GMAT 600 & 700 Practice Questions

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Hi, 
I am using the following link to practice for the 600+ and 700+ questions from the PS gmat questions by topic and difficulty 
gmat-ps-question-directory-by-topic-difficulty

In the OG, I hardly see questions of this difficulty. Are questions from the above link from GMAT or are they practice questions to start thinking better?

Thanks

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi shivas88,

Many Test Takers spend too much time worrying about the 'implied level' of the practice questions that they're working on, when they should actually be working on other things (Tactics, pattern-matching skills, developing proper Test Taking habits, etc.). It would help to know a bit more about how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

broall · Answer

I think it's the latter. However, there are some reasons, I think, worth trying these hard quant questions. First, solving math is enjoyable, right? :-D

Moreover, if you get more familiar with hard quant questions, you could maintain your score more stably and make your score higher during the actual test because, in fact, we could be distracted by stress. And the final benefit is that, this comes from my personal view, you are more engaged to the schedule. Practicing GMAT myself makes me feel bored, so so bored. I keep solving math problems in this forum and whenever I feel excited because I've solved some hard questions, I then look for other verbal questions to boost up my verbal skills. So this seems perfect right :-D

shivas88 · Answer

Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC,

Inline.. 
 
Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
I started studying a month ago 
2) What materials have you used? 
Magoosh for Quant Basics; Manhattan for sentence correction. OG for RC and Critical Reasoning. 
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
Took one last weekend for the first time from Veritas.. 580 with Q38;V31

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
700+
5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
Dec 21st
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
Fall 2017, will apply in March 2017 
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?
Haas EWMBA

Thanks for your reply. Appreciate you taking the time.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi shivas88,

Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores, so given your current Test Date, you might want to reschedule your Official Exam.

A 580 is a solid initial CAT score (the average score on the Official GMAT hovers around 540-550 most years). To score 700+, you'll need to make some significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. If you're not planning to apply to Business School for several months, then you have plenty of time to continue studying and improving.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

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