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22 Sep 2016, 12:06
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Hi everyone,
Recently, I bought GMAT Prep Exam Pack 2 and took Test 5.
I was surprised because I found that the Quantitative section in Test 5 was much more difficult than in both the GMAT Prep free package and the GMAT Prep Exam Pack 1.
I have been told that reaching a given score in the Quantitative section of Exam 5 costs much more in Test 5 than in the actual exam.
I regarded the GMAT Prep Exam Pack 2's exams as the best approximation, in terms of difficulty and score, to my actual exam, but in light of this, I wonder whether the quantitative section of the actual exam is going to be that hard.
Could you please share your views on this?
Recently, I bought GMAT Prep Exam Pack 2 and took Test 5.
I was surprised because I found that the Quantitative section in Test 5 was much more difficult than in both the GMAT Prep free package and the GMAT Prep Exam Pack 1.
I have been told that reaching a given score in the Quantitative section of Exam 5 costs much more in Test 5 than in the actual exam.
I regarded the GMAT Prep Exam Pack 2's exams as the best approximation, in terms of difficulty and score, to my actual exam, but in light of this, I wonder whether the quantitative section of the actual exam is going to be that hard.
Could you please share your views on this?
22 Sep 2016, 18:18
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Hi EBITDA,
Calling one GMAC CAT "harder" than another is based heavily on interpretation. You might have found one CAT harder because "your way" of taking the CAT made it more difficult (re: the approaches that you used to answer the questions were not necessarily the easiest nor the most efficient methods). To properly compare and analyze your results, we'd need to see your scores and talk a bit about how you took these CATs. By extension, before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
4) Did you take the FULL CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
Goals:
5) What is your goal score?
6) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Calling one GMAC CAT "harder" than another is based heavily on interpretation. You might have found one CAT harder because "your way" of taking the CAT made it more difficult (re: the approaches that you used to answer the questions were not necessarily the easiest nor the most efficient methods). To properly compare and analyze your results, we'd need to see your scores and talk a bit about how you took these CATs. By extension, before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
4) Did you take the FULL CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
Goals:
5) What is your goal score?
6) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC,
Well, I can assure you that CAT 5 was way harder than the rest of GMAT Prep CATs that I have previously taken. On this exam, I got a 710 (Q47, V40).
On the Quantitative section, I made 17 errors. Despite this, I still got 47. In any of the previous GMAT Prep CATs that I have taken, making 17 errors would have sunk my score.
Furthermore, the fact that I found harder questions made me be around 3 questions behind schedule during most of the exam, which increased my nerves and stress. Again, this had never happened to me on any of the previous GMAT Prep CATs, and I strongly believe that had a negative impact on my performance. At times, it threw me out of the exam.
So my question is still whether I should expect to find such a hard Quantitative section on my real GMAT exam. I am aware that whatever test I get, it will be leveled against the rest of test takers. However, I also believe that putting such a tough Quantitative section increases very much test takers' stress, which may throw them out of the exam.
For this reason, I believe that it is preferrable to find a relatively easier Quantitative section and have to make less errors, than to find a Quantitative section as hard as the one that I found in CAT 5.
Well, I can assure you that CAT 5 was way harder than the rest of GMAT Prep CATs that I have previously taken. On this exam, I got a 710 (Q47, V40).
On the Quantitative section, I made 17 errors. Despite this, I still got 47. In any of the previous GMAT Prep CATs that I have taken, making 17 errors would have sunk my score.
Furthermore, the fact that I found harder questions made me be around 3 questions behind schedule during most of the exam, which increased my nerves and stress. Again, this had never happened to me on any of the previous GMAT Prep CATs, and I strongly believe that had a negative impact on my performance. At times, it threw me out of the exam.
So my question is still whether I should expect to find such a hard Quantitative section on my real GMAT exam. I am aware that whatever test I get, it will be leveled against the rest of test takers. However, I also believe that putting such a tough Quantitative section increases very much test takers' stress, which may throw them out of the exam.
For this reason, I believe that it is preferrable to find a relatively easier Quantitative section and have to make less errors, than to find a Quantitative section as hard as the one that I found in CAT 5.
