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29 Jun 2006, 03:31
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I just tried the Practice Test1 of GMATPrep which I downloaded from mba.com, and I must say I am amazed by the outcome
Basically I did really bad in Quantative section and I was kind of frustrated and lost my concerntration (I consider myself much stronger in math than in verbal, so doing bad in math really discourages me). There also happend to have a lot of tough DS questions which are unlike the ones I've practiced in the GMAT 11th edition. The Verbal section was alright. I did find it odd that my first two RCs were relatively short, only two paragraphs for each RC. I thought the reason that I was given easy RCs was that I did so bad in the first few SC and CR.
I have taken two Princeton Review Diagnostics and I got 520 for first one and 570 for second one. I felt I did really bad on the GMATPrep Test1 today comparing to my last two Princeton Review Diagnostics. However, when I clicked Next on the screen to reveal my score, I found an amazing 660!!!! What's going on?
I noticed that I got 9 wrong in Quantative seciton!! and 19 wrong in the Verbal section. However, My math score turned out to be 49, and VB is something in the low 30s. How can that be?
The only possibility I have in my mind is that I got most experimental questions wrong in Math. I have never received a 9 wrong in Quantative with a 49 scale.
At last, a lot of people are saying real GMAT questions are way harder than the ones on GMATPrep, is that true? If that is the case, how realistic are GMATPrep scores? I am aiming to get around 650 on GMAT. My test is coming in two weeks, and I really would like to have a good idea where I am at.
Any comment is welcomed! =)
Basically I did really bad in Quantative section and I was kind of frustrated and lost my concerntration (I consider myself much stronger in math than in verbal, so doing bad in math really discourages me). There also happend to have a lot of tough DS questions which are unlike the ones I've practiced in the GMAT 11th edition. The Verbal section was alright. I did find it odd that my first two RCs were relatively short, only two paragraphs for each RC. I thought the reason that I was given easy RCs was that I did so bad in the first few SC and CR.
I have taken two Princeton Review Diagnostics and I got 520 for first one and 570 for second one. I felt I did really bad on the GMATPrep Test1 today comparing to my last two Princeton Review Diagnostics. However, when I clicked Next on the screen to reveal my score, I found an amazing 660!!!! What's going on?
I noticed that I got 9 wrong in Quantative seciton!! and 19 wrong in the Verbal section. However, My math score turned out to be 49, and VB is something in the low 30s. How can that be?
The only possibility I have in my mind is that I got most experimental questions wrong in Math. I have never received a 9 wrong in Quantative with a 49 scale.
At last, a lot of people are saying real GMAT questions are way harder than the ones on GMATPrep, is that true? If that is the case, how realistic are GMATPrep scores? I am aiming to get around 650 on GMAT. My test is coming in two weeks, and I really would like to have a good idea where I am at.
Any comment is welcomed! =)
29 Jun 2006, 04:33
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Yes gmatprep scores are most realistic. as long as you dont get the first few and last few questions wrong, or a whole bunch of consecutive questions wrong you should be fine. you can get 5 wrong and get a 50 or 10 wrong to get a 49..at least from my experience
29 Jun 2006, 05:00
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You are scoring a 660, legit
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Do not try to back into some kind of logic this way - it just doesnt work. For starters, the percentiles and standard deviations in verbal are different than in math, so even if counting made sense you still wouldnt be able to check.... remember the test is adaptive - its not how many you get right or wrong, its WHAT you get right or wrong.
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I believe, and im not sure, that GMATPrep software does not have any experimentals. This would make sense since if they showed experimentals there you'd see them early, and since the software doesnt "call home" the results of the experimental questions would never reach the software makers anyway.
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GMATprep is very realistic. It's your best indicator. Be sure you are taking the practice exams with the essays though. People skip this and then find that they burn out on the real exam.
