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Hello guys!

I'm an italian guys who is currently preparing for the gmat. I have read that "The official guide for GMAT" use real and old questions.
My question is: are those questions the same that I could find in the online simulation test? Could that guide spoil some of the questions and affect the reliability of my results during simulation?

Thank you!! :-)
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Hello guys!

I'm an italian guys who is currently preparing for the gmat. I have read that "The official guide for GMAT" use real and old questions.
My question is: are those questions the same that I could find in the online simulation test? Could that guide spoil some of the questions and affect the reliability of my results during simulation?

Thank you!! :-)
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Hey marsigiu ,

Welcome to GMATClub :-)

No, those questions won't be there in the online simulations. So, you are good to go.

All the best!
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Hello guys!

I'm an italian guys who is currently preparing for the gmat. I have read that "The official guide for GMAT" use real and old questions.
My question is: are those questions the same that I could find in the online simulation test? Could that guide spoil some of the questions and affect the reliability of my results during simulation?

Thank you!! :-)

Welcome to GMATClub :-)

No, those questions won't be there in the online simulations. So, you are good to go.

All the best!
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Thank you for your answer man!
But were you talking about gmat official simulation or also all the others(Economist, Manhattan ecc)?

Off Topic: I have read your "GMAT history", congratulansions!! My situation is really similar to yours because I have excellent results in quantitative part but really poor in verbal (especially Sentence correction). Which material would you suggest? I have not much money to invest in it, and they suggested me to prepare on magoosh. Was it good for you or you have something better to suggest?
Have a nice day!
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Thank you for your answer man!
But were you talking about gmat official simulation or also all the others(Economist, Manhattan ecc)?

Off Topic: I have read your "GMAT history", congratulansions!! My situation is really similar to yours because I have excellent results in quantitative part but really poor in verbal (especially Sentence correction). Which material would you suggest? I have not much money to invest in it, and they suggested me to prepare on magoosh. Was it good for you or you have something better to suggest?
Have a nice day!
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Hey marsigiu ,

Yes, I meant only Official Simulation.

Regarding verbal resources, understand that you can get the strategies/material from any one source but all you need to understand is how much drilling you are doing for a particular question. You need to understand why the things are wrong rather than why the answers are correct.

Go through my another article here and implement the suggestions in your preparation.
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Thank you for your answer man!
But were you talking about gmat official simulation or also all the others(Economist, Manhattan ecc)?

Off Topic: I have read your "GMAT history", congratulansions!! My situation is really similar to yours because I have excellent results in quantitative part but really poor in verbal (especially Sentence correction). Which material would you suggest? I have not much money to invest in it, and they suggested me to prepare on magoosh. Was it good for you or you have something better to suggest?
Have a nice day!


Yes, I meant only Official Simulation.

Regarding verbal resources, understand that you can get the strategies/material from any one source but all you need to understand is how much drilling you are doing for a particular question. You need to understand why the things are wrong rather than why the answers are correct.

Go through my another article and implement the suggestions in your preparation.
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And what about unofficial tests?Did you find any of them inside?

I will follow your guide, thank you!
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And what about unofficial tests?Did you find any of them inside?

I will follow your guide, thank you!
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I can confirm for Manhattan but I am not sure about others.

Good luck :-)

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