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For all your GMAT Test Needs - overview of GMAT Tests, GMAT CAT Tests, Free Tests, and of course member reviews! (remember that a good GMAT score is not based on how many tests you have taken, but how well you have mastered the fundamentals. Get a good GMAT Book before rushing into tests - don't run before you walk) Please feel free to comment or reply to this thread and share your opinion about the tests you have taken. The Latest Version of this discussion is here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/all-gmat-pra ... 28289.html Want to know how various tests correlate to the final GMAT Score? Try our GMAT Score Calculator - it is free 1. GMAT Prep - Official Software https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=19321 CAT: Yes Free Tests: Yes - 2 (can be taken multiple times) Price: Free; extra question pack available for $ Bottom Line: Practice tests distributed by the GMAC, the administrator of the GMAT. GMAT Prep is the only test that contains real GMAT Questions and is undoubtedly the best predictor of the final GMAT Score, which makes this product extremely valuable at the end of preparation and many believe should not be "wasted" on pre-prep analysis. GMAT Club Member Comments: "This is by far the most accurate and realistic." Download Link: www.mba.com Additional Info: Read how to maximize, reinstall, and go behind the scenes P.S. Make sure you explore both the GMATPrep and PowerPrep , the older brother of GMATPrep 2. GMAT Club's Tests https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=19323 CAT: Yes; up to 20 adaptive tests (14 quant and 6 verbal); over 1,200 questions included for quizzes. Free Tests: Yes - 2 to any gmat club member or all for any member with 25 Kudos points Price: all tests are free for members with 25 Kudos; otherwise pricing starts at $79 for 3 months access Bottom Line: Our in-house tests developed to challenge anyone and bring out the best in the 700+ seekers. Hardest questions on the market; created by bb and Bunuel. GMAT Club Member Comments: “Excellent tool for improving your Quant to the top level. As the name implies these tests were designed to challenge you. With some effort from your side they help you learn how to solve tough Quant questions. The Challenges cover all necessary areas of Quant section such as Algebra, Geometry, Statistics, Probability, Combinations/Permutation etc." Link: https://gmatclub.com/tests-beta/ Additional Info: Tests are fully open and available during the US public holidays. For schedule, please see here: Free Tests on Holidays 3. Kaplan GMAT Tests https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=19438 CAT: Yes Free Tests: Yes - 1 Free Kaplan Test Price: $30 for 6 full-length practice tests on CD/Online if you purchase a Kaplan Premier book Bottom Line: Good Value as Kaplan guides are solid. In addition, we recommend Kaplan Math Workbook and Kaplan Verbal Workbook for more in-depth review. Up to 9 tests are available with purchase of preparation packages. GMAT Club Member Comments: "Good tricks and though questions in both Math and Verbal. Kaplan CATs will force you to think in the right direction. In general, results from Kaplan are lower then results from actual GMAT (due to marketing reasons, most likely) therefore do not be discouraged by low scores." Link: Free Practice Test 4. Economist GMAT Tutor https://gmatclub.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/economist-gmat-tutor.gif CAT: Yes Free Tests: Yes - online free test . To take the test, sign up for a free 7-day trial that comes with a test and a number of lessons Price: You cannot purchase tests separately but the free trial offers access to quite a few questions Link: https://econgm.at/gmatclub 5. Veritas Prep Tests https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=19436 CAT: Yes Free Tests: Yes - online free test Price: 1 free test or buy 7 tests for $49. Please note that Veritas Prep GMAT course students already get these same tests with the purchase of a course. Veritas Prep also has a free GMAT Question Bank , which includes hundreds of realistic, completely free GMAT questions, a personal account to track your progress and review your past results, and detailed solutions for each question and a breakdown of how other students have answered each question. Forum users comments: https://gmatclub.com/forum/has-anyone-t ... 92320.html Link: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/gmat-practice-test/ 6. Manhattan Prep GMAT Tests https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=19435 CAT: Yes Free Tests: Yes - 1 Free Test Price: $49 if bought separately or Free if you purchase MGMAT Guides - each strategy guide comes with access to 6 tests - see full listing of MGMAT Guides Bottom Line: Second to GMAT Prep only (and maybe our tests ) - fairly accurate scoring. Great value. GMAT Club Member Comments: “In general, the results on real GMAT are in +/- 40 point range compared to MGMAT. Very good tool for personal evaluation, which helps to find week spots in your knowledge. Highly recommended if you want to check on your preparation progress." Free Tests Link: https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/free ... tice-test/ 6 Full Tests $49: https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/stor ... resources/ 7. Princeton Review Tests https://gmatclub.com/forum/download/file.php?id=19439 CAT: Yes Free Tests: Yes - 1 Free Test Price: Access to 4 online tests comes with Cracking the GMAT 2-5 tests, included in online courses, Price depends on a package $132+ Bottom Line: Overall is a good practice if starting from scratch and targeting 600 to 700 range. GMAT Club Member Comments: “PR is very good as a refresher. The Princeton CATs are designed for those starting on basics concepts. As a result the Quant section seems to be primitive compared with Manhattan GMAT or Kaplan.” Link: Free CAT Test Other GMAT Tests & Products Math Revolution CAT: No Free Tests: Yes (1 Diagnostic test, 1 Mock Test) Price: Free Tests only GMAT Club Member Comments: "Hi Everyone, Thanks again for all the kind words and advice! Took some time to reflect about everything and decided that a quick run through of base concepts is needed (in certain areas). I took the Math Revolution Diagnostic Test (73 questions) and I would like to share my results with you in an effort to get some advice as to how to improve." Link: https://gmat.mathrevolution.com/ 800score CAT: Yes Free Tests: Yes - 1 Downloadable Quant Test Price: 5 downloadable tests for $24.95 Forum users comments: Quant section is challenging, while Verbal is of no challenge whatsoever. So don't get disappointed with low Quant score and do not rely on high results from Verbal as an indicator of mastering this section. Some more polishing still could be done since spelling errors and missing information happens in the test questions. Nevertheless can be a useful preparation tool in addition to other CATs. Link: https://www.800score.com Powerprep CAT: No Free Tests: Yes Price: Free tests only - Download Bottom Line: Powerprep are practice tests distributed by the GMAC, before 2006, and were replaced by GMAT Prep. GMAT Club Member Comments: "Its worth doing if you're looking for extra test simulations, however, don't be lulled into a false sense of security if you score high. There are many repeats from OG, you will score very high...". "Powerprep wasn't truly adaptive, so it's not overly useful anymore. It won't mimic your real GMAT experience. " Platinum GMAT CAT: No Price: free - no sign up required https://www.platinumgmat.com/gmat-practice-test/ GMAT Focus CAT: Yes Free Tests: No Price: 1 for $25; 3 for $65 Bottom Line: Definitely a good practice for Quant if you have some extra money to spend. Unfortunately some questions overlap with the OG 12. For more info go here GMAT Club Member Comments: "GMAT Focus is expensive but worth every cent." "If you don't mind the price of them, I think the GMAT Focus tests are pretty good. The big advantage is that they probably have a more-updated scoring algorithm, so you get an idea of where you're actually scoring for Quant. And it seemed to me that the types of questions were more recent (harder than OG, if you're scoring at a high Quant level).But if I had only $80 to spend, I'd probably buy the GMAT Club tests - you'll get 25 very good tests (with ~37 questions each) instead of 3 tests (with 24 questions each)." ( Source ) Link: https://www.gmatfocus.com gmat score calculator button.gif 2012_gmatprep_114x146.png gmatclub-cats.png mgmat-cats.gif mgmat-cats.gif veritas-prep-test.gif princeton-cat.gif kaplan-cat.gif

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hi guys

if anyone is looking for some tips with respect to the quant and verbal section, i can help them out. i have been doing so for quite some time now. i took my gmat in 2009 and scored a 760 (verbal- 42, quant-50). i followed it up with an year at ISB, Hyderabad.

you can get in touch with me @ 9873209590 and we can talk more about it. feel free to call me during the day or to sms during the later part of the day

i can entertain questions wrt the applications process as well

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Which of these CATs would be the best to start as a diagnostic? I dont necessarily want to burn the GMAC ones this early, just want to get an idea of it and identify the weakest areas.

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Which of these CATs would be the best to start as a diagnostic? I dont necessarily want to burn the GMAC ones this early, just want to get an idea of it and identify the weakest areas.

It's a good idea to schedule the GMAT Prep ones towards the end.

For starting off, any of the usual suspects (first five in the original post) would be a good choice. Apart from setting the baseline, they can also provide some good practice and variety.

Just be careful not to get carried away with these estimated scores, as the scoring algorithm across companies can vary quite a bit.

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Anyone tried the new GMAT Prep? I guess there is a new version to include IR, if so, are the CAT questions the same as in the former version?

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PS: does the GMAC Question Pack present questions in as a CAT or simply as a series of questions as in the OG?

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You One Game And Shoot You Out Of The Next Three" spot (really dumb, although they had three of these guys last season and only one this year,

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nd forever, baseball management will mourn the death of the reserve clause.

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Is the free Knewton CAT still available. I couldn't find it. Have they removed it ?

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There seems to be a lot work that needs to be done !!

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There seems to be a lot work that needs to be done !!

could you be more specific , please, cos i am considering to take a GMAT preparation course .the school MBAstrategy uses GoGmat and claims that its adaptive method is the best on the market .... obviously its marketing trick but there is no other school around so its either them or self study.

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I bought the MGMAT practice tests 2 days ago and attempted CAT 2. The test froze at the end of the IR section and after some time, I hit refresh and it completely skipped the Quant section. I attempted CAT 3 and it happened again! Really annoyed and not at all impressed, as this means I now have 2 less proper tests. I am on a 1mbps connection and am sitting 2 feet away from the router - I doubt that the internet is to blame. Has anyone else experienced similar problems with manhattan? Also, how many times can we reset the test?

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I bought the MGMAT practice tests 2 days ago and attempted CAT 2. The test froze at the end of the IR section and after some time, I hit refresh and it completely skipped the Quant section. I attempted CAT 3 and it happened again! Really annoyed and not at all impressed, as this means I now have 2 less proper tests. I am on a 1mbps connection and am sitting 2 feet away from the router - I doubt that the internet is to blame. Has anyone else experienced similar problems with manhattan? Also, how many times can we reset the test?

I spoke to our Tech department about your CATs freezing and they suggested that you clear your browser's cache (https://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser's-Cache). Also, please be sure not to hit refresh or the back button during your exams.

Rest assured that you haven't lost any tests; you can reset all six exams together as many times as you like within your frame of access. At this point, I recommend that you "end exam -> end section" for the remaining sections of your current exam and move forward with the next exam. If you have any more questions, please contact our Tech department at 800-576-4628.

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Hi Matt,

Thanks so much for your quick reply. I'll clear the cache and give it a go again tomorrow. Correct me if i am wrong, but i understand that when I reset the tests, some of the questions I've already seen might be repeated. Do you by any chance have a different question bank for each of the 6 tests? In which case if I retake CAT 2 and 3 all the questions for sections I didn't take should be new? Also, what's the best thing to do if the test freezes again? I suppose I could close the browser and resume the test. Thanks much for your help!

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Hi Matt,

Thanks so much for your quick reply. I'll clear the cache and give it a go again tomorrow. Correct me if i am wrong, but i understand that when I reset the tests, some of the questions I've already seen might be repeated. Do you by any chance have a different question bank for each of the 6 tests? In which case if I retake CAT 2 and 3 all the questions for sections I didn't take should be new? Also, what's the best thing to do if the test freezes again? I suppose I could close the browser and resume the test. Thanks much for your help!

From all the information I've gathered from our tech department, your best bet is to take the remaining four tests and then reset them together. However, if you would like more details or if you're concerned about seeing repeat questions in your next set of six exams, please either call our tech team at 800-576-4628 or send an email to techsupport@manhattangmat.com--we respond to emails very quickly.

All the best,
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From all the information I've gathered from our tech department, your best bet is to take the remaining four tests and then reset them together. However, if you would like more details or if you're concerned about seeing repeat questions in your next set of six exams, please either call our tech team at 800-576-4628 or send an email to techsupport@manhattangmat.com--we respond to emails very quickly.

All the best,
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Clearing my cache seemed to do the trick - I was able to take CAT 4 without any trouble. Thanks a bunch for your help!

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