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21 May 2015, 22:11
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Hi
I recently took Princeton review tests and my scores varied a lot. I have also taken some Kaplan practice tests and score quite better than the Princeton tests
My Princeton Tests scores
Test 1 - 660 (QA - 32/37 , VA - 30/41)
Test 2 - 740 (QA - 28/37 , VA - 35/41)
Quant of Kaplan tests is balanced overall and i think close to actual GMAT questions
Verbal of Kaplan tests is little hard than actual GMAT
Test 1 - 740 (QA - 24/37 , VA - 23/41)
Test 2 - 760 (QA - 34/37 , VA - 30/41)
I am not able to make sense out of the score?
I recently took Princeton review tests and my scores varied a lot. I have also taken some Kaplan practice tests and score quite better than the Princeton tests
My Princeton Tests scores
Test 1 - 660 (QA - 32/37 , VA - 30/41)
Test 2 - 740 (QA - 28/37 , VA - 35/41)
Quant of Kaplan tests is balanced overall and i think close to actual GMAT questions
Verbal of Kaplan tests is little hard than actual GMAT
Test 1 - 740 (QA - 24/37 , VA - 23/41)
Test 2 - 760 (QA - 34/37 , VA - 30/41)
I am not able to make sense out of the score?
22 May 2015, 11:30
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Hi apoorv601,
It looks like you posted this in a couple of spots, so I've pasted my prior post here:
The scoring algorithm on the Official GMAT is far more complicated than most people realize. It takes into account a number of different factors, including the relative difficulty of the question, whether you were expected to get it correct or not, the placement of the question, what's going on "around it", the "strings" of correct and incorrect answers, whether the question even counts or not (some questions are "experimental" and are worth 0), if you leave questions unanswered and incur a penalty, etc. As such, you shouldn't be spending time trying to figure it all out. You'd be better served working on building up your skills.
Since that algorithm is proprietary, no GMAT company has an exact match for it, thus CAT scores can vary a bit based on the 'biases' involved in their respective designs. Some are known to be more accurate, others less so.
With these CATs, did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
Have you taken any of the GMAC CATs?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
It looks like you posted this in a couple of spots, so I've pasted my prior post here:
The scoring algorithm on the Official GMAT is far more complicated than most people realize. It takes into account a number of different factors, including the relative difficulty of the question, whether you were expected to get it correct or not, the placement of the question, what's going on "around it", the "strings" of correct and incorrect answers, whether the question even counts or not (some questions are "experimental" and are worth 0), if you leave questions unanswered and incur a penalty, etc. As such, you shouldn't be spending time trying to figure it all out. You'd be better served working on building up your skills.
Since that algorithm is proprietary, no GMAT company has an exact match for it, thus CAT scores can vary a bit based on the 'biases' involved in their respective designs. Some are known to be more accurate, others less so.
With these CATs, did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
Have you taken any of the GMAC CATs?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
apoorv601
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Schools: MIT-LGO '18 Ross '18 Tepper '18 Krannert '18 Fisher '18 Kelley '18 Scheller '18 Smeal Penn'18 ISB '17 W. P. Carey Arizona State '18
GMAT 1: 750 Q50 V41
Schools: MIT-LGO '18 Ross '18 Tepper '18 Krannert '18 Fisher '18 Kelley '18 Scheller '18 Smeal Penn'18 ISB '17 W. P. Carey Arizona State '18
GMAT 1: 750 Q50 V41
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23 May 2015, 01:54
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Hi Rich,
Yes i have taken these tests wd IR and AWA sections, here are my scores
My Princeton Tests scores
Test 1 - 660 (QA - 32/37 , VA - 30/41) IR - 4 AWA - 2.5
Test 2 - 740 (QA - 28/37 , VA - 35/41) IR - 6 AWA - 3
Kaplan Scores
Test 1 - 740 (QA - 24/37 , VA - 23/41) IR - 5 AWA - Not chked by Kaplan
Test 2 - 760 (QA - 34/37 , VA - 30/41) IR - 7 AWA - Not chked by Kaplan
I plan to take GMAC and MG tests after some more days of preparation.
