Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC, thanks for your response, please find below my responses.
1) On what dates did you take each of your CATs and how did you score on EACH
-Sep 30 Official GMAT Prep 1 - 700 Q49 V35
- Kaplan - 650- not sure abt the split - Oct 2018
-Manhattan -640 - Q44 V 35- Oct 2018
- GMAT Prep 2 official - Oct 2018 - 650 - Q 46 V 34
- GMAT Prep 1 Retake - Nov 2018 650 Q49 V 29 (90% new questions)
-GMAT prep 2 Retake - Nov 2018 - 690 - Q49 V 34 (90% new questions)
- 800 Score. com - took 5 CAT's over weekends average score 720 Q 47 V40
- GMAT CLub Quant and Verbal tests - took CAT's, found quant difficult , average- Q 40, V 33
- Purchased GMAT Prep 3 and Prep 4 in last week before actual exam
-GMAT prep 3 - 650 Q49 V31 - 5 days before exam (all unseen questions)
-GMAT prep 4 - 710 Q50 V 35 - 2 days before exam (all unseen questions)
- GMAT Prep 1 retake - 700 - Q49 V 35 ( 80% new questions) - 1 day before exam
2. Never took the essay section.. took the IR section in some but always after the verbal and quant.. followed similar order in actual exam
3. yes
4. sometimes yes
5. no
6. yes in some, mentioned above
EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi gmatace2018,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) On what dates did you take each of your CATs and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for each)?
2) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
3) Did you take them at home?
4) Did you take them at the same time of day as when you took your Official GMAT?
5) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
6) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE (re: on a prior CAT, in an online forum or in a practice set)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich