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fleurdelisse: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 44; Joined: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:01 am; Thanked: 1 times

by fleurdelisse » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:36 am

Ok, I have one week to go to the GMAT. I am pretty confident with the concepts but I need a looot more practice to improve my speed and concentration span.

Please can you suggest 10 effective practice tests (besides GMAT Prep) that I can do. I want to do 2 per day for the next 5 days.

Which practice tests are the best? Willing to pay for them if needed.

Thank you in advance!!

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mousymouse: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 56; Joined: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:23 am; Location: Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA; Thanked: 2 times

by mousymouse » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:06 am

besides gmat prep

gmat club tests (harder questions)

manhattan gmat

kaplan gmat

princeton gmat

gmat focus

knewton

800score

gmax

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fleurdelisse: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 44; Joined: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:01 am; Thanked: 1 times

by fleurdelisse » Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:45 pm

Thanks a lot!! If I am only to use three of these sources, cause I can't purchase all books, which one would you recommend?

I think each book / source has about 4 exams, so I can cover the 10 exams from three sources.

Thanks again!

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wgrau: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 56; Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:02 pm; Thanked: 5 times; GMAT Score:720

by wgrau » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:04 am

Ummm, so your prep plans involve taking two practice tests per day for a week? I would seriously advise against this. There are two main reasons to do practice tests. 1- to build up your endurance, and 2- to identify your strengths and weaknesses.

1- while doing copious tests will definitely help with endurance, your plan amounts to running 5 ultra-marathons in order to prep for a regular marathon. A good study/prep plan will give you time to rest and recover between tests. Also, in building your endurance you do not want to ignore the AWA section of the test as this has a significant impact on your overall endurance on an individual test.

2 - arguably, identifying strengths and weaknesses is the more important of part of doing practice tests. You want to be able to identify these areas under the stress of being under the clock, and see what effects this will have on your performance. A careful analysis of the test and review of correct and incorrect answers is more important for over-all improvement than the test itself.

Carefully re-examine you prep plan and check out other de-briefs in the forum. These will give you a god idea of what a balanced prep plan will look like.

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fleurdelisse: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 44; Joined: Tue Feb 03, 2009 2:01 am; Thanked: 1 times

by fleurdelisse » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:25 am

Thanks so much for your reply, but I already identified my strengths and weaknesses, and worked on those.

Now, my biggest weakness is time, so the only way to improve that is by practicing tests, cause I am pretty confident with the concepts / theory.

But you're right, it's important to spend time reviewing answers so might reduce the plan to one full test per day, to spend more time reviewing them, but still I would need at least 5 full practice tests.

So, I would appreciate any recommendations on the best few sources where I can practice taking timed tests. I think this will help me the most at this point.

Thanks!

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wgrau: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 56; Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:02 pm; Thanked: 5 times; GMAT Score:720

by wgrau » Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:02 am

Each of these sites has a free test on their website.

manhattan gmat
kaplan
princeton review

i also believe veritas and knewton have free tests. good luck

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