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GMAT 1: 640 Q43 V34
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23 Oct 2011, 12:55
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I took Practice Test 1 from the GMAT Prep software just now after two and a half months of prep.
I got 650 44Q, 35V.
The thing I noticed however was that at least a couple of the verbal questions came straight from the Official Guide. I didn't know the answers right off my head when I saw familiar stems, but it still is weird... That doesn't really do us justice if this is the case since the test maker would know that many of us have the official guide, the verbal and quant 2nd edition books, etc..... I've been scoring consistently in the mid to high 600's for the simulation tests, so I'm not particularly afraid that this is an inflated score, but has anyone else noticed this?
I got 650 44Q, 35V.
The thing I noticed however was that at least a couple of the verbal questions came straight from the Official Guide. I didn't know the answers right off my head when I saw familiar stems, but it still is weird... That doesn't really do us justice if this is the case since the test maker would know that many of us have the official guide, the verbal and quant 2nd edition books, etc..... I've been scoring consistently in the mid to high 600's for the simulation tests, so I'm not particularly afraid that this is an inflated score, but has anyone else noticed this?
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24 Oct 2011, 06:21
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There is some overlap in some of the official guide questions and GMATPrep, this is widely known here.
Consistency is good, I wouldn't worry too much as long as you're fairly consistent (this also gives you a solid grounding to make improvements as your weak areas are also consistent).
This happens as the GMAC is becoming more and more picky about what content makes it to prep materials. It has a large pool to use from, but is very selective to ensure questions do not have a bias on dialect (i.e. "toned milk" = "skim milk" in India) and convey what a test taker can expect from a real question.
We've been told with the new version of GMATPrep (coming out next year), this should no longer be an issue.
Thanks,
Consistency is good, I wouldn't worry too much as long as you're fairly consistent (this also gives you a solid grounding to make improvements as your weak areas are also consistent).
This happens as the GMAC is becoming more and more picky about what content makes it to prep materials. It has a large pool to use from, but is very selective to ensure questions do not have a bias on dialect (i.e. "toned milk" = "skim milk" in India) and convey what a test taker can expect from a real question.
We've been told with the new version of GMATPrep (coming out next year), this should no longer be an issue.
Thanks,
novanative
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GMAT 1: 640 Q43 V34
GMAT 2: 660 Q43 V38
GPA: 3.1
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24 Oct 2011, 11:13
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Thanks. I do know my weakness in the sections. In verbal, it is the sentence corrections. Just gotta keep hammering them. In math, algebra seems to be it.
