Kaplan rubs it in
As part of my GMAT prep plan dictates that I take 2 to 3 full length practice tests a week in addition to working on other questions, I took another full length test today, this one from Kaplan. I am not sure if the Kaplan tests are actually more difficult or Kaplan just has a stringent grading system. Having read on so many other blogs that Kaplan scores are comparatively on the lower side, I wasn't too disheartned to see the 670 that I got today.
However, on closer examination of the scores, I found that I got 31 right out of 37 in the Quantitative section (6 mistakes) and 35 right out of 41 in the Verbal section (6 mistakes). That accounted for a scaled score of 41 on Quantitative and 40 on Verbal. This in is contrast with Powerprep or GMAT Prep where I got more questions wrong and yet scored higher (700 and 710 respectively). Since all questions on the GMAT are not counted towards your score as some of them are trial questions, it is possible that PP and GMAT Prep are structured in a way to somehow account for that, I dont know.
What is clear though that in order to break the 700 mark on Kaplan, there is scope for only 2-3 errors in each section. I didnt find any section on the Kaplan test to be particularly difficult, they were at par with any other test I have taken so far in terms of difficulty, maybe 1 or 2 questions made me think a little harder and took a bit longer to answer.
Anyhow, now that 1 full length test is out of the way, its back to OG for today's quota of questions.
However, on closer examination of the scores, I found that I got 31 right out of 37 in the Quantitative section (6 mistakes) and 35 right out of 41 in the Verbal section (6 mistakes). That accounted for a scaled score of 41 on Quantitative and 40 on Verbal. This in is contrast with Powerprep or GMAT Prep where I got more questions wrong and yet scored higher (700 and 710 respectively). Since all questions on the GMAT are not counted towards your score as some of them are trial questions, it is possible that PP and GMAT Prep are structured in a way to somehow account for that, I dont know.
What is clear though that in order to break the 700 mark on Kaplan, there is scope for only 2-3 errors in each section. I didnt find any section on the Kaplan test to be particularly difficult, they were at par with any other test I have taken so far in terms of difficulty, maybe 1 or 2 questions made me think a little harder and took a bit longer to answer.
Anyhow, now that 1 full length test is out of the way, its back to OG for today's quota of questions.
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