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Hi everyone!
I was wondering: are GMAT Club Tests harder than the real GMAT?
In general, when I study with material from Magoosh and official questions/tests, even the most difficult questions look waaaaay easier (fewer steps, fewer over-complicated sentences) than questions on GMAT Club Tests.
I mean, just to give you an example, I scored 675 and 695 on GMATPrep Mocks 1-2 and then I scored 615 on GMAT Club tests. I made way more mistakes and for the first time, I had time management issues with the Verbal and DI sections.
In general, it almost looks like it's a completely different level. Just to clarify, this is not a bad thing, since practicing with harder problems is surely beneficial. I was just wondering if it's a bias or if it's actually a thing.
Thanks!
I was wondering: are GMAT Club Tests harder than the real GMAT?
In general, when I study with material from Magoosh and official questions/tests, even the most difficult questions look waaaaay easier (fewer steps, fewer over-complicated sentences) than questions on GMAT Club Tests.
I mean, just to give you an example, I scored 675 and 695 on GMATPrep Mocks 1-2 and then I scored 615 on GMAT Club tests. I made way more mistakes and for the first time, I had time management issues with the Verbal and DI sections.
In general, it almost looks like it's a completely different level. Just to clarify, this is not a bad thing, since practicing with harder problems is surely beneficial. I was just wondering if it's a bias or if it's actually a thing.
Thanks!
13 Feb 2024, 17:01
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Thank you so much for the feedback and terribly sorry for painting a doom and gloom picture. Likely, we are just too harsh at the moment.
It is going to take us time to dial-in the level and scoring to be precise and exact. We were able to do it with the previous version of the test by benchmarking against real test experience and scores. Unfortunately GMAT prep is not as reliable because people sometimes don’t take it seriously and sometimes they have already seen the questions.
I’m hoping that we have low-balled your score. And we are completely wrong❤️ it is good to be wrong in this case.
I would say that our tests have a deeper and bigger practice pool of questions than GMAT prep and probably even the official test in quant. As the result, you are getting a lot more harder questions than you would on the real GMAT. And as the result, getting hammered.
PS. we have a new score card feature coming, hopefully in the next week or two that will allow you to compare your GA prep and GMAT club test results side-by-side. I’m hoping that will help us dial in the scoring but also help you to compare results as well.
PS. So as long as you don’t mind having your teeth kicked in every single test, I think this could be good practice 😂😂😂🤦♂️
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It is going to take us time to dial-in the level and scoring to be precise and exact. We were able to do it with the previous version of the test by benchmarking against real test experience and scores. Unfortunately GMAT prep is not as reliable because people sometimes don’t take it seriously and sometimes they have already seen the questions.
I’m hoping that we have low-balled your score. And we are completely wrong❤️ it is good to be wrong in this case.
I would say that our tests have a deeper and bigger practice pool of questions than GMAT prep and probably even the official test in quant. As the result, you are getting a lot more harder questions than you would on the real GMAT. And as the result, getting hammered.
PS. we have a new score card feature coming, hopefully in the next week or two that will allow you to compare your GA prep and GMAT club test results side-by-side. I’m hoping that will help us dial in the scoring but also help you to compare results as well.
PS. So as long as you don’t mind having your teeth kicked in every single test, I think this could be good practice 😂😂😂🤦♂️
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13 Feb 2024, 19:41
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bb
Thank you so much for the feedback and terribly sorry for painting a doom and gloom picture. Likely, we are just too harsh at the moment.
It is going to take us time to dial-in the level and scoring to be precise and exact. We were able to do it with the previous version of the test by benchmarking against real test experience and scores. Unfortunately GMAT prep is not as reliable because people sometimes don’t take it seriously and sometimes they have already seen the questions.
I’m hoping that we have low-balled your score. And we are completely wrong❤️ it is good to be wrong in this case.
I would say that our tests have a deeper and bigger practice pool of questions than GMAT prep and probably even the official test in quant. As the result, you are getting a lot more harder questions than you would on the real GMAT. And as the result, getting hammered.
PS. we have a new score card feature coming, hopefully in the next week or two that will allow you to compare your GA prep and GMAT club test results side-by-side. I’m hoping that will help us dial in the scoring but also help you to compare results as well.
PS. So as long as you don’t mind having your teeth kicked in every single test, I think this could be good practice 😂😂😂🤦♂️
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Hi bb and thank you for your great reply!It is going to take us time to dial-in the level and scoring to be precise and exact. We were able to do it with the previous version of the test by benchmarking against real test experience and scores. Unfortunately GMAT prep is not as reliable because people sometimes don’t take it seriously and sometimes they have already seen the questions.
I’m hoping that we have low-balled your score. And we are completely wrong❤️ it is good to be wrong in this case.
I would say that our tests have a deeper and bigger practice pool of questions than GMAT prep and probably even the official test in quant. As the result, you are getting a lot more harder questions than you would on the real GMAT. And as the result, getting hammered.
PS. we have a new score card feature coming, hopefully in the next week or two that will allow you to compare your GA prep and GMAT club test results side-by-side. I’m hoping that will help us dial in the scoring but also help you to compare results as well.
PS. So as long as you don’t mind having your teeth kicked in every single test, I think this could be good practice 😂😂😂🤦♂️
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Yes, as I said, having a database of tough questions and getting kicked in the teeth once in a while might certainly be beneficial for my preparation! 😂
My only doubt was whether it was just a personal impression or whether I should take into consideration that it is an "harder version" of the GMAT. So it's great for training but I shouldn't cry too much if I get wasted ahahaha
Thank you again!
