Questions Difficulty in MGMAT CATs

[joey_jamal]

Hi ,

Thank you for explaining the logic behind your 200-800 difficulty scale for questions and how that doesn't reflect the actual score. However, I still fail to see how the CATs mimic the real GMAT even if it doesnt have the occasional experimental questions.

My questions is if the CATs give me 32 out of 37 questions from the difficult bucket of questions ( provided that I didnt answer all the difficult questions right) is that the same difficulty level I should be expecting on the real GMAT? if No then will it be slightly easier in the real GMAT or it will be much easier on the real GMAT and you just try to give us extra preparation?

[StaceyKoprince]

If you'd like to learn more about how the (very complicated) algorithm actually works, read the Scoring section of our e-book, The GMAT Uncovered Guide.

As a general rule, most people feel that our quant section is a little bit harder than the quant section on the real test - but some people think it's similar and some people think the real test is harder.

As a general rule, the jury is split on verbal - similar numbers of people think ours is easier vs. harder vs. the same.

A lot of it depends on your own strengths and weaknesses, of course, and also on how much text anxiety you experience on the real test day (you don't experience that on our tests since you know the practice tests don't count).

Expect the real test to feel challenging. If you're doing well, then it should feel hard all the way through and you should sometimes have to guess.