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by DanaJ » Sat May 22, 2010 5:14 am
I don't think you can, unfortunately... It's confidential. They really do not ever release their questions unless it's in an official sources (i.e. the OG or GMATprep).
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by m5enigma » Sat May 22, 2010 2:24 pm
makes perfect sense
because some of the questions were absolute bullshit.
one text was the stupidest i have ever seen and the answers made no sense at all.
i had a lot time to spare. but when i saw that text i understood why they are so confidential: especially the "harder" text questions are "hard" because they are senseless


is there at least a split score, e.g.: critical reasoning: 10/12 right, SC 5/10 etc?
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by DanaJ » Sat May 22, 2010 2:28 pm
No, you can't know how many you got wrong per question type either... Sorry...

Yeah well the GMAT makers do market the fact that a large percentage of the $250 you give them (it was 40%, I believe) goes into research and content development. This is why it doesn't surprise me to learn that you thought some questions were out of this world...
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by student22 » Sat May 22, 2010 2:56 pm
That's an interesting point. And I have a tangent question, who audits the GMAT to make sure that the questions are not ambiguous or biased in any way. Basically what's preventing a repeat of the infamous "oarsman-regatta" SAT question.

Most of the other standardized tests release your booklet with the questions and answers for the public to review.
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by DanaJ » Sat May 22, 2010 10:53 pm
Well it's supposedly the GMAC who does it by adding experimental questions to each section. They also probably have a small army of question writers....
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by money9111 » Sun May 23, 2010 11:26 am
student22 wrote:That's an interesting point. And I have a tangent question, who audits the GMAT to make sure that the questions are not ambiguous or biased in any way. Basically what's preventing a repeat of the infamous "oarsman-regatta" SAT question.

Most of the other standardized tests release your booklet with the questions and answers for the public to review.
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by LoveTheGMAT » Mon May 24, 2010 9:44 am
Yup, I found some questions ridiculous, even though I was at a low level.

I was recently reading an article regarding how many times you should write the GMAT and how that reflects to the adcom. Some people say writing 1st time and scoring 700 is more impressive than someone going 680,690,740.

Here's a question: They want us to score well 1st time, but they have an "army" to make those questions? Maybe it should be 1-1: I write a question, they answer. They write a question, I answer it. But I need an admission, I need to put the work in, so no complaints here.

BUT maybe they shouldn't have to test such ridiculous questions and waste our time and effort on the test. So let me get this right: So if all the questions I get wrong are NOT experimental, I get penalized. But if I get all the experimental questions right, I don't get rewarded. Doesn't this sound like BS? Where's my reward for being correct?
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by student22 » Mon May 24, 2010 11:21 am
DanaJ wrote:Well it's supposedly the GMAC who does it by adding experimental questions to each section. They also probably have a small army of question writers....
But doesn't the SAT, LSAT, and MCAT all have experimental sections as well as armies of question writers and statisticians? Yet they can all provide you with the questions you were asked on the test as well as providing a mechanism to dispute those questions.
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by DanaJ » Mon May 24, 2010 11:25 am
You might be right, but there isn't much we can do anyway.... It's just how it is...
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by student22 » Mon May 24, 2010 11:37 am
DanaJ wrote:You might be right, but there isn't much we can do anyway.... It's just how it is...
Yep, I'm not complaining, it's their game..their rules. I just think it's very interesting that they do it this way.
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue May 25, 2010 7:23 am
The only way you can ever do anything about questions you feel are unfair, would be if you wrote down the question numbers and hired a lawyer, but in the end its not worth it, because you have no way to tell if the question is real or experimental anyway.
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by student22 » Tue May 25, 2010 8:12 am
You mean if you memorized the question numbers. ;)

If you wrote down the question numbers during the test, you'll still need to hire a lawyer...but for a much different reason.
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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Tue May 25, 2010 8:25 am
student22 wrote:You mean if you memorized the question numbers. ;)

If you wrote down the question numbers during the test, you'll still need to hire a lawyer...but for a much different reason.
LOL...you can memorize say that question 16 had two answers that are correct. That's not illegal...lol
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by LoveTheGMAT » Tue May 25, 2010 1:03 pm
Maybe all the GMAT writers need to unite and fight for feedback.
If MCAT and LSAT writers get it, we should too.
If we all unite, and GMAC refuses, we all stop writing GMAT.
Remember, in the end the schools WANT students too. If everyone boycotts, GMAC would be ruined!
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