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Milanproda1
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Online GMAT study pack

by Milanproda1 Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:12 pm

MBA.com sells these two products (GMAT Focus and GMAT paper tests). Are they worth the buy? (After I have finished all of MGMAT work of course =) ).

I personally love repetition, so the more questions I do the better I feel about a type of question.
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Re: Online GMAT study pack

by StaceyKoprince Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:46 pm

GMAT Focus is great, I highly recommend it. Save it for late in your study - these are great as diagnostic "mini-tests" for timed, adaptive, random practice (just like the real thing!). Note that GMAT Focus is quant only.

The paper tests are of limited value. Certainly don't take them as full tests and score them - the real test is nothing like that any longer, and you could actually learn BAD habits by trying to take paper tests as real tests. They can be a good source of questions just for practice, but I would rather that you use more recent questions - the most recent paper test is from 1997. And, honestly, I'd rather that most people do fewer questions than they think they need to do.

Don't make the mistake of doing thousands and thousands of questions without really learning / mastering the questions that you are doing. That's a REALLY inefficient way to study! :)
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Re: Online GMAT study pack

by Milanproda1 Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:23 pm

Thank you very much for your advice.
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Re: Online GMAT study pack

by StaceyKoprince Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:20 pm

you're welcome!
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