What to do after giving all available CAT

[Navneet]

Hi MGMAT Experts
I have completed MGMAT and GMATprep CATs last year, (when I was not at all ready for exam and took all CATs and GMAT test)

This year I have spend most of time developing concepts from gmat prep questions and wasting my time on CAT of some "Nonsense" websites, which really was a waste of money.

now I want to try some good CAT before giving GMAT
Please advice ( repeating the CAT results in inflated score)

[StaceyKoprince]

If it has been a year since you took those CATs, then you will have forgotten most or all of the questions, so you can go ahead and use them again.

It sounds like you have been studying from the GMATPrep questions - were you studying from the CAT questions or from the additional questions that come with the software or the extra questions that you can buy?

If you have been studying the CAT questions recently, then don't repeat those CATs. Did you also buy the two additional GMATPrep CATs? If you haven't (or if you haven't looked at those questions in more than about 4-6 months), then you can do those tests.

[Navneet]

Thanks for reply Stacey

Though it is one year since I taken MGMAT tests, in last one year I have been working on SCs of those tests, checking for mistakes etc. Also I don't know why but I tend to remember CR and RC prompt for long time once I solve them and this ability really hurt me when I resolve question.

I am preparing from GMATprep free questions available online ( Got a bunch of them from some site) ( but Only for SC)

Only thing left is 02 extra GMAP prep CATs and some official paper based mock exams. I don't trust quality of questions available in many sites so I don't want go there. ( I already mentioned that " I wasted my time on CAT of some of "Nonsense" websites, which really was a waste of time and money."). I was wondering may be MGMAT could add exam pack.

Lastly I want your advice on taking Veritasprep CATs ( after MGMAT I trust Veritas , but I am not sure on the quality of their paper )

Thanks

[StaceyKoprince]

Okay, stop studying any question sets or compilations from GMATPrep. You may be able to repeat the free tests in 2-3 months if you stop reviewing those now.

Anyone else reading this, use Navneet's predicament as a warning / cautionary tale! Good practice CATs are rare and you don't want to "spoil" yourself by seeing the questions in advance, nor do you want to use them up too quickly.

I would take a non-GMATPrep practice CAT now so that you can analyze / figure out your strengths and weaknesses. I haven't used Veritas's tests, so can't say whether they're good; I typically recommend 800 Score to students who have used up our tests and GMATPrep. Once you feel like you're close to being ready to take the real test, you can use the last two GMATPrep tests you have.

You should be able to get a good 3-6 weeks' worth of a study plan out of the analysis of one test. You'll just want to make sure, going forward, that you use your remaining tests more wisely. :)