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I think it was a valuable purchase. As I have already mentioned it has a good user experiences, very little technical glitches.
It would be a valuable purchase for anyone preparing for the GMAT.
But please, don't rely on your scores and don't get demotivated if you are unable to solve the difficult questions, specially in the quantitative section. There are way too many difficult and time consuming questions.
Verbal is upto the mark. Questions are somewhat similar to the actual GMAT.
You should focus on Official guide questions, these tests can be more helpful if you just want to practice more under timed conditions.
GMAT club tests have got a good number of quant questions which may help you in achieving your target score.
I felt that they could've added a couple of more verbal CATs, because in comparison to the number of quant CATs, number of verbal CATs are way too low.
Coming to the quality, Quant CATs are as brutal as one can get. Be ready for a tons of hard hitting questions, which at times may make you tensed.
I don't know how they structured the Verbal CAT algorithm, even after a stretch of 5-7 correct answers, you still don't get a difficult question. I've observed this while reviewing my performance. I don't think it is so close to original GMAT, but it is definitely good enough to test the depths of your fundamentals.
On an overall, I'd give 3/5 for GMAT club tests.
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The verbal test has some good questions, but overall the test is not adaptive. I got 9 CR, 11 SC and 16 RC questions - not balanced compared to GMATPrep mocks.
I have made only 2 mistakes within the first 24 questions, but the algorithm gave eight 500-level questions.
I have seen an enhanced score report of an exam with V42; the guy who took the test made 8 mistakes. I also made 8 mistakes in GC verbal test-36 and received 35.
During the test, RC passages seemed very easy. And yes, I was not given any 700-level passage, despite my good performance.
I think, improvements can be made regarding the adaptiveness of the test.
I extensively used GMAT club tests during my last attempt. I was able to improve my overall score from 520 to 710 (quant from 44 to 48 and verbal from 20 to 40). I found the Quant portion of the tests very useful. I could see similar questions in the actual exam as that of GMAT club tests. Performance analytics module helped me highlight and understand my weak areas, which otherwise, I was finding difficult to pinpoint. The verbal part of the GMAT club tests is not very much aligned with actual GMAT. There are many discrepancies in the scoring algorithm as well. The overall difficulty level is bit on the higher side compared to actual GMAT, which I think is a good part of the tests.
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Q: Really appreciate the efforts put by team to create such quality of Quant Questions & Explanations.
The questions are of GMAT level & of same format.The tricky word problems are bang ONN !! The ones of Number system will definitely make your head turn.
Some improvements can be done in Statistics questions.
V: Like the quality of RCs; however there is huge scope of improvement in both SC & CR questions. SC option answers are filled with more than 1 correct answer. CR arguments & options are not airtight. I understand that its really tough to make the option choice with such clarity.
Thanks !
The quant tests are tough and simulate gmat like questions, though I find that even though the questions are quite tough, they are still not as deceptive as the actual gmat questions. The verbal part is completely off and I wouldn't recommend the verbal tests. Also the scoring algorithm seems to be a bit weird, though the quant portion is good for practise. Also I have currently been scoring around q 48-50 in gmat club tests and scored q 49 in the actual gmat. So overall you can go for the quant gmat club tests and skip the verbal tests. e- gmat has better verbal questions.
I have never scored below 40 in GMAT quant (including the mahattan tests, veristas tests, GMAT Test Prep, Actual GMATS)
But my score in the quant section of GMAT club tests have been - 34,33,41 and 30! in that order!
when my accuracy was 38% - I got 33 (500 lvl 71%,600 lvl - 33%,700 lvl - 27%)
when my accuracy was 58% - I got 41 (88%,60%,38%)
when my accuracy was 54% - i got a 30 (57%,46%,64%)
I am yet to take my next GMAT but I have absolutely no idea what to expect!
My standard couldnt have gone below what it was already. And the last three test scores have been after 2 months of preparation.
The pros are that the quality of questions are extremely good, really testing.
But once again, the con is, I am not sure how accurate it is. Of you get a good score, then I am sure you will kickass in the actual test, but it really hurts the confidence if your scores are so low constantly.
I just feel the scoring algorithm is a bit off.
Let me answer why question first.
Why you need to have Gmat Club Tests?
1) Great collection of 600-700 and above question , each wrong answer tells you a new way to improve yourself.
2) Questions are as per GMAT , I have tried questions from various sources , what happen sometimes is that they put questions which are irrelevant to GMAT or require lengthy calculations or a theorem specific ---> GMAT club tests are good in that way, I think No Nonsense test better describe them
Note : I will recommend everybody who have tried Gmat test keep them as your collection which you can refer anytime
Now the hard part Why not?
1) I think this what I have read in many reviews and so will you, the scoring algorithm seems to be way off the mark. I got Q47 with 12 questions wrong (seems impossible to me on real one) .
2) The level of questions, again they are of high level , but then that is the problem you don't expect every question to be of that level in GMAT.
3) No full mocks , at least let us test whether we will be able to take complete test in one go or not. They should really work on it.
I don’t know what their basis is for having so hard quant, But it would be great if there test is close to real GMAT, it gives confidence that you can rely upon and that is what you want from a Test. If you know that Test you have given is tough and that’s why your score is good doesn’t make any sense to me but then it is just my opinion
I've used the platform to study from day 1 of my preparation. It's actually useful for the quant. The problems are diverse and some are really difficult getting you even beyond the scope of the actual GMAT Test.
On the Verbal side, there is room for improvement, the platform offer some good question, but some of them are not as qualitative as GMAT question. Administrators should spend sometime going through verbal question. I'll rather have 5 high-quality CAT than 12 acceptable CAT for the Verbal.
Also the platform should offer the opportunity to run a full GMAT mock exam, including Quant, Verbal, IR and AWA.
I have been using gmatclub for quite sometime now and I can say that this is the best resource hands down.'
The number of questions it has and also the quality of questions it has is impeccable.
Also, as a feedback I would say that there dew questions for which the review is not really clear and there are few questions that are very ambiguous and again not clear.
But apart from that the question bank is extremely useful and the whole community is very useful.
To anyone who is preparing for the Gmat, please make sure to go through this website at any cost.
Thank you for your review. I appreciate it!
Sorry if we were not able to match your scores. Let me know what you got on the final GMAT vs. GMAT Club Tests. It would be helpful to know.
Thanks!
BB.