GK_Gmat wrote:
Anony,
In my experience, having taken the real thing, which I will be retaking next month, the prep tests are much easier than the real thing. I scored around 730 in all GMAT Prep and PowerPrep tests and scored 620 on the real thing. I scored 650 on PR (which I took long before the Powerprep and GMAT Prep tests).
I got overconfident because I was scoring well on the practice tests only to realize on the test day that I hadn't prepared well enough. I'm not trying to scare you but instead, trying to give you a realistic picture. As long as you're doing a broad range of questions, especially on quant, and as long as you're maintaining a high level of difficulty (which u r since you're doing the challenges) you will be fine.
GK,
thanks for your input. based on your performance on the CAT's (especially official CAT's) i think your nerves got the best of you on test day; a difference of 130 points from official CATs and the real thing is a huge gap. you will be able to ace the gmat next time you take it!
anyway, yes i will continue w/ the challenges; although they are becoming disheartening. i have run across a few questions that either have multiple answers or contain material out of scope. some of the questions border on incombrehsible because of their akward construction, and i was expecting
**much** more in the way of explanations for what i paid (i.e. graphical representations, venn diagrams, etc.)