Really interesting perspective of the test!gullubadshah wrote:I retook the GMAT Prep1 on saturday and GMAT was on Monday, so 2 day gap.
With the MGMATs you should notice an increasing sequence of scores ... the trouble with giving 6 different exams set up by the same people is that you kinda figure out their question types ... so by the time you reach MGMAT 6 you are well prepared for their particular kind of grinding ... i too started out with sub 700s on MGMAT and ultimately ended with 780 on MGMAT.
With the GMAT format getting consecutive questions wrong definitely hurts. Suppose you were heading for a Verbal score of 45 at the end of Q39, you got 40 wrong your score drops to say 44 (since this was a difficult question your score won't drop much) ... the trouble is that Q41 is now easier and you still get it wrong, your score might drop by further 2 points to 42 ... Here expectations come into play - if you were aiming for 42 at the start you got what you wanted ... if you wanted to score higher definitely you need to keep your concentration up for the entire 75 minutes.
Keep in mind the GMAT format will hurt you more if you do this for Q29 and Q30 instead of Q40 and Q41. In the middle of the test the fluctuations in your score will be higher, so getting consecutive questions wrong will be even more punishing. So keep your concentration up for the whole of 75 minutes and if you think you are not sure about your answer on a particular question ... pay extra attention to the next question ... this was one of the things I worked on in my practice tests.
Hope I was able to get my point across.
Vineesh,
Just telling you what I know and think. I am not the expert.
Just telling you what I know and think. I am not the expert.












