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09 Jan 2012, 08:05
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Hi,
I'm glad to have found this forum! Amazing tips, experiences and people...
Here's my stats
First diagnostic back in mid nov:
Powerprep 1: 640 (Q: 48 V:28)
Then I figured that I could do much better in quant once I figured out the question styles. Also spent sometime on SC since many say it's the easiest area for one to gain increase one's score.
Mid-Dec in chronological order
Old GMATPrep 1: 700 (Q:50 V:34)
Powerprep 2: 740 (Q:51 V:40)
Old GMATPrep 2: 700 (Q:48 V:38)
Then I went on to do the MGMAT free test, found the math to be so hard that I almost gave up half way.
MGMAT 1: 710 (Q:46 V:41)
MGMAT 2: 720 (Q:49 V:39)
Resources left:
the other 4 MGMAT and its 8 question banks (done with one math and SC), Recent GMATPrep 1&2, OG 12 untouched because I do not want it to inflate my score in GMATPrep.
A few questions:
1. I believe MGMAT math questions are unnecessarily hard. Anyone think so too?
2. While its verbal seems about right in terms of difficulty, its verbal score seems to be inflated
Thus, I came to a conclusion that my scores above, at least those from MGMAT, are a little bit inflated.
11 days left - what to do?
Appreciate any input.
Thanks!
I'm glad to have found this forum! Amazing tips, experiences and people...
Here's my stats
First diagnostic back in mid nov:
Powerprep 1: 640 (Q: 48 V:28)
Then I figured that I could do much better in quant once I figured out the question styles. Also spent sometime on SC since many say it's the easiest area for one to gain increase one's score.
Mid-Dec in chronological order
Old GMATPrep 1: 700 (Q:50 V:34)
Powerprep 2: 740 (Q:51 V:40)
Old GMATPrep 2: 700 (Q:48 V:38)
Then I went on to do the MGMAT free test, found the math to be so hard that I almost gave up half way.
MGMAT 1: 710 (Q:46 V:41)
MGMAT 2: 720 (Q:49 V:39)
Resources left:
the other 4 MGMAT and its 8 question banks (done with one math and SC), Recent GMATPrep 1&2, OG 12 untouched because I do not want it to inflate my score in GMATPrep.
A few questions:
1. I believe MGMAT math questions are unnecessarily hard. Anyone think so too?
2. While its verbal seems about right in terms of difficulty, its verbal score seems to be inflated
Thus, I came to a conclusion that my scores above, at least those from MGMAT, are a little bit inflated.
11 days left - what to do?
Appreciate any input.
Thanks!
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09 Jan 2012, 08:44
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I agree with you on the MGMAT scores; I think they're a little inflated. I'm taking my GMAT on Thursday 1/12, and I just took MGMAT CAT#5 and got a 780. This seems completely unrealistic given that I've typically ranged from 670-730 in the last few weeks, only once getting a 750 during an untimed test.
My theory on the MGMAT CATs is the more you take, the easier they become. The test seems to run out of hard questions eventually, and on my 780 shot it was feeding me 600-700 level questions even though I was soundly in the 99th percentile. That makes me think that the score was artificially inflated. The only evidence that I have that might refute this is that I completely skipped test #4, so there were probably quite a few questions left in the bank to choose from if the test had thought it was appropriate...
The math on MGMAT, though, does feel a bit more complicated than on GMAT Prep. English feels accurate to me. I'm scoring consistently on English in MGMAT as I did when I took the real test a few years ago and on my GMAT prep exams (~44-45).
My suggestion for continued studying is to JUST take timed tests. They don't need to be CATs (they can be GMAT Prep tests or sets of questions from books), but they need to be challenging and they need to be 75 minutes and the appropriate number of questions. I have been taking 3 timed tests per day for the last week, 2 in quant and 1 in verbal, and my score has skyrocketed by 50-80 points since I started doing this.
The other advantage is my stamina is much higher. I've noticed that I don't feel the least bit fatigued anymore after a 75-minute session of either quant or verbal. This is great news for me, because the quant used to shut my brain down and, even though verbal is a huge strength, I would lose a few points just from lack of focus.
My theory on the MGMAT CATs is the more you take, the easier they become. The test seems to run out of hard questions eventually, and on my 780 shot it was feeding me 600-700 level questions even though I was soundly in the 99th percentile. That makes me think that the score was artificially inflated. The only evidence that I have that might refute this is that I completely skipped test #4, so there were probably quite a few questions left in the bank to choose from if the test had thought it was appropriate...
The math on MGMAT, though, does feel a bit more complicated than on GMAT Prep. English feels accurate to me. I'm scoring consistently on English in MGMAT as I did when I took the real test a few years ago and on my GMAT prep exams (~44-45).
My suggestion for continued studying is to JUST take timed tests. They don't need to be CATs (they can be GMAT Prep tests or sets of questions from books), but they need to be challenging and they need to be 75 minutes and the appropriate number of questions. I have been taking 3 timed tests per day for the last week, 2 in quant and 1 in verbal, and my score has skyrocketed by 50-80 points since I started doing this.
The other advantage is my stamina is much higher. I've noticed that I don't feel the least bit fatigued anymore after a 75-minute session of either quant or verbal. This is great news for me, because the quant used to shut my brain down and, even though verbal is a huge strength, I would lose a few points just from lack of focus.
09 Jan 2012, 09:29
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Yea i guess the verbal is not quite reliable. Or, the first three verbal scores are more reliable. Have you taken the GMATPrep yet? How are those scores compared to MGMAT's? good luck on the real one!
