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letsgogiants
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I am generally a horrible test taker and my experience with the gmat supports this claim.
I took my first CAT in the beginning of July 2013(without essay or IR) and got a 590. Honestly, since I am such a bad test taker, I was surprised that I scored so high. I am taking a gmat prep course, did all the required homeworks, and definitely felt like I was improving.
I decided to put my new found knowledge to the test and schedule a gmat for late August 2013. I was expecting to score in the same ball park as my first practice exams (or maybe even slightly better) but boy was I wrong. I scored a 530 (I dont remember the breakdown but I can post it later tonight; I did do better in math though). During the essay, I felt confident. During the IR i got a little nervous. When quant came around, I was just overwhelmed, especially since I came back from my break 3 mins late.I did things that were completely out of character for me since I was so nervous. I was guessing randomly just so I could get back on schedule. I was taking 5 minutes for easy questions (something I never did when I was practicing). For some reason I felt more comfortable during the verbal (even though I did worse in this section).
I mainly took the gmat so soon because I wanted to benchmark where I was. I was also beginning to burn out so I wanted to "cash in" my gains. I knew I would have to take the exam again but I did not expect to do so poorly. Now I just feel discouraged and am beginning to questions if I can ever beat the gmat. I was hoping to get some insight on this forum on what I did wrong. Any recommendations? Thanks for you time.
I took my first CAT in the beginning of July 2013(without essay or IR) and got a 590. Honestly, since I am such a bad test taker, I was surprised that I scored so high. I am taking a gmat prep course, did all the required homeworks, and definitely felt like I was improving.
I decided to put my new found knowledge to the test and schedule a gmat for late August 2013. I was expecting to score in the same ball park as my first practice exams (or maybe even slightly better) but boy was I wrong. I scored a 530 (I dont remember the breakdown but I can post it later tonight; I did do better in math though). During the essay, I felt confident. During the IR i got a little nervous. When quant came around, I was just overwhelmed, especially since I came back from my break 3 mins late.I did things that were completely out of character for me since I was so nervous. I was guessing randomly just so I could get back on schedule. I was taking 5 minutes for easy questions (something I never did when I was practicing). For some reason I felt more comfortable during the verbal (even though I did worse in this section).
I mainly took the gmat so soon because I wanted to benchmark where I was. I was also beginning to burn out so I wanted to "cash in" my gains. I knew I would have to take the exam again but I did not expect to do so poorly. Now I just feel discouraged and am beginning to questions if I can ever beat the gmat. I was hoping to get some insight on this forum on what I did wrong. Any recommendations? Thanks for you time.
