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Pls does anybody know why the real GMAT exam test questions are always harder than the ones in the Gmat Prep. I practised with the GmatPrep but later discovered that the questions in the real GMAT exams are more difficult than the Prep questions. How am i sure i'll be able solve the real exams questions when the preparatory questions are always deceptively easier?

lalithajob · Answer

Are you taking about verbal or quants? can you be a bit more specific and provide some information on your GMATPrep scores vs GMAT scores.

Pavle · Answer

You are right many people say that actual GMAT exam(I mean quantitative) is harder than in GMAT prep

Please weaken or strengthen my argument:))

trunksli · Answer

I think they want you to have overinflated expectations and get a low score on the real thing so that you get depressed and have to take the test again and you buy their books and take more classes and coaches and Adderall and anti-depressants and massage sessions to relax they make another million dollars because they secretly own everything.

BM · Answer

First, here's a very similar discussion on this: gmatprep-harder-than-gmat-64513.html

I have read that the GMATPrep is harder and that the real GMAT is harder. I have also read that the verbal on the actual test is harder, while the quant is easier. Others believe that the real test's quant is trickier. To be honest, I don't know what to think anymore!

But I wouldn't be surprised if the real GMAT is harder than the practice tests. The GMAT itself is constantly undergoing adaptation and change in response to test takers' ability to master the test structure. Question makers explore new and different ways to present problems in order to throw us off and not become too comfortable. If the test makers didn't adapt to our ability to adapt, the GMAT would be very, very easy. GMATPrep, on the other hand, does not share such dynamics. It merely has a bank of retired test questions. It's also important to remember that the GMATPrep generally inflates one's score after the second practice test. Obviously, this can skew our expectations for the real test.

There are other factors to consider too. Nervousness and mental exhaustion will be felt more acutely at the test center; there's a lot more at stake on the real GMAT than on the practice tests, and you will definitely feel it on test day. You also take the GMAT in unfamiliar surroundings.

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