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Hi Guys,

I have taken around 5 mock CATs from Manhattan, Kaplan and Veritas and have scored 710 in each of them.

I am planning to go for Princeton Review's mock CATs. Are they worth the time and money ?
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GMAT Mock CATs 16 Mar 2015, 12:06
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Hi amit1989,

If you took just 5 total CATs from those 3 companies, were those CATs the free 'marketing' CATs? When you took those CATs, did you complete the Essay and IR sections too (or just the Quant and Verbal sections)? Have you used the CATs available from www.mba.com?

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GMAT Mock CATs 19 Mar 2015, 18:57
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Hi Guys,

I have taken around 5 mock CATs from Manhattan, Kaplan and Veritas and have scored 710 in each of them.

I am planning to go for Princeton Review's mock CATs. Are they worth the time and money ?
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The bigger question is what are you doing to improve yourself between takes? The practice exams are in part for practicing the test experience and for determining your areas of improvement. If you are scoring the same on all the tests, you probably need to invest time/effort into working on your areas of weakness so you can experience score improvement between exams...

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Hi Guys,

I have taken around 5 mock CATs from Manhattan, Kaplan and Veritas and have scored 710 in each of them.

I am planning to go for Princeton Review's mock CATs. Are they worth the time and money ?
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Hi amit,

Kyle raises a good point: debriefing after your CATs are just as important in your preparation as taking the CAT itself. Sometimes, it takes just as long as well. Were you able to determine your strength and weaknesses from the CATs? If so, what are they and how are you planning on addressing your weaknesses?

Take a look at our blog which provides tips on how to debrief after a practice exam: https://econgm.at/duFVHI. Hope this helps!

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Go for quality over quantity. Make sure you incorporate in your study plan the two free GMATPrep tests and the two additional CATs that are called Exam Pack 1. Also identify the areas of your weakness and focus on strengthening them.

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Hi amit1989,

That's great that you are staying at the 700 level. If you want to boost your score, however, you'll need to identify the areas in which you need improvement. Go over your tests and try to understand if there are any trends - are you scoring higher in quantitative or verbal? Do you consistently miss critical reasoning questions? Do you find yourself guessing a lot on word problems? etc). Identifying and then working on weaknesses is the only way to see improvement. Keep taking those CATs from whichever source you have, and take them under exam conditions!

Best of luck to you in your studies!
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Hi Guys,

I have taken around 5 mock CATs from Manhattan, Kaplan and Veritas and have scored 710 in each of them.

I am planning to go for Princeton Review's mock CATs. Are they worth the time and money ?
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Hey amit1989

We can't comment for other tests but do note that no test prep company's algorithm will exactly match the real thing. The best we can do is get close.

You can always take a free GMAT PILL practice test here complete with detailed performance and timing analytics: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... ctice-test

In terms of our scoring, many of our students report scores that are +/- 30 points from their actual GMAT test and so are a relatively good indicator of their performance. That said, no practice test can perfectly replicate the actual score algorithm, but this is quite close.