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Gmat Prep - Q49, awkward questions

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by metallicafan » Thu Jun 20, 2013 12:50 pm
Hi buddies,

I am in the final part of my preparation for the GMAT. Some weeks ago I took the Test1 of the GMAT Prep and I did it well; I got a 49 in Quant. Yes, it was great, however there were some questions that are not typical, questions that probably you wouldn't see in the OG or that have not been mentioned in the guides. These questions more than evaluating a concept, they evaluate your reasoning or whether you can find the trap or the trick. For example, there was a question that asked to list the number of points at which a circle can intersect a triangle; I solved it well, but come on that's not a typical GMAT questions. In this sense, I answered those questions based more on my reasoning than on GMAT concepts. It is a little uncormfortable because you don't feel sure that you 're answering right. I felt that I was lucky.

Yesterday, I took Test1 again and got a 49 again. However, there were some repeated questions, so probably the score was inflated. Also, again I felt uncomfortable with those questions, which also consume time, more than 2 minutes often.

In other words, although I got a good score in the GMAT Prep, I don't feel 100% sure yet that I can get a 49 in the real exam; you know that there are additional variables in that day that could hurt your performance. So, what to do with those questions that make me feel uncomfortable?, where could I find more questions like those?, which strategy do you suggest?

Any advice will be helpful. Thanks!
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Thu Jun 20, 2013 1:19 pm
First of all, congrats on the great quant score.
The OG and the official GMATPrep practice tests feature retired GMAT questions, so they're a pretty good indicator of the real deal.

I'm not entirely sure what you mean when by "questions that are not typical, questions that probably you wouldn't see in the OG."

I believe that this is the triangle-circle intersection question you referred to: https://www.beatthegmat.com/number-of-po ... 76683.html

Do you think you can recall more of these questions, so we can get a better feeling of what you mean?

Cheers,
Brent
Brent Hanneson - Creator of GMATPrepNow.com
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