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Re: Gmatprep repetitive qurstions
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03 Mar 2016, 11:34
Hi GAL064,
As you continue to study, it's important to make each CAT that you take a "new" CAT. Retaking a CAT that you've already taken will lead to an unrealistic experience on a number of levels. You'll likely see some repeat questions, which means that you won't have the same 'stress' reaction, you'll probably already know the answer to each of those questions (so you'll get them correct without having to work) and you won't spend the same amount of time on the prompt that you normal would (if it were 'new' to you). As you see more and more repeat questions, your score results will almost certainly become more and more 'inflated.' By extension, with those higher results, you might think that you're performing at a higher level in certain areas, when you're actually not - so you'll end up making some incorrect choices about the direction that you take your studies. Taking FULL CATs under realistic conditions is one of the necessary aspects of properly training to face the GMAT. There are plenty of reasonably accurate CATs available (some are free and the others can be bought rather cheaply), so you shouldn't try to save money by reusing CATs.
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