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Hi samperry54,

In another post, you noted that you had scored 720 on your first practice CAT - and that is an outstanding result for an initial CAT (the average score on the Official GMAT hovers around 550 most years).

While the most realistic CATs available are the 6 from GMAC, retaking a CAT that you've already taken is NOT a realistic way to assess your skills - since you will likely see some 'repeat' questions that you have already faced. Unfortunately, seeing even a couple of repeats can 'throw off' the Scoring Algorithm and impact your pacing, energy levels, fatigue, etc. (meaning that they would likely all appear to be better than they actually are). Thankfully, the CATs from Kaplan, MGMAT and Veritas are all 'close enough' to the real thing that they will provide you with a relatively realistic score assessment (assuming that you correctly take the CAT in a realistic fashion that matches the parameters that you will face when you take the Official GMAT) - so you can use any NEW CATs from any of those sources next.

Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) Have you taken any other practice CATs/mocks? On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

For clarification, I'm not asking about repeating a test - I'm trying to avoid that. My question was, if I use my free test #1 as a way to access free extra practice questions, when I take test 2 is there a chance I will see repeat questions? If there is I would like to find another source for practice.

I've been studying for about a month, but not too heavily - I probably do about 2-3 hours per week, but looking to ramp that up and take the real test in a month or so.

So far I've used the Princeton Review GMAT book, and took one of the practice tests on the gmat prep website. Not much else so far. Only took 1 CAT, which was this past Sunday: 41 on Verbal, 47 on Quant, 7 on IR. I'm a math major so the percentile rank in the math section (63%) was very disappointing to me. I think the primary problem was I took too long answering the data sufficiency questions, and ran out of time at the end.

I'm trying to get as close to a perfect score as possible. I'm a pretty good standardized test taker (low to mid 90s percentile on SAT and GRE without TOO much studying) but want to try and get to another level with the GMAT, if possible.

Depending on what GMAT score I get, I'll probably want to apply to schools this coming cycle, and preferably round 1. So, if I take the test in a month and do well, I'd quickly start on the essays and recommendations. If I don't do as well as I'd like, I'll either wait until round 2 or even until next cycle possibly.

I've been studying for about a month, not too intensely.

I took one of the official practice CATs this past Sunday. 720 score overall, 41 Verbal 47 Quant 7 IR.

I haven't scheduled a GMAT date yet but planning on taking it in around a month.

Looking to get as close to a perfect score as possible.

Very nice starting score! Have you taken any others since your initial practice exam?