is ACTUAL GMAT's Quant Section Tougher than Official GMAT Prep Tests'?

Question

I gave my GMAT-ONLINE Exam Yesterday ,and one thing i observed that Quant Section of the Actual GMAT was tougher than all 6 Offical GMAT Mocks's not only in terms of difficulty level but also in terms of Concepts.

I found that Verbal Section was more or less at the same level as Offical Mock's except 2-3 CR Questions ,which were a bit awkward and lengthy.

In My Offical Mocks i never Scored below Q48 or Q49 ,but i don't know what is going to be my score in Actual Attempt as I did guess on 2-3 Questions, because I took more time in first half.

For 2-3 PS Questions, I could not find my calculated answer in the given answer choices and ended up guessing one of choices.

Can somebody help me with this, does it really the case that Actual GMAT's Quant is tougher than Mock's ? or I have goofed up in my Quant section on my GMAT Exam.

Experts please help.

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Was there anything different in how you did the Actual vs the Mocks? Did you use a whiteboard during the Mocks?

ajeetsinghcet05 · Answer

No , I Actually used the same physical whiteboard, which i used during my mocks.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi ajeetsinghcet05,

Honestly, I would not jump to any conclusions until you get back your actual score. It’s quite possible that you did better than you think you did. Once you receive your GMAT score, please let us know how things went.

ajeetsinghcet05 · Answer

I got my GMAT Score, But i am really surprised to see that I scored 570  , which is way below my expectation. 
on Quant section i understand Q44, because i did guess some Questions, but on Verbal, I was expecting atleast V34-36. 
My Last 2 GMAT Prep Official Scores are:

Official Mock 5 680    
Official Mock 6 700

Two months before now, I was scoring in the range of V30-31 but for the last 2 months, i worked on my Reading Comprehension part and started geting V35-40.

One thing i Observed in my Verbal section on the Test that my Verbal section started with a dense and lengthy RC Passage  and I took ~11 mins in that Passage. 
then again 2nd RC Passage  , which was also lengthy one ,
I planned to make least no. of mistakes in my first 12 Questions on Verbal, and that is why i took more time solving first 12 Qs. 
Because i took more time in first half of the test, i was a bit time conscious and nervous in 2nd half and I think that had an impact on my performance. 
 
My Target score is 680-700 and I am planning to retake the test.

Experts, I need your valuable guidance to achieve my Target Score.

Thanks in advance.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi ajeetsinghcet05,

I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. Before we discuss any of those potential issues though, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

1) How long have you studied? How many hours did you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

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