Is it just me or did OG 12 get harder?

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Is it just me or did OG 12 get harder?

by skang357 » Mon May 25, 2009 6:15 pm
It seems like ETS decided to ramp up some of the content in the guides to make them more relevant to the actual test.

Of course most of these tougher questions seem to be coming in the last third of each section but a lot of them I found pretty good and tougher compared to 10 and 11.

Last third of DS had some tough questions definitely in 700 level. Haven't done last third for PS yet.

There was also an RC passage on luminous and nonluminous space matter and also a passage on technological determinism and contructivism that I thought both were killer.

Either that or I'm getting worse in my skill level. :lol:

Any thoughts?
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by Bhattu » Tue May 26, 2009 11:29 pm
DS is a killer - especially the difficult ones - so all the ones after about Question 95 onwards are rather tough.

Also - I think the official GMAT is even tougher that what we see in the OG 11/12.

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Re: OG12

by skang357 » Wed May 27, 2009 5:05 pm
Bhattu wrote:DS is a killer - especially the difficult ones - so all the ones after about Question 95 onwards are rather tough.

Also - I think the official GMAT is even tougher that what we see in the OG 11/12.
No doubt it is harder. But sometimes they give you easy questions. Depends on your skill. If you study enough everything is going to be easy to you. OG12 is definitely better than 11 and 10 for Q. Sort of close to the real GMAT the later sections.
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