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I have been using the GMAT Club CATs and can vouch for their extreme usability without any inhibitions. I have given the real GMAT and coming to GMAT Club tests from their has made me realize how much similar these exams are to the real tests. There are more than 20 quant CATs with each question worth its price in gold, figuratively ;) I was on a Q 42 and have been able to improve to a Q 49 owing to these CATs. The most important thing that I would like to mention here is that we all know GMAT Math is not difficult it's tricky. The GMAT Club tests have all the tricks and the traps one can imagine. Hhats off to the creators. So, once you have done 20 or more of these tests and have reviewed well, you know the traps like the back of your hand. Which is one thing which I missed in my quant preparation earlier.
All the best.
If you want to practice the toughest quant questions, GMATClub tests is where you come. This is the toughest. Nothing even comes close - not even Manhattan advanced gmat quant!
I was scoring in the range of 48-50 in quant in Veritas, GMAT Prep and Manhattan tests. However, in first timed exam that I took in GMATClub Test, I scored 43. The tough questions are so beautifully designed that it exploits your every little weakness and motivates you to learn new tricks. Learnt a very useful techniques while going through the solutions. Also, the responses from GMATClub community are so helpful. Verbal tests are not too bad. A word of caution, though. Don't rely too much on the solutions. They are not convincing enough and lack the subtlety of real GMAT questions.
Highly recommended though!!
I have been a member for quite a while now and i have tried many questions of GMAT CLUB quant and verbal - not so much as quant. What GC Quant offers is a effective pool of 700 level quant questions that are brilliantly arranged according to 500 , 600 and 700 level. The test series is very effective as the level of quant is hard - very hard but the logic you need to apply to solve these questions is within the GMAT pattern . More than 90% of the questions are new and opens your mind to how pre-think in the real thing. I have tried 4-5 test until now for GC and in all i was amazed by the questions and their explanations . The trick involved here to solve the questions will help you open your mind on how to actually deal with hard questions in GMAT. So my suggestion to all my peers is go for GC test atleast surely for the QUANT part . These will really really help you for the real deal .
Verbal - I felt that the questions were good and mostly resembled GP .
In short go for it - it forms a great tool for practice .
From the interface to the type of questions to the scoring algorithm, I believe GMAT Club Test are very close to actual GMAT test. In fact they come very close to the GMAT Prep tests, and the best part is here you get succinct solution for each question - a feature not available in GMAT Prep tests.
Overall a must for those who are aiming for 49 or more in Quant.
Only issue that I could mention is that GMAT Club Quant tests have limited no. of Geometry questions whereas I was faced with some never-seen-before challenging geometry questions on my actual test.
Verbal Tests are also good but could be more aligned to the actual GMAT questions esp. Critical Reasoning questions.
Background: I have had consistent Q49 in all the other mock tests that I took. I was not able to break that roadblock.
Post GMAT Club Tests: I took GMAT Club quant tests and now I am able to break into Q50/Q51
What changed? : You just need to hit the right set of questions and GMAT Club tests ensures that. GMAT club tests offer extensive collection of great Quant questions (700+). The initial few tests I was able to get into Q49 but I made sure I go through the details of solutions provided by bunuel, and boy, there were many hidden shortcuts I never knew. After the 4th test I was able to see patterns and was able to come with a strategy for my weak sections.
Portal: The entire portal is very user friendly, especially the Quizzes part as you can easily choose to attack your weak sections. This will help a lot to those who want to achieve Q50/Q51 as they have some great bunch of Probability/P&C/Inequality questions.
Verbal Section? : Would recommend to do with the tests directly as the question bank is not as extensive as Quant's. (You loose out on great tests if you exhaust questions in Quizzes)
To sum it up, go for Quant Practice and Verbal Tests. Give at least 5 individual tests to see improvement.
I have been using GmatClub Tests for the past one/two weeks. So far, it has been an excellent resource for my preparation. With, over 25 Quants and 9 Verbal Tests, we have an exhaustive list of test material. I am able to see a lot of tough Quants questions in GmatClub Tests compared to those of Official GMATPrep Software. The performance analysis, offered by GmatClub is of great help. I am able to identify what my strengths and weaknesses are, where i am losing a lot of time and where I have to concentrate to improve my score.
Kudos to bb, Bunuel and the GmatClub Team:)
I have given 14 Quant test yet and till this point of my journey in GMATCLUB I have found that every test is in itself a challenge.
The test is so designed that one gets to clear the basic of Quant and also one will be able to master the concepts at the same time. I have gone through the explanation by Bunuel and they are simply awesome.
In case someone is not clear of the explanation, they can simply go through the expert comments which either explain the provided solution in detail or offer a different solution which increases the scope of your understanding.
The only issue I find in the tests is that the concentration of the questions are more on a similar topic in one particular test(I have given 14 quant test yet- 12 more to go). For example only 2 questions I have seen yet which comes as the angle between clock problem, and only one question yet which is based on the odd days in a leap year or normal year. If the test questions are distributed evenly then it would help aspirants to cover each topic just by giving the tests.
I will definitely recommend the Quant practise questions from GMATCLUB as I am solely dependent on this as the one and only source.
The Quant Tests are very helpful! I find the questions are very well designed to touch upon the fundamentals that are essential for a high score on GMAT. The subject ranges tested are also pretty wide ranged. More importantly, the questions are very tricky; so they help get you very attentive and cautious. The biggest advantage of solving the question sets is that you will be able to minimize silly mistakes by leaps and bounds. These silly mistakes cost a big chunk of the overall score. The other half of this amazing story is the excellent pool of explanations for each question. Some of the explanations are very elaborate and also, go beyond the concepts necessary for the question in hand and rather discuss at length covering similar concepts. These question sets are like a learning platform in gradual stages. An amazing tool for quant skills development.
Verbal tests are quite good too. But, I found the passages do not reflect the pattern of the actual GMAT. There are only 3 passages instead of 4. And, too many SC questions were left for the end of test.
Overall, these are very good tools for sharpening your skills. But, you must have a mastery of the all available OG questions to be able to understand well the tricks and trades of GMAT. Best of luck!
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Hi Team,
Let me get straight to the point. I will review the tests based on sectional.
1)Quantitative:
I am pleased with the quality of the questions( especially 700 level) . You get a 47 above in these tests and it is sure of Q51 in the main exam. Having given the test twice(scored Q50 both times), I am quite sure how the questions would be in the actual exam. 700 level questionsof GMAT club tests are close in logic to the actual 700 level questions you can get in the main exam.
However, the lack of adaptiveness of the tests is bit disappointing. As we know, GMAT is a mental game. Simulating the exam conditions by adopting a adaptive algorithm is crucial I believe. It doesnt make sense to get a 600 level question in the last 5 minutes when you are doing really well.
2.Verbal:
Again the quality of questions is very good. But the number of questions is too low(compared with quant). A person like me who is weak at verbal( which is most of the cases) is not that benefited from GMAT club verbal tests. I would suggest developing more verbal questions so that everyone gets benefited.Put yourself in my shoes!! what will you think when you see 25 quantitative tests and ONLY 8 verbal tests side by side.Again the adaptive algorithm is missing.
Best thing about the tests is that it's User Interface is same as that of GMAT. It gives a feel of accustomed to the test .
I am currently seeking a 2 week extend to my subscription as I am giving the GMAT again on oct8th,2016.
P.S:
I criticise only when I feel the other party deserves an imrovement i.e they are currently doing good and be dominant with further improvement.
Excuse me in case i sound too harsh.
But since Jan,2015 I am a big fan of GMATclub and love to be always.
Thanks,
Vijay Suman Nunna.
The Quants Tests are very accurate , however the Verbal tests have questions whose solutions are somewhat debatable (even in forums) especially the sentence correction questions. The verbal tests have a scope for improvement and the score is not so accurate. On the other hand Would definitely recommend the practice test to gauge your level in Quants. In practice tests I was getting 49 in quants and got a 48 on the real GMAT. The solutions by Bunuel are brilliant and they test your basic understanding of the topics. You can always take away something from each question and the takeaways definitely helps on questions of higher difficulty.