Best diagnostic tests before jumping into GMAT?

Question

Hey comrades, 
Hope everyone out there is well and safe in these tough times.

I started studying for GMAT today. The course seems vast, so I thought I'll start off with giving a test to know where I stand. 
Currently, I have access to the Magoosh Diagnostic Test (50 minute duration, 25 each for Quant and Verbal) or the GMAT Official Prep Test (3.5 hours). 
How good is the Magoosh test? Will it suffice or should I go for the full length official GMAT Prep test?

Also, are their any other free options available?

Awaiting some guidance.

monikakumar · Answer

I think if you want to know accurately know where you stand, you have to go for Official GMAC test. But free test is limited so use it wisely.

mira93 · Answer

Certainly use official mocks from mba.com, but as it was mentioned, you have only 2 of those (you can reset them as many times as you want but your score might be inflated as questions will be repeated) and 4 paid ones. None other mocks reflects your score as accurately as official mocks do. Also, you may want to consider mgmat mocks, they are the second best option in the market. good luck with your studies.

AnirudhaS · Answer

Raghav21oct  official mock #1 for providing you with a true baseline score.

GMATKnight2111 · Answer

I think you should learn types of GMAT questions before taking any diagnostic test. After you understand basic types of GMAT questions, you can take a test from GMAC. It will provide you the best base-line or else you will waste the test

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi Raghav21oct,

When it comes to properly assessing your overall GMAT skills during your studies, there is really only one way to do that: by taking a FULL-LENGTH CAT under realistic testing conditions (meaning that you must take the FULL CAT - including the Essay and IR sections, take it at the same time that you plan to take your Official GMAT, take it away from your home if possible, etc.). While a "mini-test" might be useful in pointing out content areas that you need to work on, there would be no practical way to assess what that data would mean on a scoring scale out of 800, so taking one of those shorter tests is not the best way to initially measure your skills.

The scoring algorithm on the Official GMAT is far more complicated than most people realize. Since that algorithm is proprietary, no GMAT company has an exact match for it, thus CAT scores can vary a bit based on the 'biases' involved in their respective designs. The most realistic CATs available are the 6 from GMAC, but 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).

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

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi Raghav21oct,

As has been said, since you’d like to get a baseline score it would be helpful to take an official MBA.com practice exam. Once you take the practice exam, if you’d like some further advice, feel free to report back with your score breakdown.

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