GMAT Strategy

helen wrote:it is currently T-minus 4 days and counting until my test date and I think I am psyching myself out. My first diagnostic came in at 650, and subsequent diags have clocked in at 730, 720, 700 and 690 (in that order). It doesn't take an 800-scorer to see that those scores are progressing in the opposite direction from where they should be.

I've been studying at a consistent rate and have even forced myself to take breaks and relax (or tried to, anyway). I don't feel like I'm doing anything significantly different and don't understand why my scores would be DECREASING !!

I realize this isn't a problem that lends itself to much concrete advice, but if anyone has any, I'd love to hear it!

helen wrote:Ok, I've been using the PR diagnostics up until this point, but I just took the GMATPrep and got a 740!

I would be happy about this outcome but am confused as to how the scoring works because I missed 14 questions out of the Quant section (including #2--ugh!) but still got a 48? On my PR diags I was missing only 5-6 questions in Quant and getting indexes in the low to mid 40s.

Was there a glitch in the scoring? or can I feel somewhat relieved?

Also, I noticed in the verbal section that one of the questions was repeated. Has that ever happened to anyone else?

helen wrote:thanks a lot! i managed to find some of the other posts recently about the same topic. definitely glad this forum was around so that i could see that it wasn't just a freak occurrence.

my test is the day after tomorrow and i've decided to stop studying and just relax. will definitely make a debriefing post in the other subforum once i come out on the other end.

Thanks again!