Hallo everybody
Premise #1: I studied on the 3 OGs + Kaplan 800 + McGrawHill Guide 2009
Premise #2: I took MANY MANY simulations...
6 paper MGH tests; always between 2-4 mistakes in Q and 5-9 in V
6 computer MGH tests: Q was hard and V was easy... 700 - 740 - 740 - 760 - 740 - 740
5 computer CATPrep GMAT tests from Cindy Anderson...well, very very hard in V (always 9-16 mistakes) and easy in Q (always 1-2 mistakes)... 670 - 650 - 650 - 670 - 720
1 Kaplan CAT offered test at the Kaplan Center in Paris - 750 SOOOOO EASY (I finished both with 18 minutes of advance...only 1 + 4 mistakes)
2 GMAT official MBA.com 750 & 760...they were quite easy
Premise #3: I took the GMAT the 4th of Dec in ROME, and the administrator, before the test, told us that the official preparation test is normally 60-80 points above the real score on the GMAT....can you imagine the PANIC????? actually it proved to be true
Premise #4: I did not sleep a minute...fuck!! too nervous...I was having nightmares of Ron Purewal appearing over my bed like the Holy Mary of Lourdes...
ARGUMENT: the question was kinda "seen" in the official GMAT prep test...got what I mean? So I had many things to write...
ISSUE: not so nice, but whatever, who cares of AWA?
QUANTITATIVE
Nasty, nasty, nasty and even nastier than nasty...LONG questions which require more than 2 minutes, and, never done before, at least on 4/5 stupid long-time inequailities I picked C or E without even checking...this allowed me to save precious time for difficult word problems....believe me guys, it was very very hard, and I took many simulations!!! No perm/comb questions, but fucking stupid inequalities like "Is X + Y > 0 ?" or "Is X+Y(XY)/X - Y > 0 ? " and so on...nasty nasty nasty
VERBAL
RC were not so hard, SC were difficult but mostly on "word order"...with dangling participles and so on...
Worst was the CR, on the 2 official test I did not miss ANY, but on the real tests CR were much much harder!! No question weaken/strenghten, all question were "which of the following is an assumption" "X must be true unless which of the following is true" and "what is an inference"
However, I took a 730 with 49Q and 40V and I am very happy, though slightly lower than my official tests...BUT the tragedy was with other people with me, many who averaged a 620-650 on the official tests resulted in a very poor 530!!!
Conclusion; my 2 cents...OGs are ok if you want a 650 MAXIMUM!!! if you really want to Beat the GMAT with a 700+ grade, THIS WEBSITE IS THE ONLY RESOURCE with really really difficult questions!!!! You must get ready and perfectly skilled to make inequalities and to make them FAST!!!!
This website is the solution, believe me!! solve these problems, and take 2 minutes to solve them, no more
Premise #1: I studied on the 3 OGs + Kaplan 800 + McGrawHill Guide 2009
Premise #2: I took MANY MANY simulations...
6 paper MGH tests; always between 2-4 mistakes in Q and 5-9 in V
6 computer MGH tests: Q was hard and V was easy... 700 - 740 - 740 - 760 - 740 - 740
5 computer CATPrep GMAT tests from Cindy Anderson...well, very very hard in V (always 9-16 mistakes) and easy in Q (always 1-2 mistakes)... 670 - 650 - 650 - 670 - 720
1 Kaplan CAT offered test at the Kaplan Center in Paris - 750 SOOOOO EASY (I finished both with 18 minutes of advance...only 1 + 4 mistakes)
2 GMAT official MBA.com 750 & 760...they were quite easy
Premise #3: I took the GMAT the 4th of Dec in ROME, and the administrator, before the test, told us that the official preparation test is normally 60-80 points above the real score on the GMAT....can you imagine the PANIC????? actually it proved to be true
Premise #4: I did not sleep a minute...fuck!! too nervous...I was having nightmares of Ron Purewal appearing over my bed like the Holy Mary of Lourdes...
ARGUMENT: the question was kinda "seen" in the official GMAT prep test...got what I mean? So I had many things to write...
ISSUE: not so nice, but whatever, who cares of AWA?
QUANTITATIVE
Nasty, nasty, nasty and even nastier than nasty...LONG questions which require more than 2 minutes, and, never done before, at least on 4/5 stupid long-time inequailities I picked C or E without even checking...this allowed me to save precious time for difficult word problems....believe me guys, it was very very hard, and I took many simulations!!! No perm/comb questions, but fucking stupid inequalities like "Is X + Y > 0 ?" or "Is X+Y(XY)/X - Y > 0 ? " and so on...nasty nasty nasty
VERBAL
RC were not so hard, SC were difficult but mostly on "word order"...with dangling participles and so on...
Worst was the CR, on the 2 official test I did not miss ANY, but on the real tests CR were much much harder!! No question weaken/strenghten, all question were "which of the following is an assumption" "X must be true unless which of the following is true" and "what is an inference"
However, I took a 730 with 49Q and 40V and I am very happy, though slightly lower than my official tests...BUT the tragedy was with other people with me, many who averaged a 620-650 on the official tests resulted in a very poor 530!!!
Conclusion; my 2 cents...OGs are ok if you want a 650 MAXIMUM!!! if you really want to Beat the GMAT with a 700+ grade, THIS WEBSITE IS THE ONLY RESOURCE with really really difficult questions!!!! You must get ready and perfectly skilled to make inequalities and to make them FAST!!!!
This website is the solution, believe me!! solve these problems, and take 2 minutes to solve them, no more
both are my first choice...
