Today's the day

It's test day! I am so stressed!!!!

I took yesterday off work and today. Just time to relax. Not to study. I have avoided cramming for the test because at this point I don't think I can learn anything new. I just need to get into the right frame of mind.

The last week I have written 3 practice exams in preparation. The first exam did not go well. Did NOT go well.

The second and third exam gave me exactly the score I am looking for. Exactly the right score.

You may want to know what that score is. So, I'll tell you!

The GMAT is in 3 parts:

1. Essays. You write an essay on an issue and a second essay on an analysis of an argument. You have 1 hour to do this...30 minutes each. In this case you get an overall score out of 6.
2. Quantitative. Math. yuck. In this one you are given 75 minutes and 37 questions. In this section you get a score out of 51.
3. Verbal. This is reading comprehension, sentence correction, etc. You are again given 75 minutes but this time 41 questions.

What schools want to see:

1. Essays: 4. They don't care if you write great essays. They just want to know that you can write something cohesive.
2. Quantitative: at least the 50th percentile, which is 38
3. Verbal: at least the 50th percentile, which is 29
4. An overall score of at least the 50th percentile, which is 550

What I want is:

1. Essays: at least a 4.
2. Quantitative: I need a 38.
3. Verbal: Personally, I would love to get a 41 which is the 92 percentile.

Basically, my verbal is pretty awesome and my math is pretty crappy. I have nothing to worry about in regards to verbal but that is the section that brings my overall score up. I just need that damn 38 in the math!

In my practice tests I got exactly these score. perfect. Let's just hope I can do that again today and then I can forget about all this crap! ;)

Wish me luck!