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it was a good experience overall. the tests prepare you for the hardest version, however it sometimes gets really tough , even tougher than the exam, which would affect your self esteem. the tests cover every part of the curriculum. but the answers are not well prepared, and sometimes the answers are very subjective (especially in the RC part), and they sometime don't make sense. I've recommended this course to other friends who had pretty much the same feedback. however, these tests are better than any other tests from other sources. my experience was with GMAC and egmat, and so far, my experience with gmat club was the best among them.
The GMAT Club Tests really helped me pull up my quant score from 38 to 44 in a recent exam. I figured that I did not spend enough time revising my errors and perfecting my conceptual knowledge, else I am pretty sure a Q49 is possible with the GMATClub tests. I really love the wealth of DS questions that was provided in the tests and how the tests helped me build mental stamina for my actual exam. I would definitely recommend it for Quant. However, I was not too happy with the quality of questions for verbal and hence the 4 stars. I really hope GMATClub will seek to improve in that area!
I subscribed GMAT Club tests for 1 month and I appeared all tests in the GMAT Club tests. In the test section, math is very hard, but very effective. After completing every test, I would study explanation of the answer which I made mistake. Following this way, I improved my math section. Math section in GMAT Club test is outstanding resource to get test of real GMAT Math question and I am confident that following the question in depth must boost up one's confidence in Math section. Verbal Section is good as well. In this section, critical analysis and reading comprehension questions is very good source of preparing GMAT study. And I want to say any reservation that before going to the real GMAT test, everyone should go through the GMAT Club test to judge himself or herself how much competent on GMAT questions and how much he or she can achieve in real GMAT test.
You can be rest assured that your performance in GMAT Club quants CATs will essentially be your final score on the D-Day.
5 stars for Quant. 1 star for Verbal ( So 4)
Let me go categorically
Quants
1. 26 quants tests are a lot. An average of last 5 Tests is essentially going to be your final quant score.Period
2. Quality of questions are really good and closely match with actual GMAT question types
3. The adaptive algorithm (which a lot of other Test providers cant just get right) works very well.
4. I will say though that the GMAT club test series package leaves a major part of test performance upto you. they dont provide a lot of metrics.
Verbal
I did not trust verbal test tbh . Dont have much to say about verbal scores other than the fact the questions are repetitive in nature. And some of the question types that they ask in these tests are not according to the actual GMAT.
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I found the GMAT club tests to be extremely useful during my GMAT preparation, mainly because I had a variety of questions that would not be similar but not the same that I would get during my CAT's.
I experienced difficulty solving 700+ questions, I found out some of them were extremely difficult and even the Q&A of the questions was not clear enough to understand the steps to solve them. Anything under 700+ are very good practice questions, My recommendation is that if you need extra material go for them, otherwise they are not a must have for a GMAT taker.
I have used gmatclub tests along with the question banks on gmatclub. I found the quant questions to be of really good quality. You can track your progress and come back to write the exam later on. The interface is the closest to that of the real GMAT exam. This will prepare you for the real exam because you will be in the test-taking mode due to practising in a familiar format and get used to solving questions. You can also reset the questions and make your own tests according to the topic you want to write the test on. For Verbal tests, you might want to practise a bit more from other sources because the Verbal tests are only 9. As for Quant, gmatclub tests are amazing.
GMAT Club is an aggregation of students and Test prep companies. GMAT Club just like all Forums is having two sides. One side which provides free information to students, and the other side is about promoting or demoting Test prep companies.
Students should be very attentive in all these forums because they are actually creating a pseudo world to promote the partner Test prep companies.
Points to check:
1. GMAT Club is a partner to many Test Prep namely e-GMAT & EmpowerGMAT. Basically it means that the forum acts as a front-end of theses firms.
2. There is a saying: For someone to win, others have to lose. GMAT Club also do the same thing. If there are 10 good reviews and 5 bad reviews about their partner, then all 5 bad reviews would be removed. And in case of the companies which are not their partners, all good reviews would be removed to paint them in bad light.
3. Simple rule of Business: If you are commercially involved with Test prep companies, then in no way you can be Honest.
4. Verified Reviews: The simple analogy is a “Robber guarding a Bank and asking us to believe his honesty”.
5. The idea of these forums is to control the information and promote their partners and also getting commissions.
6. Many times, we see their moderators also promoting their partners and also saying bad things about others. You can see all sort of examples in these forums where you will feel that moderators are creating a false world for students.
7. Founder “BB” can be seen in many discussions speaking good about GMAT Club Partners and speaking against others.
8. Test Prep companies Reviews are removed and Reviewers are also banned, to promote their partners namely e-GMAT & empowerGMAT.
The EPGP program has been developed for a different audience.
It is designed for students of management who can directly apply their learning in a leadership role in the industry and sponsored candidates may be preferred. Academically it's almost as demanding as a PGP but with more casework and class discussion. There are still exams and quizzes each month and the placement is rigorous for mid level roles in industry.
The program leaves the studying to you so it's on you to build a takeaway for yourself.
It is at par with all other 1 year full time MBA programs in India, such as ISB, IIMA PGPX and IIMC PGPEX.
I loved using these GMAT Club tests because they work as tools to help improve test time management. The verbal questions are quite representative of official questions.
I would suggest use these later on in your preparation period, once you have covered basics material and completed some practice material.
The Quant tests are a bit more challenging, but its good to go through them to see challenging questions.
I used these tests as practice material when I had exhausted Official Test Prep materials. Use them to hone your time management.
Thanks to GMAT Club for putting together such great practice material of all the test takers out there.
While the verbal tests might not be the best out there, the Quant tests are to kill for! The Quant questions are WAY harder than the actual GMAT level - and that's the best part! If you can comfortably answer questions here, you'll have a minimum of Q49 in your pocket and a Q50 (or a Q51 even) on your best day.
There is also the community replies and discussions which make it easier to understand how most people go about solving questions in the shortest time possible.
On a whole, I would 10/10 recommend the Quant tests. 8/10 recommend the verbal. Good Luck!
Yes. Thanks for sharing your idea.
How much were you scoring on the GMATclub tests ?