Share your experience on GMATPrep tests

Thanks for replies, any other opinions???

what kryzak said...

vlad,

another interesting thing to note is that supposedly (i say supposedly because the algorithim is a trade secret) the algorithim also takes into consideration the TYPES of questions you got wrong. So if all your mistakes had to do with SC, you are less 'well rounded' and receive a lower score... if all your mistakes on Q had to deal with circles then its worse then getting a variety of mistakes on different topics.

moral of the story:

don't worry about it. your first GMATPrep score is not miserable. it is a great place to start (i started at 640) and i think you can improve and break 700 by september 4th if you put in the hours and effort!

Thanks, trying to do my best !!!

I agree with anony. 640 is not a bad score to start with. A bit of amrt prep will take you to your desired score. Good luck.

wow...you can go 20/37 in quant and pull a 46? I had no idea!

it looks like verbal is a bit tougher though. I always thought it was the other way around.

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The only thing I have to add is that I would focus more on verbal in the time you have left. While you could probably bring your quant score up (sounds like that's your area of strength), I think you'll get more ROI in terms of your total score by bringing up the verbal.

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From what I understand the algorithm is highly complex. However, it is quite good at what it does, and grade your abilities in comparison to others

Anyways, it works like so: It starts the first question off at a medium difficulty, and scales the difficulty up and down depending on whether you get it right or wrong. After about 10 it's maxed out.

Anyways I got 760 today(GMPrep1 or 2, forget which one), 50Q, 44V, and 8 & 8 wrong on each, so the # of questions you get wrong has nothing to do with it. The scoring is pretty accurate. I was at 740/750 a few days ago, and I've put in a lot of studying and boosted my Q from 46-48 to 50 or so; my mental stamina was off today.

Another thing I'm sure it considers is if you get the last ones wrong at the end, it's probably because of time, and that is not penalized as much as if you were to get them uniformly wrong throughout the test.

looks like you're ready to take the test! (or did you mean you got a 760 on the real test? I couldn't tell)

hah, I've set a lofty goal, I'm nowhere near 820 yet But until then I'll be here for a while

Ahh, 820... you have a lot more work ahead of you! Good luck!

how is the percentile calculated? performance over a year?

With current computer technologies it can be done daily or even after each taken test

agreed. i'd go so far as to say today's test takers might even affect tomorrows test.i.e. someone in an office runs some query and sees that all 700 level test takers got Question ID#XXXXXX wrong , and now it is worth more points.