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12 Apr 2013, 05:27
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I bought Kaplan's GMAT premier book that comes with 5 practice tests. Just wanted to know how these compare to the real thing.
I'm aiming for top scores and I only plan on taking the real GMAT once. But it has been my experience with prep tests I took in the past that they are often much easier than the real thing, and so you get an inflated "feel good" score.
Does anyone have experience with Kaplan's tests? Would getting 760-780 on their practice tests really mean that I can expect to get similar scores on the real exam?
BTW, planning on taking the first Kaplan test either this Sunday or next weekend, and I think I can get close to 700. Is this a reasonable expectation for first full practice test, given that I studied math/quant a lot, and I'm very good with verbal (6-7/10 of the hardest questions I could find online, 1min/question)?
I'm aiming for top scores and I only plan on taking the real GMAT once. But it has been my experience with prep tests I took in the past that they are often much easier than the real thing, and so you get an inflated "feel good" score.
Does anyone have experience with Kaplan's tests? Would getting 760-780 on their practice tests really mean that I can expect to get similar scores on the real exam?
BTW, planning on taking the first Kaplan test either this Sunday or next weekend, and I think I can get close to 700. Is this a reasonable expectation for first full practice test, given that I studied math/quant a lot, and I'm very good with verbal (6-7/10 of the hardest questions I could find online, 1min/question)?
12 Apr 2013, 08:07
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rakeshd347
Thanks for the reply. When you're saying it's harder than others and harder than the actual test, do you feel that questions are representative of the actual test? Or are they harder because they are weird/convoluted or made to test your knowledge of the "Kaplan method" more than to test your knowledge of the material?
12 Apr 2013, 10:04
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Hey
I also think that the Kaplan practice tests were particularly tough. The GMAT test prep is closer to the actual exam. My scores on the 5 online Kaplan practice tests were 660, 700, 720, 730, 710. My scores on the GMAT Test Prep were 730 and 710. However, I think the final score given out by the software is percentile based and you should expect only a small improvement over your prep test score in the actual exam, particularly if your score is 700 or more in the practice tests. Also you should see your score improve when you are taking your 3rd and 4th full time test. These tests will give a more realistic estimate of your score in the actual GMAT. Hope this helps. Cheers
