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The GMAT Club practice tests have been somewhat useful in my GMAT prep, but there are a few areas where they fall short. The question bank is extensive, which is a plus, but I found that the difficulty level of the Quantitative section often exceeded that of the actual GMAT. This discrepancy made it hard for me to gauge my true performance.While the Quantitative section can sometimes be a bit more challenging than the actual GMAT, I found this to be beneficial in pushing my limits and preparing me thoroughly. Overall, the GMAT Club practice tests have been an invaluable resource, boosting my confidence and helping me achieve my target score
Strengths:
The Quant section - it tests the advanced concepts that are well within the scope of GMAT
Would make the product better:
It is perfect, don't have any specific recommendation from my end.
It is one of the best adaptive tests amongst all the others in the market. When you reach to a level where tough questions are asked, the questions won't test any out of scope concept, it would rather measure your higher order thinking, which the GMAT tests.
In case you're targeting a Quant score above the 90th percentile, I would strongly recommend to utilise this product.
With respect to the Verbal section, I won't say that it exactly resembles the quality of questions asked on the GMAT, but that's the case with all third party test providers and only official GMATPrep tests do justice to the Verbal section.
Strengths:
Quant Adaptive Test are very good and aligned to actual GMAT pattern. Also, they are in good enough quantity to cover for your entire practice duration.
Would make the product better:
Number of test for Verbal and DI can be improved.
GMAT club Adaptive Test are very good and aligned to actual GMAT pattern. Also, they are in good enough quantity (especially for Quant) to cover for your entire practice duration. Also the interface exactly replicates the official version, which will help you to get used to the test environment.
Also the review window will also help you to review your attempts and change if needed, I did not find this feature in other tests. Sectional and full length tests use same pools of questions, so I Advice to use them wisely. For practice one can use other question banks, instead of using test question pool.
The question pattern in GMAT Club tests is harder than the actual exam so when you are able to get a high accuracy on the in these tests, you can be confident that you will excel in the actual GMAT exam. The question types are very similar to the official questions so it's a good practice ground for anyone. However, it would be slightly more realistic if the very hard questions were mixed in with some medium and hard question which have a shorter question stem in Quant, so that time management is more accurate in line with the actual exam.
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I had significant difficulty completing the verbal and Data Interpretation (DI) sections of the GMAT, often having to guess on the last 4-5 questions due to time pressure. To address this, I used GMAT Club tests for sectional timed practice, which proved to be a crucial resource. These practice tests were essential for refining my timing strategies, particularly for verbal and DI sections, and greatly helped in improving my overall timing and accuracy. For quant, GMAT Club tests were unparalleled, offering the best practice available and helping me figure out the weak areas. Overall, these tests, as sectional practices were instrumental in my GMAT preparation.
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Verified GMAT Focus score:
645 Q79 V85 DI82 (Online)
Would recommend to get the timing issue sorted as you get to try a wide range of questions and materials. The scoring seems to differ quite a bit. Might not rely there. But overall is really helpful to create the test environment. But obviously would recommend to try this only if you need more practice in addition to official gmat tests. I also until I send my accumulated points to get access to gmat focus pro. A really good incentive and also the team opens this up for free on holidays. So do keep a look out for those as well.
Thank you for the review! How were your scores on GMAT Club Tests before you scored 645? Was it close or did we low-ball your scores or inflated them?
Curious how you would rate them. I would guess our DI is much harsher (we are working on it)
Thank you,
BB
These tests are very effective for practice. It has sectional test and full length tests. These tests follow the adaptive technology very similar to the original tests.They are designed to mimic the pacing and difficulty of the actual exams, ensuring that you can track your progress and identify areas that need improvement. Additionally, the detailed analytics provided after each test help you understand your performance better, allowing you to focus your study efforts where they are needed most. The user-friendly interface and realistic question formats make it easy to engage with the material, providing a seamless learning experience. By incorporating various question types and adaptive elements, these tests not only enhance your knowledge but also boost your confidence for the real test day.
Great tests to improve your scores after completing fundamental prep. The difficulty level of these tests especially verbal is much more than the usual GMAT level. This may be welcome for some but may also demotivate a lot folks just starting out. I would definitely recommend this test to anyone looking to achieve a 700+ score. You may feel a little thrown aback by the level of these but you will be much more prepared and comfortable when you come back to GMAT level questions later on. So overall I would 100% recommend this test series to people whole heartedly without any doubt. Also don't pay to much attention to the scores you get but rather focus on the trend of your scores in this test series. As the scores you get on this test maybe much lower than your equivalent GMAT Scores.
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Gmat club is one the best sources to study for gmat and these practice tests are great tools to simulate and practice for the real test. GMAT CLUB Tests have very good difficulty level, more difficult than actual GMAT. This makes it superb, because actual GMAT pressure can never be recreated with mocks, except by making them difficult. The quality of the questions, specially of Quant, is great. Quality of some questions need to be improved. Also Forum discussions are particularly helpful with so many experts helping you out of tight spots. The best part is that we can redeem reward points to access it!!
Overall great and value for money if you are looking for additional practice. The questions in Quant are really cool and has the feature of being adaptive. The final scores are almost close with some error margin as to the GMAT mock scores. In the verbal section, quality of questions can be improved as there might be ambiguity/ uncertainty in some answer options. DI section is pretty good for practice as the number of OG questions in this section are limited. One can either take sectional or full length tests according to the level of our preparation and it can act as a gauge of where you stand in a particular section and acts as a guide for areas to improve.
Thank you for your review and feedback! Appreciate it.
P.S. If you have taken the real GMAT already or have GMAT Prep results, would love to see how those compare for you in terms of scores and hopefully you do much better on the test 🤞
Thank you.