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COnfused!

by roopachet » Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:51 pm
Hi,
I attempted Gmat once and ended up gettting a real low score. SO I decided to give it again on 18 th of August. But the problem is every time I attempt a Kaplan test I end up getting a score of 590 and power prep I have improved a lot. But what scares me is that over a period of time familiarity of the questions might have also boosted my score up. SO i tried giving some free tests like crack-gmat and petersons and got scores lower than kaplan. I am now totally confused and want to know whether these other online tests are indeed accurate scorers? Please answer my question i would really appreciate any valueable opinion of any kind.
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Re: COnfused!

by beatthegmat » Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:45 pm
roopachet wrote:Hi,
I attempted Gmat once and ended up gettting a real low score. SO I decided to give it again on 18 th of August. But the problem is every time I attempt a Kaplan test I end up getting a score of 590 and power prep I have improved a lot. But what scares me is that over a period of time familiarity of the questions might have also boosted my score up. SO i tried giving some free tests like crack-gmat and petersons and got scores lower than kaplan. I am now totally confused and want to know whether these other online tests are indeed accurate scorers? Please answer my question i would really appreciate any valueable opinion of any kind.
Cheers
Roopachet
I recommend the following practice tests:

- GMAT Prep (most accurate)
- Princeton Review
- Manhattan GMAT
- Kaplan

With regard to Kaplan, don't worry about your scores--they are skewed down much lower than what you can actually expect on the real GMAT. Avoid crack-gmat and petersen's since I hear these tests aren't reliable.

The most accurate indicator of your actual GMAT performance is GMATPrep--if you are scoring well here, then you may be in good shape.

Best of luck!
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by roopachet » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:58 am
Hey eric thanks for replying.
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