Question about Manhattan GMAT practice CAT's

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Question about Manhattan GMAT practice CAT's

by dgregor » Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:07 pm
I am taking the GMAT this Saturday and am kind of scared after taking the Manhattan Tests.

First of all, on all the tests I have taken from Manhattan, GMATPrep, Kaplan, and Newton, I always score above the 90th Percentile in Verbal, usually above the 95th percentile so I think my verbal score will be okay.

However, my Quantitative score fluctuates considerably depending on what tests I take from what company. On the Kaplan tests I score the best (I guess I am the only one) - in the 70th - 80th percentile range. On GMAT Prep I score between the 60th and 70th Percentile. However on the Manhattan Tests I do ALOT WORSE. I have taken 6 different Manhattan CATS and I always score poorly. Usually around 50 - 55th percentile, but as low as 45th percentile and as high as 60th percentile. Not only that, the questions seem much different to me compared to the questions I see on Kaplan and GMATPrep tests. Does anyone have any idea what's going on with this?

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by KrazyKarl » Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:05 pm
I've read that the Manhattan tests are usually more difficult both in content and in scoring than the actual tests, so there's some reason to be optimistic. They're supposedly really good practice though so if you don't worry about your score and just learn from the test it should be helpful to learn from.