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mba.com prep software, reinstallation questions

by frankyk » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:35 am
If I reinstall the mba.com prep software and take the tests again, will that be an accurate assessment or due to the similar questions, it will just be pointless? I last took them about 2-3 weeks ago and I figure I've forgotten the questions by now, especially on verbal, but who knows. I just want an accurate assessment and people state that the test software is very useful.
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by canada_sms » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:42 pm
Your score will probably be skewed about 30-40 points higher on the re-take. This is because you will see repeat questions.

What I did was on my re-takes if I saw a repeat question on quant, I would assess myself a 2 minute time penalty (ie. tell myself I have to finish in 73 minutes instead of 75). This really keeps the pressure on.

The goal of your re-takes shouldn't be to get an accurate score prediction rather it should be to extract as many real questions from the question banks as possible.
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Re: mba.com prep software, reinstallation questions

by TedCornell » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:37 pm
frankyk wrote:If I reinstall the mba.com prep software and take the tests again, will that be an accurate assessment or due to the similar questions, it will just be pointless? I last took them about 2-3 weeks ago and I figure I've forgotten the questions by now, especially on verbal, but who knows. I just want an accurate assessment and people state that the test software is very useful.
Hey frankyk

You will see some repeats but I think that it's ok. Canada_sms is correct that your score will be skewed. When you run into a question you've seen before, don't just pick the answer (if you remember it), but solve the question (go through the process to determine whether you really know the question).

When I prepped I took GMATPrep test about 7 times. Basically, I think that mastering the questions is even more important than knowing your score. My objective then was to find, solve and review as many of the questions in GMATPrep as I could.

Score improvement comes not from taking practice tests, but from learning from those tests through performance review. I used the GMATFix Solutions Engine (gmatfix.com) to study solutions and lessons to GMATPrep tests. I tried to re-take the test until my score rose to 40-50points above my target score on the real test. It worked out well for me.

Bottom line, I would encourage you to retake the GMATPrep tests (uninstalling and re-installing won't make a difference)
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