Pracice Tests

[Guest]

I've taken all of the MGMAT tests, and I'm about to take my second and final GMAT Prep test that is provided when signing up for the GMAT. Does anyone know if it's possible to purchase additional GMAT Prep tests. If not, are there other tests that people recommend that give a fairly good assessment of one's ability and score, as well as provide a close resemblence to the actual GMAT?

Thanks!

[GMAT Eater]

You can purchase 72 quant questions for $62 bux if you purchase GMAT Focus bundle. It is sold by GMAC at mba.com.

The format is adaptive and it has real retired GMAT Quant questions which are more recent than the OG questions.

I highly recommend it.

[StaceyKoprince]

The GMAT Focus questions are good but are only quant, unfortunately - and they are not even full 37-question sections. There are no additional GMATPrep tests for free or for purchase.

How long have you been studying? How much longer are you planning to study? Generally speaking, tests should be taken only about every 3 weeks, with significant study (every day) in between. I'm guessing you probably haven't been studing for 18+ weeks, so I'm guessing that, instead, you've been taking tests more frequently.

Not a lot we can do about that now but for others in future: don't just take a bunch of practice tests without LARGE amounts of study in between.

In your case, you can keep taking both MGMAT and GMATPrep tests but you may seem some questions repeated. This could have a skewed impact on your score, but it's not necessarily as large as some people think, and there are also things you can do to mitigate the possible impact. (And if you haven't taken your last GMATPrep yet, save it for closer to when you take the real exam. Better to do some with repeats right now.)

First, if you got the question right before, then there's no difference on this problem alone if you get it right again this time. The only difference is if you got it wrong before and you also probably wouldn't have gotten it right this time around even though you've studied a lot more since the last time.

Second, the one other way in which it could contribute to a skewed score is by "saving" time that you really shouldn't have saved, such that you then have more time for other questions. You can control for this yourself. If you do see a repeat, immediately look at the timer and sit there and wait for the full 2 min (or 1.5 on SC). That way, you don't get a "bump" from having more time than you should have.

So the overall impact could range from none to relatively small.

I can't personally recommend other tests because I haven't vetted tests from other companies - but if other students have recommendations, please let us know!