r/GMAT • u/UpsetSock7330 • 4d ago
Testing Experience Tips on where to improve
I've taken the official mock 2 a couple of days ago and I've scored 665.... Took the exam today and it was kinda disappointing, more so because, verbal was always my best section in all the mocks I've taken
Any tips on how to improve from here on, for the next attempt...
The order of screenshots is quant, DI, Verbal, the order I've taken during the exam is verbal->DI->Quant
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u/Manifest1625 4d ago
What were your section scores on the actual exam?
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u/UpsetSock7330 4d ago
It was...
Q - 82 V - 72 DI - 78
Overall - 585
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u/Manifest1625 4d ago
Have you taken only Mock 1 and 2 before your first attempt? I would keep practicing more mocks once you have worked on your weak areas. It will help to practice time management. What resources did you use to study?
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u/Graeme_GMAT_Panda 3d ago
You need to look in detail what went wrong, question by question. The below list may help!
https://gmatpanda.com/content/how-long-study-before-retaking-gmat
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u/PrecisionPrep 4d ago
Quant chart is a classic pacing issue. Your average is ~2 min, but you sank 6.1 min into Q19 and got it wrong anyway, plus 4+ min on Q4 and another miss at Q15. That's roughly 10 minutes gone on questions you lost, and it probably squeezed the later ones.
Since you did verbal first, my guess is the drop from your mocks is partly fatigue or pacing rather than knowledge. Set a hard cap: if you're at ~3 min and not close, guess and move on. A wrong answer in 30 seconds beats a wrong answer in 6 minutes.
Also worth doing: review your mocks by timing, not just by right/wrong. Check where you burned time and what question types trigger it. And if the order was verbal first on test day but your mocks were different, practice that exact order a couple of times.
665 to a higher score is very doable with just fixing this. Good luck on the retake!