Please help.My GMAT scores were far below the MGMAT scores

[kusumitathegreat]

Hi,
I gave my GMAT 3 days back ( 11th Sep)and my results were shocking!
I got 600 ( Q 48, V25)

I am preparing for past 4 months -I have completed OG and were doing regular practice - princeton review, gmat club and of course MGMAT CAT exams etc - I gave a dedicated effort .I sacrificed a lot of personal things :( Am really disheartened.

Am writing down my scores in the last 3 weeks practice tests

Kaplan test 3 - 630 ( Q 50 , V 32 )
Kaplan test 4 - 620 ( Q 50 , V 32)

MGMAT test 3 - 640 ( Q 43, V 35)
MGMAT test 4 - 680 ( Q 48, V 35 )
MGMAT test 5 - 680 ( Q 47, V 36 )
MGMAT test 6 - 710 ( Q 50, V 36 )

And I really did a thorough review of each test believe me. I wrote down all the wrong answers , new strategies and fomula, new sentence correction rules

Am really shocked to see how my actual scores are so less than the practice tests!
Please help. WHERE COULD I GET WRONG ON THE D -DAY :-(. Am not able to find out myself. While giving the test I was a bit tensed during Quant, but Verbal I felt it was easy. I dont know. Am planning to take the GMAT again in Nov - and this time aiming for 750+ . Please please help to build up my strategy. Is there anything wrong in the basics of my preparation? My scores does not say so :(
The test day I was confident that I will make 700 at least !

[StaceyKoprince]

I'm sorry you had a rough time on test day. Read the below article and do the analysis described, then come back here and tell us what you discovered:

http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ent-wrong/

Also, a new thing to add to that analysis: when you studied SC, how much emphasis did you place on meaning as opposed to more strict grammar? See this article for more details:

http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... -the-gmac/

Also, use the below article to analyze your recent MGMAT tests and share that analysis with us as well:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ice-tests/

Don't worry - we'll get to the bottom of it! :)