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In my experience I found gmatclub tests to be good but not great. The reason? Its more quant oriented. If you want unlimited supply of tough quant questions, gmatclub is an amazing resource. Though I didn't it extensively as I already scored a Q51 in quant!
My pain area was verbal and I found it OK. Its good for practise sake but it could have been better. Explanations sometimes keep asking me for more. May be because I'm relatively weak in Verbal. Anyways, I would recommend gmatclub Quant for any1 who is absolutely through with the basics and is looking for some good quality practise. Getting Q50-51 in quant is very much possible if you practise enough and gmatclub is a great resource. For verbal don't consider gmatclub as a primary resource though its good for additional practise.
These tests are really very helpful for you to practice questions of all difficulty types. It includes a lot of tricky questions which prepares you to tackle any sort of difficulty you might face during your exam. I really liked the way you get a detailed score analysis of your test and see how other people have fared in the questions compared to you. And the best part is while i review my answers i can see the detailed solution right there along with the forum discussion where people discuss alternative answers. The only thing i would suggest is to increase the number of verbal tests so that everyone gets a good practice with the verbal section too..
GMAT Club Test QUANTS: There are around 1300 hundred questions in quant section with low, medium and high difficulty levels. These questions are one step above the Real GMAT questions. Questions comprises every concepts of questions tested in real GMAT. Most of the questions are above average difficulty levels. From every question, you will get something new. Most of the questions are not seen anywhere else and created very intelligently including small small tricks. The solutions given by Bunuel are brilliant and tests basic concepts.Also the discussions are very helpful.To score Quant 50 or 51, these tests are highly recommended.
Verbal: I have gone through the SC questions which are build on the GMAT concepts but real GMAT verbal questions are little different wordings which makes them little difficult. I have done some CR questions which look pretty much similar to real GMAT. The verbal tests have a scope for improvement.
The Interface is similar to the GMAT exams and works very well.
Background: I have had consistent Q49 in all the other mock tests that I took. I was not able to break that roadblock.
Post GMAT Club Tests: I took GMAT Club quant tests and now I am able to break into Q50/Q51
What changed? : You just need to hit the right set of questions and GMAT Club tests ensures that. GMAT club tests offer extensive collection of great Quant questions (700+). The initial few tests I was able to get into Q49 but I made sure I go through the details of solutions provided by bunuel, and boy, there were many hidden shortcuts I never knew. After the 4th test I was able to see patterns and was able to come with a strategy for my weak sections.
Portal: The entire portal is very user friendly, especially the Quizzes part as you can easily choose to attack your weak sections. This will help a lot to those who want to achieve Q50/Q51 as they have some great bunch of Probability/P&C/Inequality questions.
Verbal Section? : Would recommend to do with the tests directly as the question bank is not as extensive as Quant's. (You loose out on great tests if you exhaust questions in Quizzes)
To sum it up, go for Quant Practice and Verbal Tests. Give at least 5 individual tests to see improvement.
I have been using GmatClub Tests for the past one/two weeks. So far, it has been an excellent resource for my preparation. With, over 25 Quants and 9 Verbal Tests, we have an exhaustive list of test material. I am able to see a lot of tough Quants questions in GmatClub Tests compared to those of Official GMATPrep Software. The performance analysis, offered by GmatClub is of great help. I am able to identify what my strengths and weaknesses are, where i am losing a lot of time and where I have to concentrate to improve my score.
Kudos to bb, Bunuel and the GmatClub Team:)
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Hi Team,
Let me get straight to the point. I will review the tests based on sectional.
1)Quantitative:
I am pleased with the quality of the questions( especially 700 level) . You get a 47 above in these tests and it is sure of Q51 in the main exam. Having given the test twice(scored Q50 both times), I am quite sure how the questions would be in the actual exam. 700 level questionsof GMAT club tests are close in logic to the actual 700 level questions you can get in the main exam.
However, the lack of adaptiveness of the tests is bit disappointing. As we know, GMAT is a mental game. Simulating the exam conditions by adopting a adaptive algorithm is crucial I believe. It doesnt make sense to get a 600 level question in the last 5 minutes when you are doing really well.
2.Verbal:
Again the quality of questions is very good. But the number of questions is too low(compared with quant). A person like me who is weak at verbal( which is most of the cases) is not that benefited from GMAT club verbal tests. I would suggest developing more verbal questions so that everyone gets benefited.Put yourself in my shoes!! what will you think when you see 25 quantitative tests and ONLY 8 verbal tests side by side.Again the adaptive algorithm is missing.
Best thing about the tests is that it's User Interface is same as that of GMAT. It gives a feel of accustomed to the test .
I am currently seeking a 2 week extend to my subscription as I am giving the GMAT again on oct8th,2016.
P.S:
I criticise only when I feel the other party deserves an imrovement i.e they are currently doing good and be dominant with further improvement.
Excuse me in case i sound too harsh.
But since Jan,2015 I am a big fan of GMATclub and love to be always.
Thanks,
Vijay Suman Nunna.
The Quants Tests are very accurate , however the Verbal tests have questions whose solutions are somewhat debatable (even in forums) especially the sentence correction questions. The verbal tests have a scope for improvement and the score is not so accurate. On the other hand Would definitely recommend the practice test to gauge your level in Quants. In practice tests I was getting 49 in quants and got a 48 on the real GMAT. The solutions by Bunuel are brilliant and they test your basic understanding of the topics. You can always take away something from each question and the takeaways definitely helps on questions of higher difficulty.
It is good to solve questions of high quality. It opens up opportunities to learn a lot more than one could have imagined. Tricky quant problems that tickle one's brain is what I was looking for. GMAT Club Tests sure does have quite a lot of such problems.
CATs doesn't really seem to be "the CAT". I know GMAT club has its own algorithm, may be it helps if someone wants to take a traditional CAT with such questions.
When reviewing the tests I felt that it would be nice to show the percentage of people answered for each answer choice. Currently, it only shows the percentage correct and incorrect.
Overall very happy to have taken these tests.
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Pros:
- Enough CAT(specially for Quant) to prepare (You won't need more than this)
- a lot of High Difficulty Level questions
- Good environment for practice (you can zoom it to fit your screen and then press F11) 👌
- Graphs and stuff
Cons:
- Limited Verbal CATs (I am going to reset the exams to practice verbal more)
- No RC questions in the last 2 CATs (but I guess it was a glitch)
- sometime not enough OG like detailed explanation
- People arguing and doubting the answers making explanation of answer confusing. (I am not saying they shouldn't, it just makes you doubt the validity of the explanation)
👍 I recommend GMAT CLUB tests over tests provided by any other online service however there is always some space for improvement.
Math Tests are amazing. I would recommend GMAT Club Math Tests to everyone preparing for GMAT. The verbal tests are very less in number and there a few questions which are very confusing in verbal. I would suggest GMAT club admins to work in the Verbal part as the Math part is already very amazing. Math CATs are an excellent blend of all levels of questions. Plus, the Quiz and collections feature in the subscription is excellent. It provides you the flexibility to create test based on your need. The software is almost a replica of Real GMAT and the Math questions are at par with the real GMAT test. I would suggest everyone to subscribe to these tests.
Hi,
I think I'm also in a similar situation. Can you please tell me from where did you practice for Verbal? Do you happen to know any Verbal oriented test series? Just like how GMAT club is Quant oriented. Thanks.
Best is to use the official GMAT Test Pack and Question Pack. For more practise I used e-GMAT scholaranium.