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mascon · 2009 August 18th, 04:37 PM

Today i gave a test on the kaplan software. and throughout the test i was really struggling. and this headache i have also didnt help. but by the end of it, when i checked the scores it was 720 for quant and 590 for verbal. i was like really, are u kiddin me?
720 in quant seemed a joke. since it was my last section and my headache was increasing by the minute i just guessed the last 5 questions. all in all, i did 17 right and 11 wrong. and i still got 720.
there's some problem with the software right? i mean 1310 for that lousy attempt seems ridiculous.

lime · 2009 August 18th, 04:56 PM

Apparently, you did better on first questions than on the last ones. Plus have guessed on questions of high difficulty.

mascon · 2009 August 18th, 05:28 PM

but is the real gre like this also?

and i didnt guess on the difficult ones.....just guessed the last ones...and most of them were wrong. still a 720.

mascon · 2009 August 18th, 05:31 PM

in the 11 that went wrong...6 must the be the last ones that i just left because i couldnt bear it anymore lol

mascon · 2009 August 18th, 06:33 PM

i meant bear* it...hehehe

shrivipha · 2009 August 18th, 06:43 PM

Yeah this is possible in Computer Adapted Test. Your initial questions are more important than the last ones. So I would say, initial 10 are important. Middle 10 are normal, and last 8 not so important.

Having said that, I don't know how accurate Kaplan's algorithm is. So you should try giving PowerPrep, which is very accurate.

2009 August 18th, 04:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
mascon Within my grasp! Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 131	Can this happen? Today i gave a test on the kaplan software. and throughout the test i was really struggling. and this headache i have also didnt help. but by the end of it, when i checked the scores it was 720 for quant and 590 for verbal. i was like really, are u kiddin me? 720 in quant seemed a joke. since it was my last section and my headache was increasing by the minute i just guessed the last 5 questions. all in all, i did 17 right and 11 wrong. and i still got 720. there's some problem with the software right? i mean 1310 for that lousy attempt seems ridiculous.

2009 August 18th, 05:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
mascon Within my grasp! Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 131	in the 11 that went wrong...6 must the be the last ones that i just left because i couldnt bear it anymore lol Last edited by mascon : 2009 August 18th at 06:33 PM.

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2009 August 18th, 04:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
lime Glutton! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Russia Posts: 949	Apparently, you did better on first questions than on the last ones. Plus have guessed on questions of high difficulty.

2009 August 18th, 05:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
mascon Within my grasp! Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 131	but is the real gre like this also? and i didnt guess on the difficult ones.....just guessed the last ones...and most of them were wrong. still a 720.

2009 August 18th, 06:33 PM	#5 (permalink)
mascon Within my grasp! Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 131	i meant bear* it...hehehe

2009 August 18th, 06:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
shrivipha Within my grasp! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 176	Yeah this is possible in Computer Adapted Test. Your initial questions are more important than the last ones. So I would say, initial 10 are important. Middle 10 are normal, and last 8 not so important. Having said that, I don't know how accurate Kaplan's algorithm is. So you should try giving PowerPrep, which is very accurate.

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