i took a practice GMAT exam hosted by Kaplan this past weekend and one thing that the proctor said to the class really bothered me. according to this proctor/teacher, the actual GMAT exam has four sections- the writing, the quant, the verbal, and an experimental section that can either be quant or verbal. now, i've been looking into the GMAT for a few months now and have read countless blogs and discussion boards... and never did anyone say that there was a whole experimental section on the GMAT. i've heard of experimental questions spread out within each section, but having a whole another section is brand new news to me.
can someone please advise as to whether this is true or not? i'm really hoping that the kaplan teacher guy is wrong, because building stamina for an additional 75 minutes on the actual GMAT day is something that i am definitely not prepared for.
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hi fishee
I think the instructor meant to say that in the Verbal/Quant sections, there are "experimental" questions that do not count towards your score. Those experimental questions are just set aside as future questions based on whether you got them right/wrong and your final score. Don't worry about "whole experimental section". I've taken it twice, and never faced such a section.
All the best
Hey Fishee,
Wannabe is spot on. There are experimental questions on the actual GMAT but there is not an entire section of experimental questions so fear not. BTW, nice blog you have going. I'm also applying for Fall 2009 so lemme know if you need any support. Good luck with the GMAT prep and remember that GMAC's own statistics show that the number of hours spent studying for the test is highly correlated with actual performance. Read: study as much/hard as you can!
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