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Beat The GMAT is a day-to-day blog detailing how I studied for and beat the Graduate Management Admission Test™ (GMAT). This site shall serve as a study guide for future GMAT test takers.



Day 22 - PR CAT 2 Analysis - Feelin' Better!


This evening I went through the practice GMAT that I took last Friday to gather data for analysis. I discovered something that both shocked and relieved me:

PRINCETON REVIEW SOFTWARE SUCKS!

After double- and triple-checking the answer key, I found that the PR software made an error in scoring my test. On the quantitative section, PR scored question #2 as wrong when I had in fact scored that question right. Thus, my final result of 690 for this particular practice test doesn't mean shit. Getting a question marked wrong so early in the section brought my score down dramatically (the way the GMAT is designed, it's critical to start off strong to achieve a high score). [Editor's Note: MYTH--please see Day 21] My score is probably skewed down.

Anyway, discovering this error made me feel a lot better today. It's renewed my hope in the idea that I am progressing in my studies.

I only got a handful of questions wrong on each section: 3 wrong in quantitative, 6 in verbal. I've got a new goal: to make sure that I ALWAYS get the first 10-15 questions on each section correct. That's the way to get a 750+!

SUMMARY OF DAY 22 WORK:
1. Analysis of Princeton Review GMAT CAT Adaptive 2, off of CD.

RECAP OF DAY 22 INSIGHTS:
1. Beware of Princeton Review software! It does make errors.
2. All this studying may actually be paying off!

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