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Hi there,
being new in this forum I started to read a lot of the posts here. right now I am wondering if I prepared wrong for my GMAT on next saturday.
my preparation was based on the Princton Reviews "Cracking the GMAT" and the GMAC Official GMAT Review (11th edition). I did not make any preparation test, just the diagnostic tests (which resulted in being average in Q and a little above average in V)
the plan is to finish the big yellow book (GMAC) until Wednesday and starting than the online tests and the GMAT prep software to get used to the test situation.
all in all I believe there is now way of "pretesting" your real score. I don't think that there is a general rule...
Keeping in mind that
- some questions in my real test won't be added to my score because they are for “GMAC evaluation for future test”,
- no paper based test can be that realistic because of the fact that the software offers an easier question if you got a difficult question wrong
- for test takers who’s mothers tongues is not English some “easy” questions are more difficult because of vocabulary, so it depends also on a little luck getting questions you understand first linguistic before starting to find the right answer
- every testday can be different…being in a good mood, bad mood, having a headache…
So a tip from someone who maybe has not the experience to give to tips: relax! Noone can tell you how the real GMAT will be (I guess). Just prepare the basics (1x1=2) J, get to know how the situation will be on the test day and relax. Thinking in the way of Nike: JUST DO IT!
Maybe I’ll have a different opinion after taking my test next Saturday, but right now I can tell you only that I think this is a good way of not making myself insane. To help some of you: My scores of the example questions of the GMAC review are horrible. I always do 60 questions in one of “my sessions” and usually between 15 and 25 questions of 60 are wrong in all sections. So what? What would that mean on the real GMAT? Who knows…So: JUST DO IT!
The GMAT is not testing your ability to Q and V but to your ability to test the GMAT. Don’t make yourself crazy. There is always some kind of luck involved…I guess…and hope J
If there is someone who knows it better I would be very thankful for help and hints J
HJS
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