, i scored a 760 in prep1, 720 in prep 2, 720 in princeton1, 680 in princeton 2, 700 in princeton 3 and 740 in princeton4.
i couldnt attempt anyother test.
Please tell me if this score is ok. I would have been happy if i had got a 740 or more. And maybe a 45 in verbal.
But all's well that ends well.
Thanks for this wonderful forum and all the members who have been helping the people in need of solutions and explanations. BTG has helped me by boosting my confidence levels and by providing the solutions to most of the problems for which i needed help.
Thanks once again.
Sorry for this long post.
-Mouli
I just cracked the GMAT sterday after a day long struggle. Got a 720 with Q48 and V40 and 95th percentile. And here's my unique and harrowing experience at the center.
I had my exam scheduled at the Chennai PPC center for 09:00AM on 27-08-2008. Reached the center at 08:00 AM. There was one other guy waiting to take the test. The admin person told that there were power problems in the building and cannot confirm whether we would have the test in the morning session or not. We waited till 09:30 and suddenly the power gen worked and we started the test. Time was 09:45 AM. I completed all the formalities and the essays as well. They were pretty easy and as luck would have it, they were some topics which i had seen earlier. I didnt take the break and started on quants. Questions were very easy and i breezed through. After the 10th odd question, the gen stopped and there was no other source and we had to stop. After 20 mins, the power came back and we started again. I breezed through the questions and at the 30th question, there was a scheduled power cut and since there was no diesel in the gen, we had to stop the test. This time, the wait was for 1.30 hrs. We then started the test again at 12:20PM. When we started, for the other 2 persons who wrote along with me, it worked. But for me, the application gave a decryption error. They tried again and again, but in vain. They called up US support center for PPC Vue and they told tried and failed. They gave me an option of rescheduling or write the exam the same day once again. I had to wait for some time till the power came back. They rescheduled the exam for 05:30 PM. But allowed me to start the exam as soon as the power came back. They then downloaded the exam for me again and after the initial formalities(photograph, vein scanner etc), i went in and started the exam. The same error popped up on the screen. Imagine my plight. Then the admin called up malaysia support and they rectified the problem. Once again, i had to endure the initial formalities and i started the exam. This time, there were no power problems. But the math this time was difficult. I had to guess most of the questions. Then i started the verbal. Verbal was somewat difficult. Finally finished the test and clicked the final submit button expecting a 600 score because of my quants fumble. But to my utter surprise, a 720 came up on the screen. 48 Q - i cudnt believe my eyes. Even though i went into the test expecting a 740-760, considering my very bad experience before the exam, i think this score is very good. I didnt even have lunch and the first morsel of food i could have after my breakfast at 09:30 in the night. Phew, what an experience.
During my practice tests, i scored a 760 in prep1, 720 in prep 2, 720 in princeton1, 680 in princeton 2, 700 in princeton 3 and 740 in princeton4.
i couldnt attempt anyother test.
Please tell me if this score is ok. I would have been happy if i had got a 740 or more. And maybe a 45 in verbal.
But all's well that ends well.
Thanks for this wonderful forum and all the members who have been helping the people in need of solutions and explanations. BTG has helped me by boosting my confidence levels and by providing the solutions to most of the problems for which i needed help.
Thanks once again.
Sorry for this long post.
-Mouli
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