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I have given the GMATClub tests on various holidays and during a week of free trial upon subscribing to GMATClub's Youtube Channel.
The tests are pretty good and are in a similar format when compared with the official exam, the tests are customisable which is a major pro as it allows you to attack the weaknesses and customise it according to one's different needs and expectations.
The post test diagnosis allows for best in class analysis and understanding for a test taker. It allows the test taker to understand where he/she got wrong, what should be the approach to the problem and how he/she can improve on the same.
The test scores are also a good indicator of overall preparedness but the verbal tests are a little off.
I received access to the test for 25 kudos and solved them constantly during the last 3 months. The good thing about the GMAT Club test is that there are over 30 (quant +verbal) tests available.
Quant section is harder than most of the OG question and much trickier; however, its seems question bank for each test is limited and once you solved most of the hard question it will start showing 500 level question. This seems unrealistic to me since I guess in real GMAT test will maintain giving hard questions if you solve hard questions correctly. Besides, once you solve enough questions you will get familiar with what the GMATCLUB tests, the patterns sometimes repeat making it easier to solve.
The verbal section is poorly constructed and not representative of the real GMAT. Test makers often make unwarranted assumptions and test some obscure stuff.
This was my brief review of the test. Overall it is worth try you have enough prep time and run out of questions!
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Verified GMAT Classic score:
680 Q49 V33 (Online)
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I have given all 9 verbal tests in GMAT Club and 3 Quant tests, and can say the scores and difficultly level has been fairly indicative of my actual capability. Though I would caution to supplement this with other platforms e.g., MGMAT, Veritas which are slightly better
As other test series, GMAT club also pools these tests from a common pool of questions. At start, the quality was extremely good for 3-4 tests where I consistently scored V34-36, this was also my score on other platforms e.g., MGMAT, Kaplan. But then suddenly scores dropped to 25s, which demotivated me big time. I was consistently given 700+ questions (almost 60-70% of test) - I liked the practice but then the scores didnt mean much in my mind. Subsequent tests felt quite easy where I even went to V43, and of course was pleasantly surprised with this. But again I knew this wasnt my level cause I wasn't scoring it on other platforms. I assume something is wrong with their algorithm as my friend faced similar issue. But overall the quality of questions are good, and explanations satisfactory.
I scored Q50 consistently in my Quant - I was scoring similar on GMAT prep and MGMAT platform, so I think this is fine and nothing to highlight
Excellent source for quant questions. Probably the best source, if I may. But there are way too many ambiguous questions in verbal that might demoralise you, if the team can sort those questions out, then it’ll be amazing. However the quant tests alone are incredible value for money so that works out. The scoring is also a bit on the lower side, if you get a Q45, that would translate to roughly a Q49 on the actual test, so keep that score deflation in mind. The difficulty gradient is also very good as you get plenty of 700+ questions that test your core concepts rather than make you brute force your way through.
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Kudos: 423
Verified GMAT Classic score:
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The question sets are very good especially for quants. The question level is a bit higher than OG for quants in my opinion but its a good practice. There are many quant exams so you can get a good practice.
Verbal overall is ok. Some of the questions are really good, some are ok.
The only problem is that if you take many quants tests, many hard questions will be exhausted and you will start getting relatively easier questions even if you get questions correct. ( Compared to initial exams ) But the GMAT club team keeps adding more questions so it will resolve on its own in my opinion. Cheers!
I have been using the GMAT Club tests and questions for a month – on and off. The User interface is GMAT like. The questions are not the run-of-the mill type. I have learnt a lot by just attempting around 120 questions, and am looking forward to remaining the rest of the questions.
The questions have stats that tell us how many people have attempted the question, the time taken and links to the GMAT club discussions, which show us different ways in which others have done the question.
A small draw back is that we have to select a certain number of questions – max being 50. By default 5 is selected. Many a time, I have put in a number greater than 5 – but somehow it just resets ot 5 – costing me 1 valuable test.
I definitely recommend giving this a try.
Pros:
The quality of questions is high.
More advanced 700+ PS questions
Advanced DS questions.
Verbal is above average.
The mix of genres in RC is excellent.
GMAT like UI.
Analysis of the test is excellent.
Cons :
The Scoring & Algorithm is not perfect.
Balancing of difficulties in Verbal and Quant is necessary.
No full-length test facility.
Some CR questions are not up to the standards.
Overall, It is good for beginners to improve their sectional scores.
Don't just go by their scoring, I guess that algorithm might not be efficient, Just evaluate your responses and compare across the previous test.
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i recently bought the club test and found to be useful. you need yo reset the question pool if you have solved all the question bank .
The algorithm is not up to the mark and as they say you cant replicate GMAT scenario. but it is still a good option to make sure we dont get bogged down by the time in the actual GMAT exam. so it is a good bet for those who would like to explore
Hope it helps and i would like people to go through thr question bank with respect to difficulty levels
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sandeep kumar
Hi Guys,
I enrolled for GMAT Club Test series recently and here is my review for the same.
Full Length Tests
Sectional Tests - Quant (25), Verbal (9)
The overall quality of the test series is really good, specially quants. Though I felt that there were more 700+ questions than sub600 and 600-700, but again it prepares you for better.
Verbal questions and progression was really good. I actually felt it to be an adaptive one.
One point here is that I felt the scoring to be on lower side. Even after getting 9 questions incorrect I landed up at a V33, while in official mock generally its around V37-38. But other than that the tests are well recommended to everyone who are looking to boost their sectional skills.
I got complimentary access to GMAT club tests along with the purchase of e-GMAT course.
I strongly recommend the tests for quant, they are very similar to the real stuff only slightly tougher.
If you can crack a Q45+ on the GMAT club tests you should be able to crack a Q48+ on the real thing.
The other great thing is that you don't need to maintain an error log and the analytics/dashboards provide in depth analysis.
I have given it a rating of 4/5 because of the Verbal not being at par with the Quant but still better than a lot of other tests out there.
I would highly recommend that you add this to your list of studying material.