Maverick's re-engaging

Never Say Die...

Loosing is not a defeat unless you let go. Thanks to experiences of many people who have tamed the beast, I have following comments about my last test day.

(1) Verbal on actual GMAT is way tougher than any of the practise tests.
(2) I was sweating, and my timing completely messed up in GMAT QUANT owing to some really tough questions and my ego of not letting them go, also the test center had a lot of distractions like the AC was not working, they had to turn it off and ON adjust temperature all while my exam was going on, I feel like demanding my money back, I am going to launch a complaint. But I don't think that was a good reason for failure, cause most problems were during Quant, and I did not do really bad on it.
(3) I had all the symptoms of "Anxiety" viz. Sweaty palms, shorter attention span, distorted sense of passing time, panic, reduced concentration. Need to control these, mostly they caused all the havoc. There was nothing wrong in my preparations, I am confident that I am 700+ material. My english is not bad enough to fetch me a 28 in GMAT Verbal.
(4) I fell in traps during the verbal, and I did not apply the techniques I learnt. I was never pressed for time. Need to practise RC, and need to be even better at SC, and CR.
(5) First few questions _ my notions about these made me lose a lot of time on these questions.


Strategies to Re-engage.

(1) The anxiety I experienced was not "Stress" it was panic, it is normal during an exam, have to understand that it is the essential adrenaline rush, which is needed to do well on the exam.
(2) Believe in your abilities, have good level of confidence, and do not worry about the result, because your next attempt is going to be just for yourself. Not anyone else.
(3) Have to study the traps on the GMAT very carefully especially on the Verbal.
(4) Try to get things first time right. Re-reading questions and passages I waste a lot of time.
(5) Have a solid strategy, considering a real life GMAT scenario. What kind of questions will you skip totally. What kind of questions you will skip if you are hard pressed for time, decide how you will react to particular type of questions?


and, No matter how many attempts it takes, I am going to screw the GMAT! I have 1 more year, and I can take the GMAT 10 times at least If I need to. Hey GMAT, guess what, maverick's re-engaging you!