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Topic: 800 score.com final test
PostMon Jun 08, 2009 8:07 pm
I was so upbeat and optimistic before taking the final quant test of 800score.com. This test was brutal guys!!!
I did not make any silly mistakes in this one and that is one reason I had to guess the last five questions. I scored a 48 in this section (86th percentile) which is ridiculous. The ones I got wrong were simply beyond my current caliber.
There was one question where I wasted 8 minutes, one 6 minutes, one 4 minutes, and three 3 minutes.
I guessed in about four questions out of which 2 right and 2 wrong. So as I think I should lower my score to 45 or so.
About 8 to 10 questions in that test were hardcore 750+ questions which I am going to start posting on this forum.
My question is: are we allowed to carry a stop watch to the test? Something like an archaic hour glass? How about my iphone stop watch?. I want to make sure that I do not spend more than 3 minutes on any of the question. I am going to go for at the most two attempts for a hard question and is I still do not get it then just roll the dice. The problem was that I am very particular about the first five questions and am obsessed about getting it right so that I get pushed into the 700+ range right from the start. But this obsession is costing me my valuable time.
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PostMon Jun 08, 2009 8:22 pm
Unfortunately, No. You are allowed to carry only two things inside the testing are, your identification document and the key to the locker where you'll have to dump all that you bring along!!!

Keep practicing and try to develop a mental clock to know when to stop and move on to the next question.
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PostTue Jun 09, 2009 1:04 am
I took the final 800score test and here are the results:
Q 48(87 percentile). V 44 (97 percentile).
In quant I got 9 wrong (28/37) and in verbal 14 wrong (27/41)
The scoring seems to be off because a high score with a poor verbal is only possible if its a CAT and 800 score.com is not CAT. So I am going to dismiss this little bit above average performance as mere practice and assume that I need loads of work before the actual GMAT.
I know that the best tests that can predict your score are as follows:
1) GMATPrep
2) MGMAT tests
3) PR

ANd the order is correct.
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