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pbanavara: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 279; Joined: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:26 am; Location: Portland, OR; Thanked: 6 times

by pbanavara » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:33 pm

found them to be even harder than kaplan .. anyone had this experience ? I got the tests from an internet source - so not completely sure if they are original but my percentile score came down to the 60s on the verbal section ..

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bacali: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 245; Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:41 pm

by bacali » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:07 pm

Ya don't worry too much, I had the same experience. On my GMAT Prep 3 weeks ago I missed about 8 verbal questions and got a 36 V, on the paper tests I miss a ton.

Don't get discouraged... they're great practice since they're real questions.

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Re: old paper based tests

by scoobydooby » Thu Nov 27, 2008 2:45 am

pbanavara wrote:found them to be even harder than kaplan .. anyone had this experience ? I got the tests from an internet source - so not completely sure if they are original but my percentile score came down to the 60s on the verbal section ..

are these the sets people keep talking about? but arent these paper based..how would you even calculate the percentile?

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wickely: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 81; Joined: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:02 pmFollowed by: 1 member; Thanked: 5 times

by wickely » Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:59 pm

I personally think they're only worth taking if you've completely exhausted the CATs that are available. You need to practice on computer-adaptive tests to be fully prepared. The experience of taking it is just as important as practicing the questions. Trust me!

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bacali: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 245; Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:41 pm

by bacali » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:53 pm

I disagree. These are official questions and you can never get better than official questions.

We do OG q's and those obviously don't resemble a CAT, same as with the paper tests.

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oliviajoules: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 5; Joined: Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:35 am; Location: Singapore; GMAT Score:640

old paper based tests

by oliviajoules » Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:41 pm

I have been doing some of these tests and feel there is a lot of repetition from the Og in fact the passages are usually from there....I'm afraid I don't find them difficult...have been scoring in the 700s in the three I've taken so far...the only thing I get annoyed by is there are no explanations only answers so sometimes it's difficult to understand the ones you get wrong.

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