Practice test before retaking GMAT

[JSP]

Hi,
I 'm going to retake my GMAT on Oct 22. My last GMAT was on Sep 16. I have not written any CAT during the last 3 weeks. There are 2 weekends before my GMAT.
During my initial preparation i gave 6 MGMAT & 2 GMAT prep test's. Currently I am only going through my material and practicing on improving my time management(practicing with a stopwatch)
My question is what CAT should i take and how many before the GMAT.
Thanks
J

[shubhrayandg]

Hii J,
I may not be the right person to suggest you but in my opinion instead of repeating Mock tests, you should either enroll for CAT test (some free mock tests of Kaplan and Knewton are available ). As you can understand, once you start repeating mock test.. questions will start repeating and your scores will be somewhat less reliable.
All the best for your gmat
Regards,
Shubhrayan

[StaceyKoprince]

I need a lot more information in order to advise you. What was your last score (including quant and verbal subscores)? What do you hope to score this time? What do you think are your main problem areas? Strengths and weaknesses?

CATs are very useful for figuring out your (approximate) current scoring level, so if you have been studying for the past 3 weeks, you should take a CAT now and see where you're at (make sure to take it under 100% official conditions, including essays). That will let you know whether you are in a reasonable position to reach your goal in 2 weeks or whether you may need more time.

As a general rule, while you're trying to *improve* your score, you take CATs only once every 2 to 4 weeks (depending upon how much you're studying and getting better every day). You want to hit your target score on a practice CAT about 1 to 2 weeks before your real test, and then you spend that last 1 to 2 weeks (ideally 2) reviewing and maintaining that score. To do that, you take one CAT about 2 weeks before and another CAT about 1 week before (and review in between).