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Erin

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Hello, guys!

 

GMAT, can you please forward the GMAT sets verbal material to mirbegovic@yahoo.com ?? THANKS!! :tup:

 

 

I`ve been preparing for the GMAT since May, aiming 700.

I felt I was doing a good job until I took ETS GMAT Prep 1 and scored 660 (q49, V31).

I scored about 700 on most paper tests, and Verbal was 35 at least.

I took the real GMAT a year ago and scored 590. The Verbal was 31!

This discouraged me a lot, but now I can see that many of you scored 20-50 points lower on GMAT Prep 1 than on the real test.

GMAT Prep 1 surprised me with many tough Quant questions, although I have done a ton of practice q`s including OG11. I got Q49 with 14 incorrect answers!

Will the real GMAT Q section be as surprising as this GMATPrep`s section?

Please tell me, I am lacking self-confidence and that could destroy me on the test in 15 days!

Thank you very much!!

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  • 2 weeks later...

Ok, so lurker for a while, but this forum has helped out a lot. Here are my scores (I've realized none of the practice scores matter except for the GMAT Prep)

 

Kaplan: 670, 660, 670, 600

PR: 730, 660, 690

Kaplan Online: 720

MGMAT: 630, 740, 710

GMATPrep:

740 (V: 41, Q: 48) (some repeats)

730 (V: 42, Q: 47) (some repeats)

Re-install:

730 (V: 42, Q: 48) (a lot of repeats)

760 (V: 43, Q: 50) (a lot of repeats)

 

Actual Gmat (today!)

750 (V: 44, Q: 49)

 

Damn I'm excited!

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Kaplankap-Diagnostic 610

Kaplankap-Full Length 600

Ivy Leagueivy-Free GMAT 580

Kaplankap-Online 1 680

Kaplankap-Online 2 680

MBAGMATPrep 1 660

MBAGMATPrep 2 620

Crack-GMATCrack-Diagnostic 585

800Score800-1 700

800Score800-2 610

800Score800-3 650

MBAPowerPrep 1 700

800Score800-4 650

MBAGMATPrep 1 Reinstalled 730

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I am a bit baffled by the scoring logic of PowerPrep and PR

Last week I wrote PR-1 and got 720 Q51,V39 ( 5 wrong in Quant and 8 wrong in verbal)

Yesterday I wrote PP-1 and got 720 Q50,V36 ( 2 wrong in quant , in verbal 9 incorrect answers)

Verbal was quite tough and got a BF in my 7-8th question, which I did correct, still got a score of 36 ??

I thought PP to be same as real GMAT but as per the real GMAT scoring logic, 9 incorrect answers in Verbal must get a score of 40 in verbal :(

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Here were my results:

 

Both Kaplan and Princeton are the 2007 editions.

 

PR 1: 570

PR 2: 590

PR 3: 560

PR 4: 540

 

Kaplan 1: 560

Kaplan 2: 530

Kaplan 3: 550

Kaplan 4: 540

 

GMAT Prep 1: 680

GMAT Prep 2: 700

 

Actual GMAT: 660 86% (Q44 73%,V38 85%)

 

I thought I did well on the test and was expecting around a 700 but I guess I was wrong. I was expecting something like a Q41,V42 split because I didnt have a good feel of my first 10 math questions but I felt pretty good about the verbal part. I guess you really cant predict how you are doing.

 

I felt my Kaplan and Princeton scores were poor because I always ran out of time on them and ended up guessing on the last 5-7 questions of each section (and ended up missing most of them). Time was not as big a factor for me on the GMATPrep tests. It did bother me that most people seemed to do well on the Princeton tests though. Also I did poorly on the Princeton RC sections because their questions and answers are very vague compared to Kaplan and GMATPrep. I might take the test again in 1 month after doing more OG problems. I think I spent too much time practicing Princeton and Kaplan questions, which can be quite different than the real ones. I only did OG questions for SC since that seemed to be my obvious weakness.

 

I wonder if they are going to rescale the GMAT scores since Pearson starting administering the test in 2006. Surely those felt markers and eraser sheets have an effect on the average scores.

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Actual Test : 730 (q 51, v 37) - Dec 11th 2003.

 

Powerprep - diag 710, PP1 710, PP2 700.

 

Kaplan - diag 700, 590, 680, 620, 640.

 

Princeton - 650, 690, 730.

 

 

Hi

Could you tell me from where can i get these powerprep, kaplan and priceton tests? r they free online tests or i have 2 buy them? i'm kind of new 2 this.. just happened to cum across this forum..

also i wanted 2 kno where can i get free gmat test 4 downloading.. i had tried tried google search but not with much success.. hoping to get sum help from u guys..

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am stressing out about the gmat, want to get into top 10 mba.

 

taking kaplan course now:

diagnostic - 680

CAT1 - 590

CAT2 - 740

CAT3 - 700

CAT4 - 680

 

what score should i expect on the actual GMAT? are the kaplan questions usually more difficult or easier than the actual questions?

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A little info about myself.. my name is Asad and I live in Delhi.. I am a 24 year old software engineer. I gave GRE (800Q,560V,4.5) and TOEFL(277/5.5) about 3 years back so I do have a little idea regarding what it takes.

I have been preparing for about more than a month now.. Have completed the Barron's guide for GMAT and Kaplan Premier edition. I have given 5 tests in the last five dayz, my scores

Kaplan CAT 1 620(Q50,V31) Q28/37 V21/41

Kaplan CAT 2 680(Q48,V38) Q31/37 V30/41

Kaplan CAT 3 620(Q41,V33) Q31/37 V26/41

Kaplan CAT 4 590(Q40,V31) Q31/37 V26/41

GMATPrep 1 700(Q48,V38) Q22/37 V29/41 (Today)

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My practise Scores:

 

GMATPrep 1 :770 (q 50, V 46)

GMATPrep 2 :770 (q 50, V 46)

 

Kaplan CAT 1 :670 ( Worthless..stopped after one test)

MGMAT CAT1(non-adaptive) :730 ( Q 50 V 44)

MGMAT CAT1(Adaptive) :740 ( Q 51 V 43) Scores:

 

REAL GMAT: 770(V: 47 ,Q: 50)

 

I think Kaplan is just a waste of time. Their Verbal is pathetic.

GMATPrep is the best and you probably would score same on the real thing.

MGMAT CAT Quant is very good. MGMAT CAT's Verbal CR and RC are not that great, but the SC is good.

In general you can 20-30 pts more on the real thing than you do on the MGMAT CAT.

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When you all are reporting your Kaplan scores, you are talking about the Kaplan Cats 2003 or 2006? I did both, and kaplan 2006/2007 cats are scored higher, each +50 points. Knowing that kaplan tests are hard, I think it is important to know which are reported since obviously we cannot compare scores 600 cats 2006.
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