how close are princeton cats to GMAT

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Gurpinder: Legendary Member; Posts: 659; Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:12 amFollowed by: 3 members; Thanked: 32 times

by Gurpinder » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:35 am

hey guys,

Can someone, who has taken the real gmat, please tell me how close princeton tests are to the real gmat.

One more thing, the guy teaching the princeton course mentioned that the explanations in OG are not good and therefore I should follow the method he is teaching rather than the OG methods. Is this true? Are the explanations in OG not good strategy guides?

Thanks,

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by sch » Tue Jul 06, 2010 6:55 pm

Cant really comment cause I have never actually have taken a real GMAT. However, in contrast to GMATPREP, the test seems to be easier, but scoring is surprisingly decent (My last two mock CATS were GMATPREP and Princeton CAT respectivly, they were one week apart and gave me exactly the same score and break down! WOW! LOL).

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by Dan@VinciaPrep » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:17 am

Gurpinder wrote:hey guys,

Can someone, who has taken the real gmat, please tell me how close princeton tests are to the real gmat.

One more thing, the guy teaching the princeton course mentioned that the explanations in OG are not good and therefore I should follow the method he is teaching rather than the OG methods. Is this true? Are the explanations in OG not good strategy guides?

Thanks,

Can't help with the Princeton comparison, but I can tell you that the OG is famous for having sub-par explanations. It's probably a good idea to follow your instructors suggestions on how to do the problems

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by Gurpinder » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:21 am

dan.gmat.gre wrote: Can't help with the Princeton comparison, but I can tell you that the OG is famous for having sub-par explanations. It's probably a good idea to follow your instructors suggestions on how to do the problems

alright. thanks. thats exactly what he was saying. ok I will follow him.

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by paes » Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:20 am

Gurpinder wrote:hey guys,

Can someone, who has taken the real gmat, please tell me how close princeton tests are to the real gmat.

One more thing, the guy teaching the princeton course mentioned that the explanations in OG are not good and therefore I should follow the method he is teaching rather than the OG methods. Is this true? Are the explanations in OG not good strategy guides?

Thanks,

True. OG problems are great but explanation are not as good. sometimes they are very difficult to understand.

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by paes » Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:24 am

Gurpinder wrote:hey guys,

Can someone, who has taken the real gmat, please tell me how close princeton tests are to the real gmat.

One more thing, the guy teaching the princeton course mentioned that the explanations in OG are not good and therefore I should follow the method he is teaching rather than the OG methods. Is this true? Are the explanations in OG not good strategy guides?

Thanks,

Princeton tests : maths is very simple but English looks comparable to the real GMAT.

Princeton Scores : According to my experience, with the same number of questions solved in Princeton vs real GMAt, you will get 50-70 number less in Princeton.

I mean the tests are simple in Princeton but scores are more restrictive.

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by Gurpinder » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:13 am

paes wrote:
Princeton tests : maths is very simple but English looks comparable to the real GMAT.

Princeton Scores : According to my experience, with the same number of questions solved in Princeton vs real GMAt, you will get 50-70 number less in Princeton.

I mean the tests are simple in Princeton but scores are more restrictive.

so you mean to say that the princeton tests are easier than the real gmat????

you said "you will get 50-70 number less in Princeton" - but i thought the princeton tests are easier????

what do you mean by princeton scores are more restrictive?

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by paes » Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:28 am

Let me explain :

1. Score are more conservative on Princeton

If you solve e.g.

34 questions in Math
30 questions in English

In Princeton you will get 640

But on real GMAT. you will get ~700.

2. Princeton tests are easy ->
As I wrote
(A) Maths is easy. In Princeton tests, easily I am able to solve correctly 32-36 questions in 60 minutes while on real GMAT, it takes 72-75 minute to solve correctly 30-32 questions for me.
(B) English is looking comparable.

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