Gmat Prep Question Pack Quant analysis

[crusade]

Hey,

I recently bought the GMAT Prep question pack and have been using it for regular practice.

I selected a set of 30 questions for quant (15 DS and 15 PS) and got a majority of hard questions (The session was taken under timed conditions.).

My results for the session were:

Easy questions: 8/8
Medium questions: 6/8
Hard questions: 10/16

I'm aiming for a 49+ in quant, but I'm not sure what to make of this in terms of analysis. Does anybody know how this can be interpreted?

Thanks.

[jlucero]

It means that your quant ability is probably somewhere above average. I know that's a very general and not-so-helpful answer, but the problem with this type of studying is that (assuming your timing was 2 min/problem) you were able to spend less time on easier problems and more time on the harder ones. On a true computer adaptive test, you'd have 2-3 medium questions at the beginning of the test and the rest should be somewhere around your ability level. Obviously every test situation can vary greatly, but in a perfect world, this is what you'd see.

As a complete guess, I think you're probably somewhere in the 65-85%ile ability, but again, this is a very limited resource for trying to find your GMAT score. GMAT Prep or another computer adaptive test is the only real way to answer your question.