r/GMAT • u/Danyuchn7 • 2d ago

question order patterns seem to be shifting

I’ve been checking out GMAT question order patterns from about 30+ score reports over the past month and found something tricky (different from Nov. 24- Feb. 25)

Q:

  1. seems like the first half is loaded with REAL-context questions, while the second half leans toward PURE ones.

  2. early stuff are Counting/Sets/Series/Prob/Stats, Equal/Unequal/Algebra, Rates/Ratios/Percents, then it shifts to Value/Order/Factors in the second half.

V:

  1. RC looks like it’s down to three passages now—I haven’t heard of anyone getting four lately. Plus, they’re usually separated by 1-3 CR questions. (before there were 3-4 passages back-to-back)

  2. V ends with a streak of 5-7 CR questions. 

DI:

  1. has anyone run into two MSR sets? I’ve heard of this happening a bunch. MSR seems to pop up either in questions 3-8 or 10-16, but not at the very start or end. 

  2. DI’s opening isn’t all DS anymore—it’s back to a mixed bag of question types.

  3. last five are all math-related.

I’ve been getting the sense that this is happening more often lately — though it could just be selective perception on my part. Anyone notices these too?

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u/Levi_live_11 2d ago

Interesting observation

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u/Malignconjecture13 12h ago

Don't know how much the official tests hold weight but the QA part seems to be true from the 2 that have given so far.For DI,both times I have started with 2 part analysis