Practice Tests vs. Real GMAT

[spkapileshwar]

Real GMAT : 740

Kaplan and PR Diagnostic (before any prep) – 680/700
Kaplan CAT 1 (during books prep) – 640
Kaplan CAT 2 (during books prep) – 630
Kaplan CAT 3 (during books prep) – 630
Princeton Review CAT 1 (during books prep) – 690
Princeton Review CAT 2 (during books prep) – 700
Princeton Review CAT 3 (during books prep) – 670
Power Prep1 (before any prep) – 700
Power Prep 2 (2 days before the test) – 780. This may be skewed, because I did this after Official Guide.
Kaplan CAT 4 (day before the test) – 700
GMAT Paper tests (8 in all, after all books) – 740-800 (range)

Here is my prep plan and other information:

http://www.urch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19555 (740 on GMAT - 50Q, 40V)

[Sibali]

hi all
i am preparing for GMAT and getting scores like these in the practise tests

PR online tests ( 550 to 570)
PR CD (550 to 580)
Kaplan Online CAT - 560
Kaplan CD CAT 1 - 560
ETS paper tests 650-670
PP 1 after finishing Official Guide -620

AND my target score is 600.

Now i have few questions.
1. I heard that PR tests r easier than Kaplan then y my scores are not higher in the PR tests ? Are PR test scores reliable ? I am confused . I heard PR tests r easier than GMAT too.
2. what is my prob of getting a 600 .

[whyamidoingthis]

Kaplan CAT1/2/3/4 = 560/580/600/580
Power Prep : 730/720
Actual GMAT 730

[Bogey3737]

Actual GMAT 730(Q46, V44)

Practice Tests (in order taken):

Kaplan Diagnostic 690 (Q41, V45)
Kaplan CAT 1 600 (Q36, V36)
Kaplan CAT 2 580 (Q34, V36)
Power Prep CAT 1 700 (Q44, V41)
Power Prep CAT 1 720 (Q47, V42)

[GmatGnat]

GMAT: 730 (Q49 V40)


Practice exams (in no particular order):

Kaplan diagnostic exam: 660 (Q45, V41)
Kaplan online exam: 690 (Q51, V33)
Kaplan practice exam: 740 (Q48 V50)
Kaplan 1: 730 (Q42 V40)
Kaplan 2: 700 (Q44 V39)
Kaplan 3: 780 (Q50 V50)
Kaplan 4: 730 (Q46 V40)
PowerPrep 1: 670 (Q42 V40)
PowerPrep 2: 690 (Q44 V40)
PowerPrep 1 (again): 770 (Q50 V46)

[jin00V]

Real1:670
test score: none.(I hadn't still finish the Official Guide yet at that time)

Real: 760(Q50,V42)
test score:
KAPLAN diagnostic test-730(I can't remember the exact scores of the two parts, but the score of Q was lower and M was little bit higher than actual scores. My Q score can be ignored cous I just selected some answers randomly....My only concern was verbal...)
Prep: none.(I just used this for adapting the font size of reading comprehension.)

My thought:kaplan test is good to indicate your status...

[RNAMAN]

Real GMAT - 740 (49Q, 41V)

PP1 - 700

PP2 - 750 (after Official Guide except DS)

Kaplan CAT - 570, 580, 560, 600

[alakshma]

GMAT: 760 (99 %ile) Q 50 (95 %ile) V 42 (96 %ile)

Practice tests
Week Test Q NumberWrong V NumberWrong (SC/reading comprehension/critical reasoning) Score
1 Princeton Diagnostic 48 2 39 7(2,4,1) 730
3 Kaplan Diagnostic 47 2 40 9 (6/2/1) 720
4 PP1(before OG) 51 0 42 7(2/3/2) 770
5 Kaplan1 50 3 37 12 670
6 Peterson1 50 3 57 7(2/3/2) 790
6 Kaplan2 50 3 36 12(2/5/5) 650
7 Kaplan3 50 1 35 13 650
7 Peterson2 50 3 39 7 690
8 PP2(after OG) 51 0 45 3(2/1/0) 780

[abelhna]

Hello guys,
My name is Aniss and I'm from the Kingdom of Morocco...
Practice Tests:
The first test on the GMAT CD: 620
The second test: 650 (two weeks of preparation)
Real GMAT: 610........

[bmanoj99]

GMAT: 710 (94 %ile) Q 47 (81 %ile) V 40 (91 %ile)

Practice tests

Kaplan1 - 540
Kaplan2- 550
Kaplan3- 630
Kaplan4- 570
Online Kaplan - 700
Online Princeton - 580
Practice Tests (28,37,48,52,55) - 600 to 650

PP1( After OG) - 750
PP2(After OG) - 740

Real GMAT - 710