Thank you. We will correct the highlighting of the text in the new tests.
_________________

Founder of GMAT Club

Just starting out with GMAT? Start here... | Want to know your GMAT Score? Try GMAT Score Estimator
Need GMAT Book Recommendations? Best GMAT Books

Co-author of the GMAT Club tests

Find out what's new at GMAT Club - latest features and updates

So are we now able to take free tests until June 10?

Is the CAT actually close to the real GMAT? How close is it? I did a verbal test and score 39/41 O_O??? Never before have I scored that much. Why do the questions seem too obvious? I felt they are 500-600 levels. I took another verbal test in exhausted condition and still scored 35/41! I think GMATClub should modify the algorithm to make it more difficult to closely simulate the real exam.

Some bugs I discovered (I'm sure others have reported already)
- 12 CRs in a row, 14 RCs in a row, 15 SCs in a row. They should be mixed as in the real exam.
- RC: questions belonging to a particular reading passage are not next to each other. Instead, they are randomly distributed in the whole RC set (still in the 14 consecutive RCs). Use a set or an array or something to link them together to make a chain of questions of the same passage.
- Repeated questions.
- The test requires users to re-login during the test. After re-logging in, user can resume the test, but this is very annoying and can affect the performance. Not to mention the redirect URL after logging points users to the main forum, not to the test page. Please make the user's session longer.
- View result: please do not show correct answer by default. Instead, only show the user's answer, and provide an option for the user to show the correct answer. Same for question explanation.
- Wrong score calculation: Why is it I scored 35/41 and have a score of 2%?

That's it for now. Will report more bugs when I do more tests. Overall, great contents and workable new software. Thanks for the courtesy!

-C

Hi everyone!

I'm new here. I just joined tonight as I was searching for CAT exams to practice. A number of people have asked what will happen after the exams are no longer free, and that question hasn't been answered yet.... So, how much will they cost after the 10th/11th? How many CAT exams will be available (without repeating questions)?

I've used up my 6 Manhattan practice exams, so am looking for other challenging CAT exams. I thought the GMAT exam I took recently (2nd attempt) would be my last, but I messed up my time management BADLY. I was doing well crunching through every question on the math section and excited that I knew how to do them all, was OK for time halfway through, then forgot to be vigilant and allowed myself to get sucked into a couple of black hole questions. Before I knew it, I was on question #28 with only 4 min left, ack! I was on #32 of 37 when it timed out on me. I was lucky to end up with a 690 anyway, but was very frustrated because that's the same score I got the first time. The second time I expected mid 700s as I was far more prepared academically, if it weren't for my time management error.

So I've decided I need to do as many practice CAT exams as possible to practice my time management.

Info about how much the GMAT Club CAT exams will cost after the free trial, plus advice about other CAT exams or time management strategies would be great, thanks!

PS - I can't access the two free CAT exams from GMAC because the software is not compatible with Mac computers.

Hey @bb,
The new layout is absolutely amazing.
The new tests are awesome also.

Quick question, I seem to remember some of the questions in the tests as the ones I marked in the forums.
Are most of the questions from the gmatclub forums or some are only found in the tests?
_________________

“When I was young I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures, so I did ten times more work.” ~ Bernard Shaw


Kudos me if I helped you in any way.

Hi Guys,

The new CAT tests look great. I just took the Verbal test and i have a doubt regarding it.
My score says V7 and there is no percentage along with it. I got 31/41. how much would it be on a scaled score ?




Test, 41 verbal questions
V7
Completed 38 min 46 sec June 11th, 05:14 AM

Hi BB,
It's still June 11th but I could not access to the test anymore. So, there is a cut off time I was not aware off?
But thanks for the free trial anyway.

Cannot start the tests somehow.

@bb
i would like to ask one more thing...since now the tests will not be free.....do we have the kudos concept or posts concept still to access the premium tests...what are the rules.can you explain please....
_________________

Your KUDOS will keep me inspired in contributing more to this community......

hello all...i took two verbal tests in d free cat tests...and have got a v7 in the scoring column....what does that mean...and how to relate it with the actual gmat scores i.e. on a scale of 0-41...?