Practice Tests vs. Real GMAT

[rachmak]

Chris,

Thanks for confirming my thoughts on 800score. I'm planning on taking in a month. It'll be the 2nd time and I'm pretty confident this time around. Unfortunately, I feel like i'm running out of CATs to take. I feel like taking the GMATPrep and Powerprep is not as useful since I am starting to see question duplicated. I'm saving my last repeat of the GMATprep for a week before the test. Hopefully the questions won't be as fresh in my mind.

Meanwhile, I need to keep on taking CATs just to get used to the pace and pressure. I'm planning on taking manhattan CATs and Kaplan CATs and try not to look too into the score. You're right, they are good practice and insightful.

Thanks again for the helpful responses

[grafenberg]

what an awful test. i stressed myself for 2 months studying. started out on a kaplan diagnostic at 490. at the time i thought i'd be happy with a 600. but my scores went up pretty consistently.

kaplan 540
kaplan 570
kaplan 590
kaplan 590
powerprep 640
kaplan 590
kaplan 630
powerprep 720

real gmat 650 (Q:40) (V:39) - 83%, with a 6.0 on the written section.
chill out!

GRAFENBERG

btw: everyone on this forum are geeks.

[AJ16]

Haven't taken the real deal yet. Been studying 1 month and I have two more weeks.

Kaplan-2 so far: 590,600
GMAT Prep: 570, 700

That 700 is my latest...I think I'm getting there.

This forum rocks! :-)

[rascal]

hey roller...
How odes one go about getting the 5 tests from crack gmat ...
I was told one has to pay for it ..?
Any advise ?
Thanks
Rascal

[ssuyog]

Hello,

I just gave Manhattan non-adaptive test. I score 600. I am really disappointed. Math section was really difficult. And so was Verbal.

I took PowerPrep yesterday and got 720 ... I am not sure what to believe.

IN last week I have been trying 800Score verbal ... I am getting section score of more than 35 for verbal.

May target is to get more than 700, but now I am tensed, cause everybody in this forum says that Manhattan GMAT is true indicator.

Kindly let me know what you think.

I am taking GMAT this friday.

[coulix]

GMATprep1 530
GMATprep2 610
GMATprep2 reloaded 610 (2 month after) Q41 V30

Real gmat: 540 owned. Q35 V30

[donkey_man_88]

actual - 460

arco paper tests-7460/740/780/790
kaplan dt-750
kaplan cd - 660/640/560/650
did og10th edition
kaplan verbal

Wow, I don't know how that is possible. What was the breakdown of your GMAT Score? If you know the basic priciples, then you should have gotten at least a 600 with those practice test scores. Hmm, take a gmat prep practice test. That will tell you how to attack your problems.

[ilyailienko]

Oct 2006 GMAT paper version 530
Oct MAnhattan GMAT: 560
Nov Manhatta GMAT: 640
Dec Kaplan software: 520
Dec MAnhattan GMAT: 680
Dec Kaplan software: 540
JAn Kaplan software: 540
Jan crackGMAT: 500
Feb 800score software: 620
Feb Kaplan sofware: 550
Feb princeton software: 580

here we go!!!

MArch:
Kaplan (retake): 560
800 score: 620
800 Score: 680
800 score 670
Princeton software 660
800 score sofware: 660
Princeton software 680:

April:
Gmat prep test #1: 640
Princeton: 680
old 800Score: 640
old 800 Score: 660
Princeton: 700
Gmat prep test #1 retake: 660
notes:
notes:
more notes......

May:
Gmat prep #2: 660

[jordan23VT]

iyalenko, how would you compare gmatprep difficulty to real gmat, you did better on the real gmat!!!!

[falu09]

Hi guys,

I am about to write the GMAT for the second time. I wrote it in March 2007 and did not study much. I just reviewed the PR book and did the GMATPrep Practice Tests. My score on the real gmat was 530.

This time I have studied with the OG and Kaplan. I have done 3 Kaplan CAT's and I find the questions a bit difficult. I have spent most of my time with English grammar as my math skills are fairly good. My 3 scores have been:

CAT 1: 530
CAT 2: 540
CAT 3: 550

This scares me a bit because i'm only near the 540 mark, which is very similar to my first attempt at the GMAT 2 months ago. This time around I am a lot more prepared yet I can't seem to do any better. I am going to do the GMATPrep again tonight, but I fear that since I have done a lot of the practice questions in the OG, some of the questions I will have already seen and it may skew my results.

It appears that some feel that the Kaplan CAT's are not a true representation of the real GMAT. Since I have already done the 2 practice exams from GMATPrep, is there another CAT I can download/purchase that is a good representation of the actual GMAT? I write the GMAT on May 15th.