MGMAT way more difficult and confusing than OG11

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I took two MGMAT practice tests:

680 Q 48, v35
640 Q 44, v32

Here are my concerns / thoughts.

Math: The math is just impossible. Nearly every single question is confusing, long, and more than anything, mentally exhausting. As a high scorer, nearly EVERY SINGLE QUESTION I SAW was way harder than anything in OG11 including the last 20 questions. It seemed that 50% of the last 10 questions in OG11 for DS and PS would be 600-700 questions on MGMAT and only maybe half a dozen questions in the entire OG11 would be 700-800 questions on MGMAT.

Verbal: The sentence correction and critical reasoning were much harder and more confusing than almost all of the OG11 questions. Again, the 700-800 level questions were harder than almost anything I saw in the OG 11. I got like 6 out of 15 CR questions right whereas on the OG, I got 85% of them right and 75% of the hard questions (last 20) The reading comprehension was about equal. It also seems that the way the critical reasoning questions are written is consistent with OG.

This is obviously good practice, but it seems that MGMAT is too hard. Any thoughts?
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zackca wrote:I took two MGMAT practice tests:

680 Q 48, v35
640 Q 44, v32

Here are my concerns / thoughts.

Math: The math is just impossible. Nearly every single question is confusing, long, and more than anything, mentally exhausting. As a high scorer, nearly EVERY SINGLE QUESTION I SAW was way harder than anything in OG11 including the last 20 questions. It seemed that 50% of the last 10 questions in OG11 for DS and PS would be 600-700 questions on MGMAT and only maybe half a dozen questions in the entire OG11 would be 700-800 questions on MGMAT.

Verbal: The sentence correction and critical reasoning were much harder and more confusing than almost all of the OG11 questions. Again, the 700-800 level questions were harder than almost anything I saw in the OG 11. I got like 6 out of 15 CR questions right whereas on the OG, I got 85% of them right and 75% of the hard questions (last 20) The reading comprehension was about equal. It also seems that the way the critical reasoning questions are written is consistent with OG.

This is obviously good practice, but it seems that MGMAT is too hard. Any thoughts?
Would you rather to practice with easier questions ?

I think MGMAT, like GMAC, is testing the same concepts. Are they a little bit time consuming ? Yes they are. But remember there are not so many 650+ questions in OG11.

A fair comparison could be made between MGMAT vs GMAT Prep.

As for the verbal goes, SC are are easier compared to OG but CR are definetly harder than OG questions...

RC...almost the same.
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by tvf208 » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:08 pm
I had a similar attitude before I took the GMAT last week. For me the Quant on the test was much harder than OG, especially since the first 75% of OG is very basic.

If you want to score above the 80th percentile in Quant you need to practice with difficult questions. Most of the OG questions just don't cut it. MGMAT Quant questions may be a little too lengthy but those are the ones you should practice with.

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by kunjan800 » Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:39 am
I agree with the title of the post. But at the same time, I think the best thing about MGMAT is its scoring algorithm. It is closer than anything else, I have heard.

My scores have been similar to yours (680,670,700) and I have had a tough time finishing the Maths section in time.

I took 2 Kaplan tests too. And found Maths on it to be very easy.

All in all, like you said, it is good for practice if not anything else.