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23 Feb 2022, 15:29
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Hi all,
I recently took the GMAT (online version) for the first time and scored a 750 (49Q, 44V), 8IR. Although I am fairly pleased with the score, it is a touch below what I’d been scoring on practice tests:
1. GMAT official practice 1 - 740 (this was with zero prep)
2. GMAT official practice 2 - 770
3. GMAT official practice 3 - 780
4. GMAT official practice 4 - 790
5. GMAT official practice 5 - 790
6. GMAT official practice 6 - 780
I’ve seen a fair number of people say they scored lower on the real thing than the practice test. Equally, I’ve seen plenty people saying they scored nearly the exact same on the official practice tests as on the real thing. I personally did find the real exam to be a step up from the practice exams, particularly on quant. I would not attribute this to test day nerves and such - I’m a confident test taker; questions were genuinely just more difficult.
My questions for the group:
1. I know it’s been asked a million times, but do you think the real GMAT is tougher than the practice exams? Or might I, unluckily, just have gotten a set of questions testing concepts I’m not so strong on?
2. Do you think I’d do well to take the exam again in the hope that I might score closer to what I was getting on practice tests 2-6?
Thanks for your help!
I recently took the GMAT (online version) for the first time and scored a 750 (49Q, 44V), 8IR. Although I am fairly pleased with the score, it is a touch below what I’d been scoring on practice tests:
1. GMAT official practice 1 - 740 (this was with zero prep)
2. GMAT official practice 2 - 770
3. GMAT official practice 3 - 780
4. GMAT official practice 4 - 790
5. GMAT official practice 5 - 790
6. GMAT official practice 6 - 780
I’ve seen a fair number of people say they scored lower on the real thing than the practice test. Equally, I’ve seen plenty people saying they scored nearly the exact same on the official practice tests as on the real thing. I personally did find the real exam to be a step up from the practice exams, particularly on quant. I would not attribute this to test day nerves and such - I’m a confident test taker; questions were genuinely just more difficult.
My questions for the group:
1. I know it’s been asked a million times, but do you think the real GMAT is tougher than the practice exams? Or might I, unluckily, just have gotten a set of questions testing concepts I’m not so strong on?
2. Do you think I’d do well to take the exam again in the hope that I might score closer to what I was getting on practice tests 2-6?
Thanks for your help!
23 Feb 2022, 17:03
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I daresay the itch to re-take will be quite compelling for you given your Mock history and multiple 790s - at the very least to simply check whether the first exam may have been an outlier.
If time and money isn't a factor for a re-take, the question may simply be: why not give it again?
All the best if you choose to re-take.
If time and money isn't a factor for a re-take, the question may simply be: why not give it again?
All the best if you choose to re-take.
23 Feb 2022, 22:01
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Most people do not score as well as they do on practice tests. This has a number of reasons including that they have encountered questions of practice tests somewhere during preparation as they are readily available on many forums and study material of different institutes.
If you can get your preferred college at this score, then there is no need to waste more money and time to retake the test. But if this is not the case and you think that you may not get your desired college then you can take it.
Best of luck
