Improvement
My scores aren’t what I’d like them to be just yet, but I definitely saw an improvement in this practice exam in comparison to the last.
On the last practice exam:
Quantitative 370 – 9% percentile
Verbal 450 – 40% percentile
This exam:
Quantitative 470 – 22% percentile
Verbal 500 – 55% percentile
I actually struggled more on the reading comprehension this time around. The first essay was virtually impossible for my brain to comprehend. It was something about seismic waves. That’s really all I can tell you.
In math I’m still struggling with some concepts, especially under a time crunch.
Also, my endurance for sitting in front of a computer for 3 hours could use some improvement as well.
I have no time to waste and I’m not going to mess around these next few weeks. I will raise my score by another couple hundred points. Watch me.
What a bust…
Yesterday I quit in the middle of taking a full length practice exam. I was having trouble focusing. I’m not really afraid of this happening on test day because there were several factors that contributed to my inability to persist; an awful headache acquired from working out, coffee (which probably also contributed to the headache) and it was late in the day. Granted, I can’t use the latter as an excuse because I’ll be taking my real GRE at 3:30 in the afternoon.
I just sat down and reviewed some material in Princeton Review’s “Crash Course for the GRE” and I realize how hard math is for me. Augh. So easy to get discouraged. I can’t let it happen though.
So, I’m going to have some oj, read one more section and try to take the practice exam again. Ahh.
