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10 Jan 2025, 10:28
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Don’t Take Practice Tests in the Days Right Before Your GMAT
Practice tests are a valuable tool in your GMAT prep. However, taking full-length GMAT practice tests right before your official test is not a wise move.
Remember that practice tests are barometers of your skill at a certain point in time. In other words, a primary function of a practice test is to see how you are scoring at a particular point in your prep.
However, much of the learning that comes from practice tests has little to do with taking the test itself. The core learning comes from reviewing what you did well and not so well, then designing a plan to address your weaknesses. With just a few days before the exam, you probably won’t have time to effectively study these weak areas.
In addition, it takes a lot of energy to take a full-length practice test. As we’ve mentioned, you don’t want to wear yourself out in the days leading up to your GMAT.
If you’ve studied properly and strategically, these last few days provide little value in terms of learning new information. Instead of trying to cram new knowledge in the days before your exam, do some light studying and review. Reinforce what you already know. Give your brain and body a break; you’ll need them to be well-rested come test day.
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10 Jan 2025, 10:32
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I think it’s solid advice, you don’t want to tire yourself before the exam especially since you’re probably not going to sleep well tonight before or at least nobody does.
I took a different approach and actually took a test the day before, exit 24 hours before because I wanted to rehearse and stage my test day, I woke up at the same time I took the test at the same time award the same clothes I ate the same snack And then I repeated it on the test day.
Granted my day before the exam was a day off and so it wasn’t very busy I spent most of the day with friends keeping my time off the test only occasionally reviewing some of my checklists....
But if I had to work that day, then it would definitely be too much to cram into 24 hrs.
I took a different approach and actually took a test the day before, exit 24 hours before because I wanted to rehearse and stage my test day, I woke up at the same time I took the test at the same time award the same clothes I ate the same snack And then I repeated it on the test day.
Granted my day before the exam was a day off and so it wasn’t very busy I spent most of the day with friends keeping my time off the test only occasionally reviewing some of my checklists....
But if I had to work that day, then it would definitely be too much to cram into 24 hrs.
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