Manhattan Tests - Something odd

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Manhattan Tests - Something odd

by RumpelThickSkin » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:15 am
DISCLAIMER : This post does not intend criticize Manhattan Prep is any way. In fact I have benefited greatly from this company's products and posts of their staff. I would, in fact, recommend Manhattan to anyone who wants to prepare for the GMAT.

Hi Everyone,

I have a question regarding the scoring on Manhattan Tests. .

The consensus on this forum seems to be that Quant is a little harder on Manhattan tests and that the verbal is easier. Well I gave Manhattan Test 1 right now with essays (650 Q:43. V:36). I had given GMAT PREP 3 weeks back 630 (Q:42, V:34).


I am actually happy with the Quant score - I expecting a below 40 on this section and above 40 in verbal. Has Manhattan gone easy on the scoring and questions on Quant? I found none of the Quant questions particularly hard. Most of my mistakes were silly and questions I should have gotten correct! Perhaps I was not doing well enough to actually see the harder questions.

Verbal - the SC and CR were actually easy. I got almost all the RC's wrong. I must have got only 25% of RCs correct. Found THE RC's a bit different to GMAT prep and OG questions.

Experts or fellow students please do let me know your thoughts on this!


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by papgust » Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:33 am
Well may be you've improved your quants. That might be the reason that you find Manhattan questions easier now.

I concur with your comment on RC's. I too find RC's very different from that of GMATPrep. I've never scored good in Manhattan RC's - always getting less than 50% correct.
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by RumpelThickSkin » Wed Jul 21, 2010 9:55 pm
papgust wrote:Well may be you've improved your quants. That might be the reason that you find Manhattan questions easier now.

I concur with your comment on RC's. I too find RC's very different from that of GMATPrep. I've never scored good in Manhattan RC's - always getting less than 50% correct.
Thanks for your comments Papgust. I reviewed my test in detail and my opinion on MGMAT RCs has not changed. Quant - seemed ok. I am geared up for my next test in a week's time! Let's see how it goes.