Need help

[Anirudhk652]

Hi Stacey

I really need your suggestion over this. I was planning for US MBA and not I am stuck.
I started preparing for GMAT last September and joined a reputed coaching class. Completed all their materials and followed everything.

In the last month I gave 4 GMAT Prep papers and score 690,690,690,660. Then I appeared for actual GMAT on 23rd sept and score only 570 and felt devastated. From that day I did nothing till now. PS “ I cancelled my score”. I don’t know what went wrong. Everybody says it was just a bad day.But I don’t know.

I have average academics.
10th : 86%
12th : 74 %
Engineering : 74% and two years of experience in an IT MNC.

I have few questions

1. Should I give GMAT again this month and apply for round 2 ?
2. If I again have a GMAT disaster then my GMAT profile will be ruined with two cancellations
3. Do I have enough time for round 2

Or I should take a fresh start from January and apply next year. Postponing it for another year is troubling me.
Please help

[Anirudhk652]

Hi Steacy,

Please comment.

[StaceyKoprince]

Hi! Please remember to read the forum guidelines before posting. Please don't "bump" your own post. We respond to all posts in order, oldest first, and the date of your post is based on the date of the last post in the thread, not the first. If you bump your own post, you will wait longer for a response.

I'm sorry that you had a disappointing experience on test day. This does happen sometimes. Do you remember what your Q and V subscores were? That information is valuable, as it would tell us whether both scores dropped a lot or just one.

If you remember, tell me what those were compared to your practice test subscores. If you don't, tell me your practice test subscores and then describe to me how you felt about each section separately.

If you take the test again and don't like your score, your profile will not be ruined. US MBA programs just look at your highest score. In fact, I generally recommend that you keep your scores, even if you don't like them, because the data is useful for further study - and the schools really do just care about your highest score.

Most US round 2 deadlines are in the early January timeframe, or about 6-7 weeks from now. For most people, that would not be adequate time to study for and re-take the test and to put together stellar applications. Some people would try to go for it, though - it's up to you, ultimately.

Why is postponing for a year troubling you? Try to figure out what's going on. If you're concerned because you told other people you would be applying this year and you're worried about external pressure, just tell people that you weighed your options and decided that next year is better for your career.

If you're concerned because you think you "should" be going this year, then tell yourself that you weighed the options and waiting a year would be better. After all, if you can do things right (get a solid score and give yourself adequate time to put together stellar applications), then that will increase your chances of getting in...which is better for your career. :)

Next, let's try to figure out what happened on test day. Read this and tell me what you think might apply in your case:
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/2014 ... t-wrong-2/

Once we figure out what was going on, we can set up a plan to help you get back in there and take the test again.

p.s. If you decide to postpone until next year and you don't want to start studying again until January, that's fine. Just let me know!

[Anirudhk652]

Please find my responses in below post

[Anirudhk652]

Hi Stacey , sorry i did not followed the forum rules.
Answer to your questions are as follows.

My actual GMAt score is 570 ( Q47, V21)
Below are my practice test scores.
GMAT Prep-1 630 (Q48,V28)--run out of time so not answered quant's last question
GMAT Prep2- 690 (Q49, V34)--completed test on time
GMAT Prep3- 690 (Q49 , V35)--completed paper on time
GMAT prep4- 640 (Q 48, V30)--completed , but not ticked last question of quant by mistake.

In actual paper, i completed both section 2 mins before and answered all questions.

I given all the tests like real tests. Not taken too much breaks.Always wrote AWA and IR.Generally i panic easily so on exam day i kepts myself in happy mood. i felt good about paper. No panic. I thought paper is going good.

one thing i would like to highlight is before exam day , iwent to sleep at 9.30. But couldnt sleep till 2.30 AM.that moment i was really worried. but in morning i forgot everything and went .

this is wat i felt.

[StaceyKoprince]

Okay, so your quant score was close to your practice test scores but your verbal score dropped.

How did you feel during the verbal section? Did the questions seem similar to the ones you saw on your practice tests? Did you feel that the section was easier, harder, or about the same?

How did you feel about the three question types: SC, CR, and RC? Tell me how you felt about each of the three separately.

How did you feel mentally? Was the lack of sleep catching up to you? Did you find yourself having to re-read things more than usual? These are signs of mental fatigue:
(1) having to re-read things multiple times in order to understand
(2) having more trouble than usual concentrating / getting easily distracted
(3) having a hard time making decisions / you keep agonizing back and forth
(4) feeling like you "don't care" and just want the test over with (this usually goes with answering more quickly than usual)

Were any of those things going on?