wishsong

Just got back from the testing center and created an account to contribute to this thread (it helped keep me sane in the last 2.5 weeks of studying). To preface, I primarily needed a good Verbal, so I didn't really take the Quantitative sections very seriously. Also I agree with above posters on the difference between Manhattan/Magoosh and the real exam's Verbal sections -- Manhattan tends to sprinkle a lot of esoteric vocab on its practice exams and there are some fine logical discrepancies between Manhattan/Magoosh and the actual test. It's hard to quantify but it was much harder for me to determine why one answer choice was better than the other in Manhattan/Magoosh than it was on the real test. To be fair, though, I got that perception pretty early on so it might have been partially self-fulfilling. Anyway, for future test takers: don't be too alarmed if your Verbal scores are somewhat low on Manhattan/Magoosh tests! Trust the ETS tests, as everyone else has said. At the same time, it never hurts to prepare with something more difficult but I suggest moving to ETS before your actual exam so you can get a feel for the amount of inference you might need. Manhattan Average (out of 6): 163 V Magoosh (only took two tests, exclusively verbal): 163 V, 164 V ETS Book #1 and #2: 166 V PowerPrep #1: 164 V 163 Q PowerPrep #2: 168 V 157 Q Real Test (Unofficial scores -- they better not change!): 167 V 160Q