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Real test difficulty 17 Nov 2011, 10:52
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Please give me some idea how difficult the real test is. How is it compared to prep or MGMAT or any other CATs? I heard that it is getting harder and harder, and far away from prep. Is it true?

I know it is kind of useless and no matter how hard it, we have to prepare well, but just want some direction.

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Real test difficulty 17 Nov 2011, 11:25
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I gave my GMAT on Nov 15 and would say that the Quant section is pretty similar to MGMAT CATs
However I found the verbal section to be more diificult than any of the MGMAT or GMATprep tests.
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I gave my GMAT on Nov 15 and would say that the Quant section is pretty similar to MGMAT CATs
However I found the verbal section to be more diificult than any of the MGMAT or GMATprep tests.
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You mean it's more tricky or more difficult to understand?
Or...both...

Like, in SC section, it's hard to identify what point it's testing; or in CR section, none of the strategies seem work. I heard that in CR section, it's now useless to predict any answer because none of the choices kind of obey the previous "rules"
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Took it Oct 24th.. Found it more difficult than prep software, but ran into time issues I never experienced in practice. Will have to work quicker next time cause i missed two easy Quants i could have done in my sleep at the end..

Sometimes you gotta know when to give up rather than keep trying to solve.

As for verbal, scored 5 points worse than any practice, which was disappointing to say the least.
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The same question as the post above. Can you explain the "difficulty" in each section?

Really appreciate it!
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