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rajesh_ctm
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I started preparations a little one and half months ago. My plan was to take first GMATPrep test when I am half through my prep.
Yesterday I took my first test and I don't know how my performance was. The Quant section started well. I cruised through the first 7 or 8 questions. Then there were a few tough questions. I have an engineering background and hence my ego didn't allow me to compromise. I spent more than 7 or 8 minutes each on two questions as I simply didn't want to select wrong answer. However much time it takes, I had to get it right. "I" can't do bad in Quants! This attitude cost me a lot of time. When I had 17 questions remaining, I had 17 minutes remaining. I had to hasten up and had to swallow my ego as I just had to mark quite a few random answers near the end.
I did not expect Quant experience to be so bad. It shook me up.
Verbal was ok, but I hadn't quite digested the shock in Quants.
After all that, when I finished the test, I was too afraid to see the score. But I got another shock when I saw 760 (Q49, V44). Now how can this be! I had 11 of 37 incorrect in Quants. But still I got 49/60? May be because I did the initial ones right? The wrong ones were Question no. 5, 17, 19, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36. I don't understand the high marks in spite of so many incorrect questions! Does that happen in real exam too?
Even Verbal was confusing a bit. I did not know how I did until I saw the score. I had 6 wrong in Verbal.
Also, I found some questions in Quant in the GMATPrep to be tougher than the ones in Kaplan 800! Is that correct? Now I need to revise my match concepts a bit more deeper, and also practice more!
I am totally confused whether I should continue to give more time to the beginning questions or not. Because of that I had to miss many questions, but the score was good. Now what do I make of all this?
Please help!
Yesterday I took my first test and I don't know how my performance was. The Quant section started well. I cruised through the first 7 or 8 questions. Then there were a few tough questions. I have an engineering background and hence my ego didn't allow me to compromise. I spent more than 7 or 8 minutes each on two questions as I simply didn't want to select wrong answer. However much time it takes, I had to get it right. "I" can't do bad in Quants! This attitude cost me a lot of time. When I had 17 questions remaining, I had 17 minutes remaining. I had to hasten up and had to swallow my ego as I just had to mark quite a few random answers near the end.
I did not expect Quant experience to be so bad. It shook me up.
Verbal was ok, but I hadn't quite digested the shock in Quants.
After all that, when I finished the test, I was too afraid to see the score. But I got another shock when I saw 760 (Q49, V44). Now how can this be! I had 11 of 37 incorrect in Quants. But still I got 49/60? May be because I did the initial ones right? The wrong ones were Question no. 5, 17, 19, 20, 22, 27, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36. I don't understand the high marks in spite of so many incorrect questions! Does that happen in real exam too?
Even Verbal was confusing a bit. I did not know how I did until I saw the score. I had 6 wrong in Verbal.
Also, I found some questions in Quant in the GMATPrep to be tougher than the ones in Kaplan 800! Is that correct? Now I need to revise my match concepts a bit more deeper, and also practice more!
I am totally confused whether I should continue to give more time to the beginning questions or not. Because of that I had to miss many questions, but the score was good. Now what do I make of all this?
Please help!
