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Hi all.
Many students (I have talked to around 10-12 recent test takers myself) are of the opinion that the average difficulty level of the Classic Edition of the exam has risen exponentially. Thereby, the average score of the candidates have fallen quite significantly. On the flip side, the questions people are getting on Focused edition are of lower difficulty.
Is this true? Have you heard the same?
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Have they given gmat classic edition before?
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Yes

All of them are repeat takers
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I can confirm that. I got lower score than the previous time even I have studied really hard for the second one.
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So did I.

If enough people confirm, we can raise this issue with GMAC
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I was really disappointed, it was about 100 points lower, which I cannot understand
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Same with me

100 points fall

720 to 620!!
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Similar with my experience. No prep and score much higher than with prep. Almost 100 point fall

Had a much higher score without prep*
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focussed edition is easier ?
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Guys.. the more people I talk to, the more serious it looks
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For focussed edition syllabus is short too
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I was aiming for R2 and this just backfired.
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For focussed edition syllabus is short too
I think the difficulty is normal there, what you expect, Not easier necessarily

Let’s create a group and try to gather people with similar experiences

And then we can raise this issue with GMAC collectively.
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Same with me. I was a first time test taker. Never scored less than 700 in mocks and I gave around 10 mocks but in exam the score was 620. In fact I didn’t even feel like im getting 620 level questions.
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Is it harder for Focus edition to get 700+ ?
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Lets see I have my exam in few days , I can clarify better then
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Everyone seem to have exactly same experience
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