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Princeton Review Test (Help Needed) [#permalink] New post   24 Jul 2007, 21:24
Hey people,

I wanted to know abt PR test 1. I just took one yesterday but i cud only take quants section due to some official work. I got 30/37 correct still the scaled score is 40. (I got just one wrong in top 10). What does it indicate? Some of my friends told me that in GMATPrep even if they get 13 wrong they can manage to get a scaled score of 49. I admit that PR test was real easy one.

Any pointer to adaptive nature of PR test?
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[#permalink] New post   24 Jul 2007, 21:31
I dont think PR has a good scoring algorithm. Forget their scores and keep al earning approach. Only believe scores of GMATPrep and to some extent MGMAT CATs.
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Re: Princeton Review Test (Help Needed) [#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2007, 06:41
I don't think PR's scoring algorithm is good. Math is easier than that in acual GMAT but algorithm punishes you more for missed questions.
I had a similar experience scoring 42 in quant with 8 errors in quant. Verbal was even stranger as I got 41 with only 4 errors (2RCs, a CR and 1SC).
Don't get discouraged and, as gkslko101 suggested, take GMATPrep and MGMATs as they, in my opinion, are the best estimators of your actual ability.
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[#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2007, 07:55
I completely agree. From my experience PR only gives you a few hard questions per quant section. If you miss your score falls. i re-took a Q to in which I received a 42. The difference between getting one hard question correct versus wrong gave me a 48. Their algorithm isn't off, they just punish you more for one mistake.
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[#permalink] New post   25 Jul 2007, 08:28
Princeton Review is not very good at all compared to GMATPrep...though it is better than Kaplan, which is totally useless in my opinion.
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