Hi
sahilvijay,
I have given the gmatclub verbal CATs myself. I understood that the Algorithm mostly matched my score with GMATPrep scores.
SO here is how you may see the fluctuation in scores. I witnessed it myself.
MGMAT - 30-33
GMATPrep - 24-29
GMATClub - 24-30
Real GMAT ---- 20-28
What do you notice? Rely on two things:
1. Consistency in scores
2. Official CAT scores. but if you are repeating the CATs then you must understand that your scores are inflated.
3. If you want to rely on CAT scores from the
MGMAT/Veritas etc, then do not completely rely or not rely on them.
Last but not the least. Score in real exam has so many different conditions impacting it positively or negatively:
1. Were stressed/pressured
2. Did you marked some easy/medium level questions wrong?
3. where and in what sequence did you mark the questions wrong in the real exam.
All you need to do is. Practice ALL the official questions out there. Learn the way the questions are created. Try to find out how a simple concept was tested with so many layers of complexity on it. Invest alot of time on a single question. I like the verbal questions from
MGMAT brilliant too, so you can practice them as well.
Do less but learn more is the key.
Take CATs but do not rely on score TOO MUCH. Take official CATs on right intervals to see where do you stand. But CATs scores are not the only way to tell you whether you are prepared for the real exam. You will start having that comfort with 4 hour long sitting after practice of questions/quizzes/CATs.
Do you have ESR from the official exam?
Any follow-up question? please post.
I have witnessed the same relation in my mock tests as well. I scored 34 in
Verbal and in next GMAT Prep i scored 29. If this relationship is approximately correct , how much should we score in
and GMATPrep to consider ourself ready for real GMAT if our target verbal score is V41.