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11 Jun 2007, 11:02
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So I took my first Manhattan GMAT CAT (I'd previously only done the free PR diagnostic and the OG 11 diagnostic) and got Q50 V42 for a 750. I know the Quant on Manhattan was an absolute doozy--but what about the verbal. I noticed that a lot of the Manhattan questions were just exercises from their book, which was a bit disappointing (tons of like vs. as questions) and the CR was a little bit weird with all their boldface questions.
Also, I saw something about a recalibration of the scores--so does that mean that the score I got is the true diagnostic scores or do I need to adjust my score down?
Also, I saw something about a recalibration of the scores--so does that mean that the score I got is the true diagnostic scores or do I need to adjust my score down?
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15 Jul 2007, 21:36
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I just took my first Manhattan CAT, and it was TOUGH! The Quant section asked so many combination, probability, and rate questions that it wasn't even funny! I took a look at my score report and all but 3-4 questions were in the 700-800 range, EVEN after I missed 3-4 questions in a row! I mean, aren't these "adaptive" tests that are supposed to lower the difficulty level when you miss some questions?
I found myself out of time (had only 10 minutes to do the last 10 questions, and went on to miss 8 out of 10 there) in the end of the Quant section. I missed roughly 18 questions, yet still got a 44 (81%) for Quant.
Verbal was just WEIRD, especially after seeing so many OG questions. They way Manhattan asks the verbal questions just sound a bit off. I actually disagree with many of their solutions, especially in critical reasoning. Reading comp also has some pretty strange answers.
Also, as good as Manhattan's Sentence Correction book is, their actual SC questions are HORRIBLE. I mean, I saw at least 5 questions where the ENTIRE sentence is underlined, thus you have to spend a crazy amount of time reading the five answers for the changes, and in the end, the explanation of the right answers weren't even that convincing.
Anyway, after all that rant, my score was 720 (Q44, V41) 96%. Not too bad, considering the only studying I've done so far is the Manhattan SC book and the GMATPrep Test 1 (770 Q50, V44).
I've read somewhere that the Manhattan CAT is roughly 20-40 pts harder than GMATPrep, so the score fits the range. It's just the weirdness of the questions makes me think that I should only use it for practice and not really for learning the Math and Verbal aspects of the GMAT.
Do people agree?
I found myself out of time (had only 10 minutes to do the last 10 questions, and went on to miss 8 out of 10 there) in the end of the Quant section. I missed roughly 18 questions, yet still got a 44 (81%) for Quant.
Verbal was just WEIRD, especially after seeing so many OG questions. They way Manhattan asks the verbal questions just sound a bit off. I actually disagree with many of their solutions, especially in critical reasoning. Reading comp also has some pretty strange answers.
Also, as good as Manhattan's Sentence Correction book is, their actual SC questions are HORRIBLE. I mean, I saw at least 5 questions where the ENTIRE sentence is underlined, thus you have to spend a crazy amount of time reading the five answers for the changes, and in the end, the explanation of the right answers weren't even that convincing.
Anyway, after all that rant, my score was 720 (Q44, V41) 96%. Not too bad, considering the only studying I've done so far is the Manhattan SC book and the GMATPrep Test 1 (770 Q50, V44).
I've read somewhere that the Manhattan CAT is roughly 20-40 pts harder than GMATPrep, so the score fits the range. It's just the weirdness of the questions makes me think that I should only use it for practice and not really for learning the Math and Verbal aspects of the GMAT.
Do people agree?
15 Jul 2007, 23:06
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nothing really has the flavor of GMAT verbal. I find myself getting pissed off when I take any CAT (ESPECIALLY 800score - garbage!!!) because the RC and CR is so different. SC seems similar across the board... you can expect to see whole sentences underlined on the GMAT, so be prepared. But geesh, 800score's CR is totally ridiculous. half of their CR stimuli are literally a sentence or two long. Like 30-40 words. did not seem realistic at all.
