GMAT Strategy

hello all,

How good of an indicator is the Knewton free CAT?

I scored 660 on the cat (Q41 V41)

my previous scores are MGMAT

600 Q42 V32
590 Q39 V33
580 Q46 V24

and 580 on my first gmatprep and 650 on my sencond run of exam 1 ( don't remember the break ups)

My increase in verbal can be attributed to the fact that I just finished studying the Manhattan SC and PS RC books.

I see that my biggest Quant problems are with number properties. Can anyone suggest any books?

Also how reliable is the knewton exam as an indicator?

And finaly. is it possible for me to break 700 by Mid-Jan?

best regards,

The test is as reliable as any other test with the exception of the gmat prep. The GMAT prep is a more better indicator of your level on the GMAT.

I am wondering the same thing, I just took the Knewton practice exam now,
I got 6 questions wrong in Quant and 6 wrong in verbal but received a 45 quant and 37 verb giving me a 660 score. Normally, I get between 9-10 wrong on the GMAT practice exams and still score around 700.

So my questions are,

1. is the score itself representative? If not, I am ok with that (more for knowing what level i am at)
2. Are the questions in the practice exam relativly similar to the real exam, easier/harder?? I found them easy but i may also have improved since my last test.

Any comments would be great as I am considering subscribing to their service if thats what its going to take.

Thanks,

Dan

dschac wrote:I am wondering the same thing, I just took the Knewton practice exam now,
I got 6 questions wrong in Quant and 6 wrong in verbal but received a 45 quant and 37 verb giving me a 660 score. Normally, I get between 9-10 wrong on the GMAT practice exams and still score around 700.

So my questions are,

1. is the score itself representative? If not, I am ok with that (more for knowing what level i am at)
2. Are the questions in the practice exam relativly similar to the real exam, easier/harder?? I found them easy but i may also have improved since my last test.

Any comments would be great as I am considering subscribing to their service if thats what its going to take.

Thanks,

Dan

I too scored 680 Q 46 V 37 in the knewton test. It is pathetic in my humble opinion. I got two RC passages back to back which is very unusual. I got 8 questions in quant and 8 questions in verbal wrong. The scoring algorithm is obviously weird. However, the questions are good in verbal. For quant the questions are fairly simple.

I have practiced manhattan gmat and scored 640 - 710. In gmatprep, i have scored in the range of 710-760.

i cant comment on their prep course.

K, so I wrote the gmat back in Febuary, and during febuary I was scoring 710 on the knewton exams anad 730 on the Gmatprep exams, and 720 MGMAT. I found the knewton to be closest in scoring.

I wrote my exam and rushed through it scoring 680, but I know if i did not rush I would have landed ont he kenwton score, knewton is by far the closest thing.

but the mgmat study guides are by far the best.