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I got 680, Q48 and V37. It's the first CAT I take but it seems a weird score, especially for quant where I'm pretty sure I still need to practice a lot. I was expecting something in the 500s and my goal is over 650.
Do you think it's over inflated much in the quant section?

Hi can you please tell whether they give explanatory answers after giving the test?
I prefer giving only those mocks when I get explanatory answers so that I can learn from my mistakes.
Please help me!
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I got 680, Q48 and V37. It's the first CAT I take but it seems a weird score, especially for quant where I'm pretty sure I still need to practice a lot. I was expecting something in the 500s and my goal is over 650.
Do you think it's over inflated much in the quant section?

Hi can you please tell whether they give explanatory answers after giving the test?
I prefer giving only those mocks when I get explanatory answers so that I can learn from my mistakes.
Please help me!

They do. You'll get a report after you're done with correct answers and reasoning explained.
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Thanks for the reviews. I guess I'll give it a try. Does it offer explanations to the answers?
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just wondering if anyone has looked at this recently?
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can anyone please help me out

i recently started with CATs and have been scoring in the range of 690-720 on 6 Princeton Review Practice tests....however when i took the Economist test the scores dropped significantly to 480...I'm really worried about my preparation...can't gauge whether i've been preparing wrong or was the economist test really that tough :( :(
please help my GMAT exam is due on 14th November :sad:
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i took this test today.

score: 750 (q50/v44)

quant:(13 wrong)
few questions were really good but didnt felt that it was adaptive ..
with 13 wrong and score 50 it was little weird.
overall i will say its a good practice.

verbal:(16 wrong):
the questions i felt were really good and test also has some good passages.
verbal i will say almost level of gmat prep .
again with 16 wrong and getting a score of 44 is little awkward.

pros:

=good question bank overall.
=userfriendly site.
=great explanation in the end with some good strategies.

cons:
=scoring pattern not accurate.(IMO deduct 50 from your score to judge your level)
=explanation for few questions were missing.
=few of the questions are already out their in the forum.

hope it helps

I took the mock test today and I got Q51 in spite of having 9 questions wrong. Is that possible on the real GMAT?
I am a little skeptical.
In Verbal, i got 11 questions wrong and got just 31.
So disappointed. My target for GMAT is 710. Really confused on what to expect on D-day.
Can someone help me gauge here please?
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In the weeks leading up to my official GMAT, I took a few Economist practice tests and received a 770 and 760 on two separate exams, in exam-like settings:

Oct 18 - 770 (Q50, V45)
Oct 20 - 760 (Q51, V43)

On the real exam I scored a 660, a full ~110 points lower that my Economist practice tests that I took 1 week prior:

Oct 27 - 660 (Q48, V33)

In my opinion, the Economist has one of the worst practice tests available on the market. I would not recommend them; they are far too easy when compared to the actual exam.

The only way to know how you will truly score is the actual GMAT exam. These practice tests, especially Economist, are not reflective of the real thing.
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In the weeks leading up to my official GMAT, I took a few Economist practice tests and received a 770 and 760 on two separate exams, in exam-like settings:

Oct 18 - 770 (Q50, V45)
Oct 20 - 760 (Q51, V43)

On the real exam I scored a 660, a full ~110 points lower that my Economist practice tests that I took 1 week prior:

Oct 27 - 660 (Q48, V33)

In my opinion, the Economist has one of the worst practice tests available on the market. I would not recommend them; they are far too easy when compared to the actual exam.

The only way to know how you will truly score is the actual GMAT exam. These practice tests, especially Economist, are not reflective of the real thing.

Did you ever take a GMAT Prep practice test prior to the actual exam?
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bb i gave the econmist Gmat mock yesterday & got weird results,

i just got 7 wrong and scored a Q42, while i see others here who skipped 8 & got Q50,

On the Verbal, got 12 wrong & none of them were wrong in a row, i got a V24,

Do you think the scores are inaccurate?
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I took the Economist Prep Course. I found it useful, especially for Quant.

Economist Mock 1: 770
Economist Mock 2: 770

I then appeared for the official mocks.

Official Mock 1: 690

This first official mock was shocking, as I did not do well in Verbal (especially SC).

For SC, I reviewed the OG in detail - line by line.

Official Mock 2: 770

In the real GMAT, I scored a 740 (Q50, V39). I was very poor with my time management. I could have done better.

That said, I am not reappearing. Overall, I would say the Economist GMAT Prep Course is pretty good.

P.S.: My quant was decent even before I started preparing. But I found their tips to be pretty useful. In verbal, Economist's RCs are tougher - crazy tough. SC is just ok (one has to go through OG in detail). CR is also decent.
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