In our team's opinion, Kaplan provides the most accurate and realistic GMAT practice tests. They do the best job of matching real GMAT question length, difficulty and content Many people say it is, but what's the real story? The evidence points to the answer being no, the GMAT is not harder than the official, or “GMAT Prep,” practice tests. Here is the evidence: Many test-takers who take the official practice tests and then the actual GMAT score virtually the same on both.The repetition of questions might have made the tests seem easier to you; it is a very common phenomenon. However, on the real GMAT questions do not repeat, meaning the test will feel a lot more uncomfortable. If your test seems more difficult than you imagined, it is not necessarily a bad thing.