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I am trying to come up with a composition of scores that would give me the final score that I want. At the quantitative section, I know that if I get in the 80%, it would be 46, and that is what I need in this section, but in order to obtain my final wished score of 700, how much would I have to get in the verbal part? I want to know if anybody knows exactly how to make this conversions and how to find out the amount of right answers in order to achieve certain score in verbal or in quant. Thanks!

yeah... it's the same test anywhere...

yeah I have the same question... his post is the best!

How things went? were you able to take the test again?

How things went? were you able to take the test again?

Hi Mirella... just take it easy and don't worry.. things will come around!

Take it easy No gmat no cry... give it another shot, maybe prepare more with OG and not with Kaplan, and try to take things slowly... Good Luck!

If you don't feel like you should take... DON'T... Believe it happened to me and I really regreat it, only if you have money to spear is a good idea, but if you are not sure, don't do it, confidence is really important

it would be really good to simulate your test center conditions, I know that If I had, my score would be a different story so here are some ideas: Buy some really unconfortable ear plugs. Buy a thin erasable pen. try to get some kind of paper that you can erase on, legal size. try not to seat in a very confortable chaiir. don't use the full 10 minutes on each break. the best tip, is that if you can visit your test center, so maybe you can see how things are, maybe if nobody is taking the test, you can take a look at how it looks... If you can't visit (I don't know your test center rules) try by calling and asking questions like temperature (if they have air conditioning it can get really cold) amoun of people who can take the test at the same time, etc... also try to ask a friend or somebody else about the test center conditions... Best Luck!

The good thing is that HEC has an intership, you should try to use it in order to get people to know you, get good references and check out if you really want to work in france or not.

Congrats!!! I hope you can get accepted in the school you want.

Maybe you should try to visit beatthegmat.com, it's a great forum and sometimes they offer scholarships. Also a good idea is try a public library for books...

Hi R1234, how did things went for you?

Don´t worry something like that happend to me... But in my case the problem was that I was too nervous and that I received really bad news two days before the test day... Try to really think about what happend... Maybe you got too used to kaplan type of questions. Did you used OG? Anyway, I wish for you the best in the future...

Have you tried to contact gmac? i have no idea if they can help you, but maybe they can... Best luck on your second attempt.

It changes from school to school, the best thing to do is ask an admissions representative so they can help you...

Hi Gmat Sept, Well, all I can say is that nerves can really kill you like it happend to me, for instance I found out 5 days before the test day that the loan that I asked to the bank to buy an apartment was denied, that really put me out of the blue =( but I didn't wanted to mention it since I send my loan application in another bank (I didn't want to throw any salt on it) and last friday I found out that the loan passed!!! and I will be able to buy my dream house, I think that the fact that my luck changed and also the fact that I started my preparation again, is keeping me back on track, and as Leo said, I just have to take it easy with this test.

Hi guys... Erin, I agree with you, this is a study site... Dyoh, nope, I did better on my practice tests, so yes, I think that everybody's theory on how nerves killed me is right. I left a couple of days to rest and now I am back on the study road. At the present moment I am working on a different study plan.... I am making my own notes to all the math subjects that I need to work on (since math is my weakest link), instead of just reading those concepts, that way I am making a good research on all those subjects and I am also getting a deeper knowledge of all those subjects, because I am becoming an active student instead of the passive student that I was for the test (which is against my regular study method, which I am following right now) In your case, I think that by studying everyday or almost everyday for just a little while will help you a lot, I am also working with consistency because that was part of my failure. On the other hand, I totally agree with you about Piero's comment, I didn't want to start controversy, but I think that his comment was a little racist in some kind of way. The fact is that I want to be admitted in a good business school, because of who I am, not just for where I was born, or my genre... demographics is a reality, that we all have to deal in a different way, to some people it can be a little help, to others it isn't, but what is true about demographics is that real talent and smart people will can't hide under that curtain because they will be somehow discovered one way or another.

Hi Dileepsh, thanks a lot for the birthday wishes... very warm from you. And Piero, I know I am colombian and female, but still I need really good grades for the universities that I want to go to....

Hi Guys, I want to give you all a big hug for your nice and very kind words. I agree with everybody, about how freaking out was such a big mistake… I took this week off to celebrate my birthday and also to forget about this bad experience, now all I want to do is study smart, instead of studying hard, I think that my whole problem consisted in two things 1.That I followed a different study method, which didn’t work for me 2. Freaking out. Right now my plans are to follow the same method that I used in college, I graduated second in my class, so I know it works, it is to make summaries of the subjects to be tested and then, practice. I will do that, make my own notes, not just some flashcards, but real notes about the things that I’ve been studying and also practice a lot with OG. Again, thanks for all the support! And I really hope that my experience will help others on what not to do…

My final result: 450, math 25 and verbal 27 :mad: :yuck: :crazy: :eek: :doh: :( I know that this result doesn’t really show what I can do, so of course I am really sad and heart broken, but on the other hand, I am relieved that I went trough with it, and that I now will go for another chance. Here is the story of what went wrong: On the G-Day, I woke up very early, around 6:20 a.m, my stomach wasn’t feeling really good, and I was feeling kind of sick. I had the “wonderful” idea of studying in the morning, just to refresh some concepts, and it turned out to be a total freak out moment since I realized that I forgot some geometry and probability formulas and from that moment everything went down the hill... I had phone calls that took all of my concentration again from my office, and also I had an unexpected visit... When I got to the test center the girl turned out to be very nice and very friendly, I signed out the confidentiality papers and all that stuff and I started my test. Now, there is a description of my test center... Small cubicles and only two people were allowed to take the test at the same time. I got two horrible essays, and then I knew that I was in trouble, then I had my first break, I had a small chocolate, which was actually very hard to eat, since I was all shaky and my hands could barely open the chocolate. Then, I enter for the math section... I thought I was doing o.k. but obviously I didn’t I think that I was so nervous that I forgot everything I knew... Then break again and then back to the verbal section, and this time my next cubicle neighbor made my life impossible, he started to cough, and to play with the pen against the table making a terrible amount of noise, it made me lose all of my concentration and after a while I had to go out in the middle of the verbal section and ask the girl from the test center to tell the guy to quit the noise, she told him to do so, but the guy kept doing other kind of noises, not so terrible, but noises after all, and it really affected my whole concentration, at the end I had to guess the last three questions and giving quick and terrible responses to some others, because I runned out of time... Then, It was the part of the results, and when I saw the 450, some tears came out... of course, I never expected such a terrible result, thank god, I was feeling insecure, and I didn’t send my results to any university Now, I am more calm that I expected. I think that by taking things slowly and not getting crazy I will get to my goal. I know that I have to study harder and in a more consistent way that I used to do. Any suggestions are more than welcome. On the other hand here are some comments about the test: Have everything ready days before, and try to relax before the test day, I was making a lot of last minute arrangements and it really broke me. The erasable board is not such a horrible thing as everybody says it is... I found it to be very useful, and I really like the fact that the marker passed really smoothly, saving me time, since I always had problems with pencils, they broke all the time... Try to practice the ear plugs on to avoid noises, since they were too big for me, I found them very annoying, but is good to try to get used to them, can help you a lot, if you have a noisy neighbor...

remeber... attitude can change everything

Thanks very much... =) I hope the best for you in the test too.

Hi Gmat love, I quite don't agree with you, I had to postpone my test for the second time last week, and this time, I am feeling very optimistic, energetic, and filled with good feelings, it all depends, on the view of the change of date, but if you take it with a good attitude, things will come up better, that applies, of course online if you are 100% sure of the convenience of changing the date

Congratulations !!!!!! I knew you would nail it.