I scored 620 today in Gmatprep exam 2 in the original software with 44 in Quant and 32 in Verbal , while I am happy with my progress considering I scored 520 In Official Exam and have studied hard since then , specially for verbal , I worked more towards quant in my last attempt like for 3-4 months and now started revision before last week to brush up my quant. Here is the comparison.
GMAT Prep Test 1 540 Aug 28 37 in Quant, 27 in Verbal Incorrect 19/37 , 19/41
GMAT Exam Pack 1 Test 4 530 Oct 24 42 Quant , 21 in Verbal , Incorrect 13/34 , 3 timed out , 18/41
GMAT Official Exam 520 Nov 13 39 Quant , 23 in Verbal , again last 3-4 questions not attempted in Quant ,rushed through 15-20 questions giving each 1 min due lack of time
GMAT Prep Test 2 620 Feb 26 44 Quant , 32 Verbal Incorrect 21/37 , 19/41
May be GMAT prep is not representative of GMAT anymore , but Exam Pack 1 is specially for Verbal. I didnt see evaluate assumption inference which dominate exams now however 1 thing I noticed this time I made more mistakes towards the end than the beginning previously . The scores seem inflated I didnt see repeat question but the type seemed familiar ,were easy as in official guides , will attempt Test 3 in few days GMAT is on 6th March .
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I don't think that score is necessarily unrealistic. If you didn't leave questions unanswered, then there is some of the increase explained. Making more mistakes towards the end rather than the beginning could also explain some of it.
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Hi sukhman,
You mentioned a number of question types that you did not see, but are you sure that you didn't see them? For example, there are many ways for an inference question to be phrased ('infers', 'implies', 'suggests', 'reasonably conclude', 'likely agree with', etc.); the idea that you didn't see ANY strikes me as unlikely.
As with any CAT, a full review of the exam is worthwhile (including the questions that you got correct). Figure out WHY you got questions correct (so that you can repeat those processes later) and WHY you got questions incorrect (so that you can fix those mistakes or learn the necessary material).
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You mentioned a number of question types that you did not see, but are you sure that you didn't see them? For example, there are many ways for an inference question to be phrased ('infers', 'implies', 'suggests', 'reasonably conclude', 'likely agree with', etc.); the idea that you didn't see ANY strikes me as unlikely.
As with any CAT, a full review of the exam is worthwhile (including the questions that you got correct). Figure out WHY you got questions correct (so that you can repeat those processes later) and WHY you got questions incorrect (so that you can fix those mistakes or learn the necessary material).
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
