Exhaused practice tests

by **renei** Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:19 am

Hi,

I purchased the MGMAT CAT over a year ago in 2007 and took all six tests between June and August 2008 (the 1 year access has since lapsed). I subsequently did the GMAT Prep tests twice plus i have sat for the the real GMAT twice. My actual gmat scores (620 q36 v39 and 620 q39 v36) are slightly less than the average of the my MGMAT tests, where i was averaging about 640 q42 v37. After all these tests i know where my major weakness lies, TIMING for quantitative section. In the actual gmat tests and and GMAT Prep practice tests i always face a situation where i run out of time and still have about 10 questions to complete and end up guessing all of them! I want to retake the GMAT BUT only once i have improved on my timing issues and that will take more practice.

I know i can significantly improve my quantitative score, it is just that i am slow at answering difficult questions and spend too much time on difficult questions which often get wrong anyway.

The long and short of it is i have run out of practice exams to do. If i re-purchased (not reset) the MGMAT practice exams would i see repeat questions bearing in mind that i took all MGMAT tests during the time i had one year access?

thanking you in advance for your assisstance.

by **JonathanSchneider** Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:13 pm

Rebuying the tests will give you continued access to the CATs; however, as you have already taken all 6, you will see repeat questions. It would basically be the same thing as resetting the CAT pool. The only difference in your case is that your access has expired, and so you would be paying for continued access.

Also, please consider the following: I rarely, if ever, recommend that anyone take more than 6 CATs. We learn best by reviewing indiviudal problems, not by simply taking more practice tests. Practice tests, after all, are indicators of where we currently stand. They are not the best teaching tools. (Of course, reviewing the individual problems after the fact can be quite helpful.) So, you may be a lot better off simply using your time breaking down OG questions, etc.