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FabC
Joined: 08 Feb 2020
Last visit: 04 Feb 2022
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Location: Canada
Schools: Cambridge '22 Stern Tech MBA '23 (WL)
GRE 1: Q161 V161
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08 Mar 2020, 16:05
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Hi all,
I've just begun my road to a successful GMAT score and I could use some advice from the pros:
I am currently 1 month into the Magoosh 6 month study plan. So far, I've been feeling quite torn/uneasy with my performance on the OG vs. Magoosh practice problems.
When I do PS questions in the OG book, I am confident, I understand, and tend to do well (after 76 questions, I've gotten 66 correct, 87% hit rate). I'm keeping a tight focus on my error log, and thoroughly reviewing both the questions I got wrong and right.
Now for Magoosh, it's a whole different story. When I try to do PS problems in Magoosh, I barely get 33% of them correct. I understand that the OG questions are easier in the beginning then get harder... but the discrepancy is HUGE.
What am I doing wrong which leads me to score so low in Magoosh? How do I improve? Do I give up on Magoosh and concentrate my efforts on PS questions from other sources? Any help is appreciated guys!
Side note - For verbal and DS - the level of difficulty is roughly the same although the OG is still my preferred choice.
I've just begun my road to a successful GMAT score and I could use some advice from the pros:
I am currently 1 month into the Magoosh 6 month study plan. So far, I've been feeling quite torn/uneasy with my performance on the OG vs. Magoosh practice problems.
When I do PS questions in the OG book, I am confident, I understand, and tend to do well (after 76 questions, I've gotten 66 correct, 87% hit rate). I'm keeping a tight focus on my error log, and thoroughly reviewing both the questions I got wrong and right.
Now for Magoosh, it's a whole different story. When I try to do PS problems in Magoosh, I barely get 33% of them correct. I understand that the OG questions are easier in the beginning then get harder... but the discrepancy is HUGE.
What am I doing wrong which leads me to score so low in Magoosh? How do I improve? Do I give up on Magoosh and concentrate my efforts on PS questions from other sources? Any help is appreciated guys!
Side note - For verbal and DS - the level of difficulty is roughly the same although the OG is still my preferred choice.
08 Mar 2020, 22:53
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FabC - Welcome to GMAT Club!
In short, the quant questions on the official guides are slightly easier than ones on the real GMAT. Therefore, you may need additional practice to secure a higher GMAT quant score. Perhaps, you still need to work on some of the difficult areas, including modulus, probability, statistics, etc. I would encourage you to take a look at GMAT Club Test Center; the quant questions are one of the best available, next to the official questions.
In short, the quant questions on the official guides are slightly easier than ones on the real GMAT. Therefore, you may need additional practice to secure a higher GMAT quant score. Perhaps, you still need to work on some of the difficult areas, including modulus, probability, statistics, etc. I would encourage you to take a look at GMAT Club Test Center; the quant questions are one of the best available, next to the official questions.
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08 Mar 2020, 23:09
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Well, GMAC spends around 2.5- 3k dollars on every question it sets. No test prep company can match that, and yes nothing can match the quality of OG question. You can try out magoosh and other test prep companies to strengthen your concepts and to practice, but in the end Official questions are the golden resource. Don't be disappointed because your scoring less with magoosh. Have you taken any official mock lately? If yes, give us some insight so we can help you better. and lastly, as DisciplinedPrep has suggested, you should take up GMAT club tests for further practice once you're done with OG, the questions are closest to the official questions, especially the 700 ones, Goodluck 
