OG DS questions

[gmatleyFool]

Just a quick question - the last 40 or so DS problems in the OG really kicked my butt.. about 60% correct, compared with a 95% rate in the first 100 or so.

Should I be worried? Or do they represent a class of difficulty that one won't see on such a scale during the real test?

[allenkt]

It is my understanding that the questions in the OG get harder as you go along. I am currently on question 110 out of 155 in DS so I guess I'll find out tomorrow!

[Stacey Koprince]

Yes, they get harder as you go through the book. You should expect, on the real thing, to get approximately half of the questions wrong overall (it may be 45%, it may be 60%, but closer to 50/50 than 90%+). The major determinant of score is the difficulty level of the questions.

So if you are getting about 60% of even the hardest ones right, that's good news - expect to see more of those than the easier ones on the test, b/c you will be scoring well and therefore will be given the harder questions selectively. DO NOT expect to get 95% of the questions right on the actual exam - that's NOT how it works.

As you get things right, the test will specifically try to give you things that you will then get wrong - as though it's searching for your limit - so you should expect to get a lot wrong on the test.

[gmatleyFool]

Stacey - thanks for your feedback, it was very useful when it mattered