Experts Global - Test Performance

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How accurate is Expert's Global with the score reporting in your experience. My score sample is below from about 8 tests.

Verbal has been stable, quant and DI can swing, I have been doing poorly on DI, I am not sure if it is the questions or how much of it is my skill. On my actual GMAT I scored 78 DI and my target score is 645-655.

Any notes or suggestions are welcome.

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playthegame · Answer

Here is my score profile on the GFE practice exams, I plan to take a couple more official practice exams in the next few days.

bb · Answer

Thanks for sharing! I see you have taken two test on the same day a few times. Any reason for that? You just love GMAT that much?

I would say that if you want to get DI practice, can you take just the DI tests? is that an option at EG?

P.S. As to your question, I do not know how accurate it is. I would consider the reasons for your score variations and if you can spot clear patterns - perhaps you hit some harder questions or a topic you were not comfortable with? DI is an annoying topic but if you are you planning to attack it head-on (which I am not sure I know much better ways), I would say stick to the same question types/ideas. E.g. Stick to TPA only or Graph Interpretation and don't take full tests. There is no reason to waste time and tests if you are only trying to practice DI questions.

Let me know if I am being too simplistic here and you have a master strategy at play.

playthegame · Answer

Thanks for your response, the date is incorrect I took three tests back to back July 9, 10, 11, not sure why their system is reporting the same day. I took all these late after work, so by the time I got to DI I felt drained. I seem to be getting tables and graphs wrong on DI a lot more than I did on official OG questions. I consider Graphs and Tables as one of my stronger areas.

Yes I wanted to take tests to build stamina and practice timing strategy.

I feel confident on my timing with Quant and Verbal, DI I almost always seem to miss attempting the last two questions.

Yes I love the GMAT problems to a certain extent and no I would like to get this over with my obsession with this test and it's computer adaptive algorithm is waning.

Thanks,

bb · Answer

I hear you. Once you start experiencing fatigue, it’s probably a good time to look for a way out and be done with the test.

If you want to take a test every day, take it before work. Otherwise it is a waste. I don’t think you should take them every day by the way. You’ve taken a bunch of tests and if you’re not seeing improvement, you need to change your approach

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bb · Answer

This may sound stupid but I don’t think you need to take tests day after day after day. I used to take mine on the weekend because it would take 3 to 4 hours in the old format. No way to do it after work. You would be cooked. I think taking a test or two on the weekend would be sufficient. I think you were throwing away the little time you have.

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playthegame · Answer

I agree on the frequency of tests I am slowing down this week, next test is only on the weekend and it is an official practice exam.

Yes I think I am going to practice some MSR and revisit some concepts to brush up as I gear up to write the exam.

bb · Answer

I think if you do detailed analysis of each of the DI test you took, I think you should be able to get a sense of why there’s some variability and what you need to work on perhaps.

Maybe you have already and you classified each mistake?

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playthegame · Answer

I did on the actual GMAT practice exams MSR, DS were not going ok, so I practiced those, on the Experts Global test I am missing Graphs and Tables, now that could just also be the quality of some questions.

I am going to practice MSR and DS from OG sources, MSR is not great I spend 9mins with low accuracy so need to find a way there. For DS I think I have improved, need to use more approaches on some problems.

abdatta · Answer

In my experience, the EG mocks are tougher in both Quant and DI. DI is especially very lengthy, I almost always have to guess a few questions just to finish on time.

Compared to that, my official practice exams go much smoothly, and I have been able to finish DI in time always. So, I wouldn't worry about struggling in DI just based on the EG tests. Rather I give them to challenge myself to get better at time management (and let go of the ego of wanting to solve every question).

Wish you all the best, and let us know how your official practice exams go.

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playthegame · Answer

Ok thank you very much I wrote my second attempt and got 645

Quant 81

Verbal 84

Data Insights 80

This was my score on the last three practice exams and I was able to replicate on the exam. I think I underperformed with quant all is well I think my ability is around 83 in quant, not sure if I will write again I think I have had my share for now…

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abdatta · Answer

Congrats, 645 is a great score! Good luck to you for your bschool applications!

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VirenderSingh092 · Answer

Congrats on the 645 score!

The EG tests seem to be all high-difficulty tests whereas the official practice tests are adaptive, resulting in a test the difficulty of which is based on your performance. The high-difficulty mock tests seem to be a good resource for practice given I prefer to test myself on more difficult questions during practice at least.

Also, going by your actual score, it seems as if your Verbal and Quant score were pretty close to your EG practice test scores in these sections. As suggested by you, you were scoring less on DI during practice tests, which thankfully did not happen in the actual test. All in all, everything seems to have worked well for you. Kudos to you on that!

playthegame · Answer

Yes I think the EG tests are a great resource and I wish I had access to them or someone pointed me to them in the beginning that way I would have built more stamina and timing strategy on the actual test.

Yes DI needs more work on the EG platform, still a great resource pool to work with as long as you know the breadth and depth of your strength/weakness.

Thanks!

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi playthegame,

Out of curiosity, have you also taken any official MBA.com practice exams?

playthegame · Answer

Thanks Scott I did three practice exams in a row and got DI80.

On my second attempt in the actual exam I got DI 80 as well.

Thanks Scott.

The experts global tests are a great resource to build stamina and pacing

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