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31 Aug 2003, 02:55
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Hi Folks
Its really good to see so many ppl writing in the forum with their experiences and other useful information. Well I am giveing the GMAT in Mid october and currently busy in my preparations for the same. As a measure of my overall progress I decided to take PP test last week after 3 weeks of preparation and scored a 680 (Q-46 V-36) . I decided to work hard on my verbal and took to OG . I tend to practice under timed conditions to simulate the exam in some sense . My verbal accuracy after going thru OG has increased and I get somewhere b/w 30-35 right on an average . I tried to test my preogress on Princeton and was amazed to see that though I acheived 32/41 right in the exam my net score was 34 and Quant was 44(32 right) .My overall score said 620... It seemed a little weird to me and left me wondering the accuracy of these scores. Can anyone let me know if at all they are reliable or its only PP which gives one a fair indication of the true score. Also are the first 5 questions more important in final score than the others. Thanks guys and do write in with ur views , suggestions etc... Best of Luck to all here !
cheers
neeraj
Its really good to see so many ppl writing in the forum with their experiences and other useful information. Well I am giveing the GMAT in Mid october and currently busy in my preparations for the same. As a measure of my overall progress I decided to take PP test last week after 3 weeks of preparation and scored a 680 (Q-46 V-36) . I decided to work hard on my verbal and took to OG . I tend to practice under timed conditions to simulate the exam in some sense . My verbal accuracy after going thru OG has increased and I get somewhere b/w 30-35 right on an average . I tried to test my preogress on Princeton and was amazed to see that though I acheived 32/41 right in the exam my net score was 34 and Quant was 44(32 right) .My overall score said 620... It seemed a little weird to me and left me wondering the accuracy of these scores. Can anyone let me know if at all they are reliable or its only PP which gives one a fair indication of the true score. Also are the first 5 questions more important in final score than the others. Thanks guys and do write in with ur views , suggestions etc... Best of Luck to all here !
cheers
neeraj
31 Aug 2003, 08:36
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PR's scores are pretty close to what you can expect on test day. I have not used Kaplan but have read that you should add 50-100 points to their scores to get an idea of your real scores. Powerprep scores ought to be the closest because they are the real thing.
The first several questions, like the first 8-10, are indeed the most important for your score. Devote more time to these than subsequent questions, but be sure to pace yourself. The PR book has good techniques for this.
Don't get too bogged down with the actual scores of your practice tests just yet. Keep going through the OG and get a solid feel for how the questions are structured. Probably better to do a few hours of one question type at a time - all SC, all RC, all data sufficiency - so you can really pick up on the patterns.
It will come together, just keep at it!
The first several questions, like the first 8-10, are indeed the most important for your score. Devote more time to these than subsequent questions, but be sure to pace yourself. The PR book has good techniques for this.
Don't get too bogged down with the actual scores of your practice tests just yet. Keep going through the OG and get a solid feel for how the questions are structured. Probably better to do a few hours of one question type at a time - all SC, all RC, all data sufficiency - so you can really pick up on the patterns.
It will come together, just keep at it!
31 Aug 2003, 08:50
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I have found that PP is more forgiving, both in the amount you can get wrong, and "when" you get them wrong.
PR questions are a bit easier, but if you get anything wrong in the first ten you get a big penalty. Also, they don't consider experimental questions. I got 6 Verbal wrong and 4 Quant wrong (one was completely a PR correcting error) and i ended up with a 670.
On PP1 I got 4 quant wrong and 5 verbal wrong (including the first quant and two out of the first three verbal) and I ended up with a 740.
However, if you use OG before any of the PPs, I do not thing the PP score is very respresentative.
Also of note, Princeton uses questions from its book on the tests, which may inflate scores if you use the book first. I have also heard of them repeating questions on different CAT tests. These companies need to get their acts together (although they won't as long as we're willing to pony up $30 a pop).
Cheers,
Htown
PR questions are a bit easier, but if you get anything wrong in the first ten you get a big penalty. Also, they don't consider experimental questions. I got 6 Verbal wrong and 4 Quant wrong (one was completely a PR correcting error) and i ended up with a 670.
On PP1 I got 4 quant wrong and 5 verbal wrong (including the first quant and two out of the first three verbal) and I ended up with a 740.
However, if you use OG before any of the PPs, I do not thing the PP score is very respresentative.
Also of note, Princeton uses questions from its book on the tests, which may inflate scores if you use the book first. I have also heard of them repeating questions on different CAT tests. These companies need to get their acts together (although they won't as long as we're willing to pony up $30 a pop).
Cheers,
Htown
