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Hello I am new to this website. Need a suggestion from the experts out dr..!!! :idea:

I have been practicing for GMAT at home also purchased Manhattan and Kaplan six full cat's . Suggest me some other full length cat's Thank you

GMATPill · Answer

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EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi iaak,

If your CAT scores are not improving, then you do NOT need more CATs, you need better/more practice materials. A CAT is a 'measuring device' (in the same way that a scale measures weight). It won't make you a better Test Taker, but assuming that you take the ENTIRE CAT under 'test-like' conditions, the CAT will give you a reasonable assessment of your score and point out your weaknesses. To improve, you need to study, work on practice problems, review CAT results, revisit past material, etc.

I'm curious about your studies so far:
1) How long have you been studying?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you been scoring on your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for each)?
4) Since you're asking about additional CATs, did you already use the 12 CATs that you bought already?

5) What is your goal score?
6) When are you planning to take the GMAT?

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

iamdp · Answer

Hi

I have been studying for like 3 months using manhattan questions and internet stuff. I get a sore around 630-640 and yes i used them(the CAT tests). Actually i brought the kaplan Cats but manhattan using the id of one of my friends who purchased it. I am targeting 710+. I haven't come up with a plan yet but am thinking for the 2nd attempt within 1 or 1/2 months. My verbal is weak as it hangs b/w 31 and 33 but i am good at quant with a score around 45.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi iaak,

Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?

If you did take the entire CAT and took each one under 'test-like' conditions, then you're actually not that far away from your score goals. If your CATs were not taken in a realistic way though, then those scores are likely not accurate. As you continue to study, you MUST make each CAT as realistic of an experience as possible (so take the ENTIRE CAT, away from your home, at the same time of day as your Official GMAT, etc.).

To hit your score goal (710+), you're likely going to need to improve in BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. Since your studies appear to have been "book heavy" so far, you might want to invest in some new computer-based resources.

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

iamdp · Answer

Hi

Yes i took all the four sections.
My problem was i was not good at reading so mostly in rc's i get questions wrong. But now i see improvement moreover this website is better than i expected when i registered. 
So i think i'll defiantly gona improve upon my skills. 
I wasn't a good reader and still i don't read that much, i think dats why i am behind in rc's.
Please suggest me which CATS should i buy..?

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi iaak,

If you've used all of the MGMAT and Kaplan CATs, then the Veritas CATs and the CATs from www.mba.com should be the ones that you do next.

I want to remind you that taking lots of CATs is NOT the solution to your problems. If you're not good at RCs, then you need to practice, do drills, review past CATs, etc. If you don't put in the necessary volume of work to improve those skills, then your CAT scores are NOT likely to improve in this area. You'll just end up taking the CATs in the same way that you always have (and you will likely end up with similar scores....and end up 'wasting' a bunch of CATs).

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

iamdp · Answer

Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC

I an happy that you gave me your valuable advice. :idea:

I think you are right that i need to practice more & that's what i am doing now. Let's see what happens next and again thanks for your feedback

KarishmaB · Answer

Here is the link to our practice tests: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/free-gm ... tice-test/ You can try one for free. Also, let me point out that I am not completely convinced with your approach. It seems that you are using only questions to improve your score. Actually, there are three steps required to improve - learn, practice, test. Learn - You must focus on theory and try to understand the concept first. Most of your basic Quant concepts would be fine but I am not so sure about your advanced Quant concepts. You may be surprised to know this - your relative performance in both Quant and Verbal is about the same. Q45 is 63%ile and V32 is 66%ile. So your performance in Quant is better than 63% of the test takers and your performance in Verbal is better than 66% of the test takers. Make sure you go through some good theory of both Quant and Verbal. Practice - This is where practicing questions from books/question banks/forum comes in handy. Once you understand the concepts, you apply them on these questions and if you make mistakes in a certain topic repeatedly, you should go back to the theory of that topic. Test - Now comes the testing part. The question now is how you would apply the concepts together in a limited amount of time. You learn time management in this step and also figure out the topics in which you struggle under time constraints. All three steps are required to improve your score substantially from its current level.

iamdp · Answer

Hi Karishma Thank you for your advice

I wana mention that i am already done with the free veritas test and scored 690. Moreover what i think is that the practice part, which you just mentioned is where i need to focus more. I have started to pull up minimum 4 to 5 RCs a day because this is the section where i need to improve. I am planning to give a full CAT after a week and will share my results so i can have some bit of advice from experts like YOU and EMPOWERgmatRichC

OptimusPrep · Answer

Check out this link for free tests or question banks: https://gmatclub.com/marketplace/tests.xhtml?fl=menu that should help. did you consider taking an online course as part of your GMAT prep?

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