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Chad · 2004 March 9th, 04:54 PM

I'm completely stressed,

I've been studying for the GMAT for 3 months now.

I'm going to write the GMAT next week.

PP1 - 700
PP2 - 720
REA - 730
Kaplan Diagnostics 650
Kaplan GMAT 1 - 520
Kaplan GMAT 2 - 560
800 Math test (download) 90%

All of the practice excercises I've done on the Kaplan V.5 I've done very well usually above 80% (it doesn't scale the score). But I keep getting killed on the Actual practice GMAT CAT for kaplan. I mean even when I go through their answers, it takes me 4-5 minutes per question to write it all down sometimes. Their reading comprehension questions are ALL filled with words which are completely greek to me (nouns and Verbs) which makes it almost impossible to find the purpose, scope etc.

I am soooo stressed, should I postpone, I'm shooting for at least a 690 and I don't want to have to repeat it.

Does anyone know if the Kaplan software is set up to give you harder questions if you do reasonably well on the diagnostics? I'm thinking of erasing the diagnostics and seeing if the CAT gives me different questions (Easier). I've also been going through the Kaplan 800 book and even THESE questions are much easier than the ones I'm getting when I do the full GMAT CAt in Kaplan!!!
AAAGGUGUGUGGHHHGUUGHGG!!!!!!

2004 March 9th, 04:54 PM	#18 (permalink)
Chad Eager! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 59	I'm completely stressed, I've been studying for the GMAT for 3 months now. I'm going to write the GMAT next week. PP1 - 700 PP2 - 720 REA - 730 Kaplan Diagnostics 650 Kaplan GMAT 1 - 520 Kaplan GMAT 2 - 560 800 Math test (download) 90% All of the practice excercises I've done on the Kaplan V.5 I've done very well usually above 80% (it doesn't scale the score). But I keep getting killed on the Actual practice GMAT CAT for kaplan. I mean even when I go through their answers, it takes me 4-5 minutes per question to write it all down sometimes. Their reading comprehension questions are ALL filled with words which are completely greek to me (nouns and Verbs) which makes it almost impossible to find the purpose, scope etc. I am soooo stressed, should I postpone, I'm shooting for at least a 690 and I don't want to have to repeat it. Does anyone know if the Kaplan software is set up to give you harder questions if you do reasonably well on the diagnostics? I'm thinking of erasing the diagnostics and seeing if the CAT gives me different questions (Easier). I've also been going through the Kaplan 800 book and even THESE questions are much easier than the ones I'm getting when I do the full GMAT CAt in Kaplan!!! AAAGGUGUGUGGHHHGUUGHGG!!!!!!