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Similarities between GMAT PREP and the real thing : quant

by LEMAGICIEN » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:26 am
Hi All,
I took the gmat yesterday. And to be concise(as the sentence correction commands...), my experience well below what I expected.
I scored a miserable 36 in quant and a no more enviable 25 in verbal.
Contrary to these poor scores, my prep scores were consistently above 660 in GMAT prep.
I may be wrong in thinking that the GMAT is the repetioon of patterns already well mastered and their application to a couple of new situations. If so, I'm completly out of the mark. Nonetheless, I think that it virtually impossible to score above 40 with the current prep material (OG 10, 11, MBA prep) for GMAC must have completely renewed the pool of questions.
My question is the following: is it possible to reach a 49 on the real thing with the current prep material?If anything, I should thank MGMAT for it allowed me to litterally have a "bottle opener" for each MBA prep question.

The verbal is still a mystery for me... (as far as my score on the GMAT is concerned) :).
I consistently repeated patterns with MGMAT SC guide, POWERSCORE CR bible and was at hit rate of near 80% for most high scoring questions. My last verbal score was 38 on MBA Prep, 3 days before the test.
I kept the same type guidance throughout of the test. And I was not tired during the real thing.

This was my 3rd attempt to a mountain called "GMAT".
I know I have the potential to reach the 700 barrier. I may need either in-depth coaching or more fresh prep materials.

Sorry for this long post, but I needed to give as many details as possible.
I precise I'm not a native.

Thanks a lot for answering!
ALEXANDRE N'DJORE
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by 4seasoncentre » Wed Apr 29, 2009 10:17 am
I think that it virtually impossible to score above 40 with the current prep material (OG 10, 11, MBA prep) for GMAC must have completely renewed the pool of questions.
I have to disagree with you. Not to sound like a jerk, but people have scored higher with less. I might be going out on a limb here but I think you are approaching this the wrong way. The point of the OGs and the other guides out there is not so you can learn the right answers of the questions in them. They are study materials that will help you build the skills you need to tackle the questions on the actual GMAT. Someone else may correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the OG questions were 'decommissioned' ones, and that the actual GMAT questions are kept secret. Therefore, knowing the answers to the OG questions isn't going to help unless you can actual solve them yourself and apply the methods to the actual GMAT questions.

As for the GMAT Prep, have you been reusing them? They are really only 'fresh' the first time around. As I understand it, the questions will start to repeat once you reset them and do it over again. Although I (and people on the forum) do think they give you a pretty good indication as to your actual score. Of course all bets are off if you panic during the real thing, or if your test taking environment (timing, for instance) for the Prep is different from the Pearson Centre.
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by LEMAGICIEN » Thu Apr 30, 2009 10:20 am
You do not sound like a jerk!
What i'm waiting for is clear in depth-explanations and insightful guidance.
It's true I reused the MBA prep. notwithstanding, I focused more on how to get each problem solved than on what was the correct answer.
Again, even knowing a type of problem is not a guarantee of a correct answer. So I roted each type of questions(even those I got right the first time). I spent time on each new type, trying to link it to something I already knew and trying to finf the most efficient way to get it solved in less than 2 minutes.
I think that I have a "intial attempt"(what-to-do-with-a-question and how-to-do-it) of about 30s and superior to 80% on any GMAT prep problem.
I may be mistaken in working this way.
So I'm waiting for any help to push me forward!
Regards.
ALEXANDRE N'DJORE
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