GMAT Math

larrybird wrote:Hi everyone
I've done two GMAT Focus so far and did´t get any Geometry problems and got both times 50%/50% Data Sufficiency Q's ans PS Q's.
Any one knows if this is all right ? I would expect a couple of Geom problems in the real test and not as many DS problems. Can the experts give me some color on GMAT Focus regarding it`s similarity to real Quant Section ?
I also thought it was quite hard (didn´t get any "piece-of-cake" kind of questions) and Scale Range given as scores are very ample: in the first one i got 37-45 and in the second 41-47. Should I be targeting a mid point of those ranges ?
Responses are very much appreciated.

On GMATFocus:

-the questions are great -- very much like the current GMAT -- but sometimes the explanations are not very good. That's true of other official materials as well;

-because it's adaptive, you won't normally see many very easy questions; most should be around your level, which is what you want -- master these questions, and you'll be moving up a level;

-the real GMAT is nearly half DS these days (20/17 PS/DS questions on average is the last breakdown I heard), so you'd expect a similar balance on GMATFocus. And because people normally improve more by practicing DS than by practicing PS (because the DS format is unfamiliar when you start your GMAT preparation), I wouldn't complain about seeing a lot of DS on GMATFocus;

-GMATFocus is expensive for what you get. Early in your prep, you'll have many official resources available which are much less expensive and which can provide you with challenging questions. GMATFocus can be a good investment later in preparation, though, if you've exhausted those other sources. And it's a good investment at any time, since you can do each test repeatedly, if you aren't price-sensitive;

-sometimes the content balance in GMATFocus seems different from the real test. That said, I've heard many people say that they've not seen much geometry on recent tests (though there are exceptions);

-the score ranges produced by GMATFocus can sometimes be quite wide. If you've taken more than one test, your current likely score is likely somewhere in the overlap between the ranges provided. I do think GMATFocus scores skew just slightly low as well, so you might add a point or so.