rizwan Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Powerprep 1 - 790 Powerprep 2 - 780 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramP232 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 hi, this is my first post,... n a rather long one... :) but hope its useful. just gave my GMAT last morning... scored 720 :) (Q-48, V-42) I have given below the scores i obtained in the practice tests. I work in an MNC and on most occasions my days are quite long...10-14 hours... So i found it quite tough to balance both...moreover i started my preps quite late... But taking the last week off n to just think of GMAT n focussing on test strategies really helped...you need dedicated time to get in the groove. Practice Tests: 1. Powerprep1: 660 2. Powerprep2: 640 3. Powerprep3: 700 4. Kaplan1: 550! 5. Cambridge Review: 680 6. Kaplan2: 560 7. Peterson section tests (section tests are quite helpful. I would recommend that even after you start with your last leg of practice tests, you take a break for a day in between n concentrate on specific sections that you feel you need to improve on.) 8. Kaplan section tests 9. Powerprep: final practice test: 710 (the day before GMAT) From my GRE n TOEFL experience, i have found that the powerprep tests are closest to the real thing... n my final score has always been the score i got in my final powerprep practice test (which i took the day before the final) +/- 20 points. It helps you to know where you stand n also serves as a confidence booster. But i would like to add that the questions in the quant section in yesterday's test were particularly difficult. It was nothing like any of the quant sections i had attempted before. I have always found quant to be quite easy n fun but frankly was quite alarmed when i noticed the difficulty of every question yesterday. So i would suggest that one solves different kinds of problems of varying difficulty...just to get more comfortable so that in case you are faced with a situation where the difficulty level is higher than expected you wouldnt be too perturbed. GOOD LUCK TO ALL! ---RamP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
post2ashish Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Hi guys, i'm facing a problem.. could some one help... When i'm practicing [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip], i find tht i'm able to answer all the Qs in an RC with reasonable time (avg 2 mins or less per Q) but during a Comp-Test, somehow i'm unable to comprehend the RC in one go... & i have to read it again (if not full than a part of it) after reading each Q & before answering it... [any strategy how to avoid this] I have my GMAT scheduled on 24th Aug. Let me share my practice scores... Took the PP1 & kaplan diagnostic during the weekend... startling revelations... got 690 in PP1 (after i have completed the SC part on OG) & 640 in kaplan diagonistic... Before the test i was not at all confident abt my performance in SC but to my astonishment, In both the tests i cud not perform upto the mark in RC & CR whereas i did pretty well in SC.... Also, i'm not able to complete the test in verbal section in due time... in both the tests i could complete only 35-36 Qs before the time ran out... if i can save some time & actually attempt these Qs, i'm sure my score will go up by ~30 points... [could someone share some time saving techs] seems i have worked a lot on SC & now need to work on CR & RC for-a-while ashish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arisnb Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Hi everyone, I've got a question. How to do convert the 800 score test into Gmat score. I got percentile of both math and verbal but can't seem to find the calculator to convert it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
post2ashish Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 GMAT Score Distribution Scr % Scr % Scr % Scr % Scr % Scr % 790 99 690 92 590 67 490 34 390 11 290 2 780 99 680 90 580 64 480 31 380 9 280 2 770 99 670 89 570 61 470 29 370 8 270 1 760 99 660 87 560 57 460 25 360 7 260 1 750 99 650 85 550 54 450 22 350 6 250 1 740 98 640 81 540 50 440 20 340 5 240 1 730 97 630 79 530 45 430 18 330 4 230 0 720 96 620 77 520 44 420 16 320 3 220 0 710 95 610 74 510 40 410 14 310 2 210 0 700 93 600 70 500 37 400 12 300 2 200 0 Verbal Scaled Score Distribution Scr % Scr % Scr % Scr % Scr % Scr % 59 99 49 99 39 89 29 56 19 16 9 1 58 99 48 99 38 85 28 51 18 15 8 0 57 99 47 99 37 83 27 45 17 12 7 0 56 99 46 99 36 81 26 43 16 9 6 0 55 99 45 99 35 76 25 38 15 7 5 0 54 99 44 97 34 72 24 35 14 6 4 0 53 99 43 97 33 69 23 30 13 4 3 0 52 99 42 96 32 67 22 28 12 2 2 0 51 99 41 93 31 61 21 24 11 2 1 0 50 99 40 90 30 59 20 20 10 1 0 0 Math Scaled Score Distribution Scr % Scr % Scr % Scr % Scr % Scr % 59 99 49 91 39 57 29 25 19 7 9 1 58 99 48 87 38 55 28 23 18 6 8 1 57 99 47 83 37 52 27 20 17 4 7 1 56 99 46 80 36 48 26 18 16 4 6 0 55 99 45 78 35 43 25 15 15 4 5 0 54 99 44 74 34 41 24 14 14 3 4 0 53 99 43 71 33 39 23 12 13 2 3 0 52 99 42 67 32 35 22 10 12 2 2 0 51 99 41 64 31 31 21 9 11 1 1 0 50 96 40 62 30 29 20 8 10 1 0 0 hope this helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmatguy Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 hi pp1 670 pp2 700 pr 1 650 kap 1 570 kap 2 560 kap 3 560 rea 1 690 rea 2 670 actual gmat.... will give the exam in 2 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Satin Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Kaplan 1 (1999 version) - 530 Kaplan 2 (1999 version) - 570 (I couldn't finish either sections in time...actually left about 8-10 questions blank) Princeton (free one online)- 700 800Score test 2 (paid $29.99 for it) - 780 (the math part is a waste of time. I got a 58 on the math and it took less than 50 minutes to finish...do not recommend) PowerPrep 1 - 740 Actual GMAT - 690 (and still a little bitter but getting over it) just a warning in case you didn't see it in the other threads. The math part on the actual GMAT was much harder than expected. I think to best prepare for the GMAT now is to get the most recent [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip]. The old ones may give a false sense of security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soummo1998 Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 I was wondering whether someone could give me some insight as far as how you were scoring in the practice questions in the [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] prior to taking your actual GMAT. I'm taking the GMAT in a week's time and am scoring about 7 out of 10 on the SC under timed conditions and about 8 to 8.5 out of 10 on RC and CR. On Verbal, I generally can score about 9 out of 10 on PS and 8 out of 10 on DS. Just wondering if one really needs to be in the 9 out of 10 average for all question categories to be able to score above 700 on the GMAT. Thanks in advance for your time to answer my question and offer any other advice that you may have based on your experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitinag Posted September 27, 2004 Share Posted September 27, 2004 Real GMAT - 720 Powerprep 1- 700 Powerprep 2 - 720 Kaplan (diagnostic) - 700 Kaplan 1 - 650 Kaplan 2 - 590 Princeton - 700 ARCO - 700-740 (2 tests - same range) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haddock Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Real GMAT - 710 Powerprep 1- 710 Powerprep 2 - 750 Kaplan (diagnostic) - 700 Kaplan 1 - 580 Kaplan 2 - 640 Princeton - 670,710, 730 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I3aron Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 I am a little relieved when I see most people's Kaplan scores are 60-100 points below their actual GMAT. Can't tell how frustrated I was after taking the first Kaplan CAT -- didn't finish all the questions and got 640. Got a little better in the next two Kaplan tests -- 680 and 710. But I suspect Kaplan gradually lowers the difficulty level in subsequent tests to artificially boast the scores, not sure if anyone else has the same feeling. :) I scored on two Powerprep tests 710 and 750. Will take GMAT on Columbus day and let you guys know my score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschnab Posted October 9, 2004 Share Posted October 9, 2004 Real GMAT 45 math 33 verbal 640 practice tests in order that I took them Kaplan diagnostic 610 kaplan CATS 580-640 range Crack GMAT Tests 47 math 41 verbal 710 42 math 30 verbal 590 43 math 37 verbal 650 48 math 36 verbal 680 49 math 35 verbal 680 49 math 42 verbal 740 (took this test a month before so remembered some Qs) I am a little discouraged since I was shooting for upper 600s and only wanted to take it once. I will take it again though. The only resource I haven't exhausted is the Official Guide which people seem to think is a good resource on this site. Knew my verbal would be kind of low and usually my math score makes up for it, but I found the math on the real GMAT harder than I was expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajisiva Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Hi, Did you take the GMAT...?? I am in the same state as you are. Have done a lot of practice but still score is not improving. ANy tips for me ? Raji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tito Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 Hi Chad, Quick question. How did u get the 800 Math test (download) 90%? Cheers T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEMON Posted October 22, 2004 Share Posted October 22, 2004 Kaplan CAT's 550-600 Princeton CAT's 670-690 Arco Gold CAT's 670-690 Actual GMAT 680 44Q 40V Considering writing it again. Very unnerving experience. This forum has been very useful and has helped me strive towards 700 plus scores. This is an actual question from the exam. It took me by surprise as there were alot of steps involved and I didn't understand what was required at first. After the exam I thought about it and figured it out. (Not exact wording. Exact wording was more complicated) There exists a cylinder with radius of 5 and height of 25. What is the ratio of the area of the two face of of the cylinder to it's entire surface area? Answer: 25pi+25pi/250pi+50pi =50pi/300pi =1/6 I almost cancelled my score but learned that it is very difficult to tell where you stand and the only time you should ever cancel is if you miss more than 4 or five questions. I am very disappointed with the verbal score. In my panic after the quant section I forgot that there were 41 q's and not 37 on the verbal. I took 6 minutes on #37 thinking it was my last question and then realized that I had four questions to go and 2 minutes left. Had to guess at all four. Probably would have cracked 700 otherwise. I am applying to Canadian universities and the average gmat scores are 625-640 for our best schools. I don't think I need to rewrite. Piece of advice think of it as a contest and challenge yourself against all the smart mothers who post their 700+ scores on this forum. Peace and good luck. Erin I'd like to thank you fro starting this forum, it helped me challenge myself. :tup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_shekhar Posted October 24, 2004 Share Posted October 24, 2004 DEMON, I have GMAT on 9th oct. i fared very bad in KAP test just 590...though i realised that i cud do better with little caution. can u gimmie some advise based upon ur experience? how close was the test to OG? and to KAP. some where in between? if [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] is 10 and KAP is 15 where is ACTUAL GMAT? 12.5??? Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEMON Posted October 27, 2004 Share Posted October 27, 2004 Steve, With a 590 on Kap you'll score high 600's if you can handle the pressure whilst writing this torturous exam. The admissions council seems to be testing your ability to perform under the gun. I think that Kaplan makes there tests considerably harder than the actual exam to motivate students to study. The [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] is good practice and helps you learn the necessary concepts, however I caution you NOT to rely on the actual exam to be anywhere near as easy as the GMAT. My advice.... I think half the battle is learning the scoring algorithim that GMAC uses and then adjusting your strategy accordingly. Also make sure that you take at least 12-15 practice exams. Try the Princeton and Arco Gold exams, they'lll help to build your confidence and give an excellent indication of where you stand. Peace out and good luck... PS. Don't freaking run out of time and make the stupid ass mistake I made on the verbal section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersoulfighter Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 the link for the 800score tests is only for the sample gmat section...does anyone know where i can get all the tests to download? please help...i have my gmat in 6 days and i've only done 5 tests so far..was averaging 560...now im hitting 640 and need 700...please reply sos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nalinig Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Kaplan - 560, 640, 600, 590 Princeton - 670 PP - 740, 770 ( half the questions were repeats of [tooltip=Official Guide]OG[/tooltip] or paper tests ) Paper tests - 700 - 740 actual GMAT - 780 -( V48, Q50) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_deb Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Real GMAT : on 27th Dec '04. Prep : Day 1 on 23rd Nov '04. Tests : KAPLAN : 610 (78th percentile) :confused: This score is a real turn off. I desperately need to push this score up, and with a 6 day week work schedule, I have to squeaze in a prep schedule in some way. ADVICE people!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatu Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 Hi Guys My name is Tatu and i am a software consultant working for Accenture in Bangalore India.I need your(all) suggestion on ideally how much you need to prepare for GMAT.(in HRS or weeks). I have been preparing for past 10 weeks with almost 24 hrs a week.But still iam not able to score more than 620 on my practice tests. I took kaplan(540)..ETS(620). So do you Guys think that i should take some more time and take all the tests.Iam targetting score around 700-720.My weakness is RC and DS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahaveloramaro Posted November 30, 2004 Share Posted November 30, 2004 Hello y'all: thanks for the many advices. I want to make you aware of an undocumented feature of GMAT test. I took the AWA without problem. I had 5 minutes break between the AWA and the Quant. I took the Quant. without problem. Went for another 5 minutes break. Because the test site was over crowded, I have had to stay in line to wait for my turn to use a uni-sex bathroom...so my break became about 15 to 20 minutes. When I went back to resume the test at the Verbal section, I had like 50 minutes only! It appears as if the computer computed all breaks against my time. Result: Q=40; V=23; GMAT=590. Has this happened to anyone else? If I were not taking a break at all, would the computer add 10 minutes (2 times 5 minutes) to my overall GMAT time? In which section would the time be added: verbal I assume? Thanks for giving your opinion on this. M. Rama Ro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alok_nayak Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Kaplan 2005 Paper Test 670 Arco book Paper Test Diagnostic 640 Test 1 650 Test 2 700 Test 3 670 PP1(One week before the test) 710 Test 4 720 Test 5 720 PP2(One day before the test) 710 GMAT 720 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frgmat Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Hi, Kaplan diagnostic 620 Kaplan CAT 1 590 Arco 670-690 PowerPrep1 610 Princeton 620 Princeton3 730 Kaplan CAT 2 560 Paper Terst 620-640 PowerPrep2 690 over a one month period. Real GMAT Today: (12/3/2004): 680 Thanks to everyone in this forum. It helped me to keep up with the motivation. I am convinced that I could perform a better score (>700) at a second test. But 680 is good enough for the MBAs that I am targeting. To all soon-to-be GMAT test takers: Powerprep CAT is one of the best way to measure your real score. And for the Real GMAT: questions are easier than what you might fear, but in fact, your real enemy is stress, not Gmat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_deb Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 Took the GMAT on 27th Dec at Bangalore, India. Actual GMAT : - 760 (Q 51 99%, V 41 93%) :tup: Other scores, in order, latest first : - Princeton CD test 4 : - 720 (After completing OG) Princeton CD test 3 : - 730 Kaplan CD test 4 : - 630 Kaplan CD test 3 : - 660 IMS MaxGMAT CD test 1 : - 690 (Never use these, irrelevant) Kaplan CD test 2 : - 660 Princeton CD test 2 : - 710 Powerprep CD test 2 : - 770 (After 10 % OG) Powerprep CD test 1 : - 740 (Before OG) Kaplan book - paper test : - 710 Kaplan CD diagnostic : - 710 Kaplan CD test 1 : - 610 Total preparation time : - 5 weeks. Satisfied with the outcome!!! Thanks a ton to this website!!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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