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shibal
- Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts
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- Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:53 pm
- Location: Sao Paulo-Brazil
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- GMAT Score:660
Hey guys, is with great sadness that I'm going to share my experience this morning.
A 570 (41Q,28V) really knocked me down.... But live goes on.... When I pressed the "See your Score" button I was so confident of getting al least a 650 that when I saw a 570, I wanted to cry like a baby...
I got there really early, there were two other girls (one of them pretty hot...) already waiting. One of the center's worker gave me some instructions and said that at 8AM we were going to start.
I had never done an essay for the gmat before, however I thought it was really easy. I'm used to write reports in English at the bank, so that really helped me. I Had enough time to write and develop my ideas in both of the essays. Took a break and was ready to do some math. I think I'll get at least a 5.0....
Math: My first question was a weird inequality, and I think I got it wrong... That really killed me... But as time passed by questions were popping out and I was able to get several right. By question 20 I got a combination question, which is a good sign that you are achieving a 600 lvl. To tell you the truth only in a DS question I guessed, all of the other ones I had done and I was more than sure to be right. So when I finished I was really confident and moved on to Verbal, which in all my practices exams ranged from a 35 to 40.
At the beginning Verbal was simple, easy RC and SC, but latter a gigantic text about sand, colors and a bunch of useless things came up. That probably broke my legs. I lost a lot of time and maybe got one or two questions wrong. I thing I faced one or two tough RC, but in general I think the test was easy.
After answering all the 41 Verbal questions, moved on to the survey and the rest you already know....
I really don't know what to do. I'm sitting at my workspace just thinking what to do.... Have tons of things to deliver but I seriously don't have enough energy, I have a terrible headache....
Another thing that is really killing me is that I called my parents after the test and I think they are more disappointed than me, maybe because I have worked so hard for the gmat that they could bet all their money that I was going to have a good score. They said they had never told me to stop studying... It was always the opposite, stop playing and/or partying and go to study....
I want to apply during the 1st trial but don't know what to do. I studied for 4 months all by myself, did several CATs and my lowest score ever was a 630... I'm planning to retake it in September, to have time to apply on October, but I'd really appreciate your comments on what to do, how to identify my weakness and anything else you think I should know... Even if it's that I'm stupid....
Best Regards
A 570 (41Q,28V) really knocked me down.... But live goes on.... When I pressed the "See your Score" button I was so confident of getting al least a 650 that when I saw a 570, I wanted to cry like a baby...
I got there really early, there were two other girls (one of them pretty hot...) already waiting. One of the center's worker gave me some instructions and said that at 8AM we were going to start.
I had never done an essay for the gmat before, however I thought it was really easy. I'm used to write reports in English at the bank, so that really helped me. I Had enough time to write and develop my ideas in both of the essays. Took a break and was ready to do some math. I think I'll get at least a 5.0....
Math: My first question was a weird inequality, and I think I got it wrong... That really killed me... But as time passed by questions were popping out and I was able to get several right. By question 20 I got a combination question, which is a good sign that you are achieving a 600 lvl. To tell you the truth only in a DS question I guessed, all of the other ones I had done and I was more than sure to be right. So when I finished I was really confident and moved on to Verbal, which in all my practices exams ranged from a 35 to 40.
At the beginning Verbal was simple, easy RC and SC, but latter a gigantic text about sand, colors and a bunch of useless things came up. That probably broke my legs. I lost a lot of time and maybe got one or two questions wrong. I thing I faced one or two tough RC, but in general I think the test was easy.
After answering all the 41 Verbal questions, moved on to the survey and the rest you already know....
I really don't know what to do. I'm sitting at my workspace just thinking what to do.... Have tons of things to deliver but I seriously don't have enough energy, I have a terrible headache....
Another thing that is really killing me is that I called my parents after the test and I think they are more disappointed than me, maybe because I have worked so hard for the gmat that they could bet all their money that I was going to have a good score. They said they had never told me to stop studying... It was always the opposite, stop playing and/or partying and go to study....
I want to apply during the 1st trial but don't know what to do. I studied for 4 months all by myself, did several CATs and my lowest score ever was a 630... I'm planning to retake it in September, to have time to apply on October, but I'd really appreciate your comments on what to do, how to identify my weakness and anything else you think I should know... Even if it's that I'm stupid....
Best Regards
Life is not over and things are not soo bad. You are already half the way to the desired destination. 
But keep on trying man. You'll eventually get the score you want in both verbal and quant.
