Still unsure about whether I'd go to business school or not, so I decided to take a couple of free tests just to see where I stood, get some sort of baseline/feel for the GMAT.
For Manhattan GMAT's free practice test (that you get when you signed up), I got a 660 - a paltry score since I felt I made a ton of silly errors (not multiplying by 100, errors with signs, etc., and the questions didn't seem too hard. Split was 45Q/35V I think.
I was rather discouraged by this but felt I'd gotten a good feel for it, so I tried taking one of GMATPrep's free tests (on that software you download). Got a 710, 47Q/40V.
Maybe it's just extreme variability as the sample size is pretty small, but how reliable are these scores? Are they a good barometer of your base results level with minimal preparation? I feel I keep doing very poorly and make mistakes you should be able to avoid even without preparing, and yet my scores aren't terrible..
For Manhattan GMAT's free practice test (that you get when you signed up), I got a 660 - a paltry score since I felt I made a ton of silly errors (not multiplying by 100, errors with signs, etc., and the questions didn't seem too hard. Split was 45Q/35V I think.
I was rather discouraged by this but felt I'd gotten a good feel for it, so I tried taking one of GMATPrep's free tests (on that software you download). Got a 710, 47Q/40V.
Maybe it's just extreme variability as the sample size is pretty small, but how reliable are these scores? Are they a good barometer of your base results level with minimal preparation? I feel I keep doing very poorly and make mistakes you should be able to avoid even without preparing, and yet my scores aren't terrible..
