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03 Apr 2013, 10:33
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I am taking the GMAT again in 10 days after managing only a 620 the first time a month ago which was a disappointment.
I have taken one MGMAT CAT4 two days ago, in which I scored 730 (V:43 96%, Q:47, 73%) .
Today I went to the Pearson to take the Kaplan CAT 9 under real "test condition" and Scored 680 (Q:50 92%, V:34 69%).
Now can anyone explain how this is possible? Why is there such a big difference between the verbal and quant in each test? especially when the tests are only 2 days apart. I couldn't have improved in quant and then suddenly fall on the verbal section.
From my own experience I believe Kaplan has not made a good job in replicating the Verbal Questions, especially with CR. The questions are ambiguous whereas in the actual GMAT, GMAT Prep and MGMAT there is much less ambiguity.
On the other hand the scoring system seems to be very different between MGMAT and Kaplan.
I have 10 days till my exam and wanted to know your comments on how I should proceed.
Please tell me if you have ever experienced anything similar
In my own opinion MGMAT CAT's Verbal are a much better representative of the actual GMAT. As for quant I believe the difficulty isn't that different between MGMAT and Kaplan, I believe its mostly the scoring system....
I have taken one MGMAT CAT4 two days ago, in which I scored 730 (V:43 96%, Q:47, 73%) .
Today I went to the Pearson to take the Kaplan CAT 9 under real "test condition" and Scored 680 (Q:50 92%, V:34 69%).
Now can anyone explain how this is possible? Why is there such a big difference between the verbal and quant in each test? especially when the tests are only 2 days apart. I couldn't have improved in quant and then suddenly fall on the verbal section.
From my own experience I believe Kaplan has not made a good job in replicating the Verbal Questions, especially with CR. The questions are ambiguous whereas in the actual GMAT, GMAT Prep and MGMAT there is much less ambiguity.
On the other hand the scoring system seems to be very different between MGMAT and Kaplan.
I have 10 days till my exam and wanted to know your comments on how I should proceed.
Please tell me if you have ever experienced anything similar
In my own opinion MGMAT CAT's Verbal are a much better representative of the actual GMAT. As for quant I believe the difficulty isn't that different between MGMAT and Kaplan, I believe its mostly the scoring system....
06 Apr 2013, 09:31
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Hi,
Great job on the Quant! All the CAT scoring besides GMATprep/GMATFocus is suspicious at best especially for verbal. I would avoid using non-official verbal questions because as you have noticed they tend to be different than the real ones. Also, there is so much "real" verbal to practice on. If you want to have a scored verbal section than do the GMAT Paper Tests. Yes, they are not adaptive BUT I have found them to be decent predictors of verbal score.
If you want extra RC practice go ahead and work on old GRE passages. They are a great workout. For CR take a look at LSATs (skip parallel reasoning and Parallel flaw questions).
Let me know if you need more advice on this.
Happy Studies,
HG.
Great job on the Quant! All the CAT scoring besides GMATprep/GMATFocus is suspicious at best especially for verbal. I would avoid using non-official verbal questions because as you have noticed they tend to be different than the real ones. Also, there is so much "real" verbal to practice on. If you want to have a scored verbal section than do the GMAT Paper Tests. Yes, they are not adaptive BUT I have found them to be decent predictors of verbal score.
If you want extra RC practice go ahead and work on old GRE passages. They are a great workout. For CR take a look at LSATs (skip parallel reasoning and Parallel flaw questions).
Let me know if you need more advice on this.
Happy Studies,
HG.
06 Apr 2013, 11:27
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hashemib
Hi Friend,
I want some clarification from you on highlighted text. Do you mean you gave your kaplan practice test at official GMAT testing center?
I approached the GMAT testing center near me in Pune, India few days back and asked the administrator whether he can allow me to take my practice test at his test room to check my performance under real conditions. However he expressed his inability in allowing so.
Regards,
Narenn
