GMAC Paper Tests

[onerunnerdude]

I tried running a search on this topic but found limited information...

For those of you who have taken the GMAC paper tests, how accurate of a predictor are they of your score? I took GMAC Paper Test #14 last night and got a 730.

About two months ago I scored 680 on both GMAC CATs provided on GMAT.com. I've studied a lot since and so I'm wondering if these paper tests are considered easier, or if I've just improved? Thanks in advance for any input and I apologize if this is a repeat post...

[mayonnai5e]

The three problems with the paper tests are: 1) they are non-adaptive 2) they contain many, many repeats from GMATPrep, PowerPrep, OG materials and 3) they contain easier quant problems. Any and all of these combine to make the paper tests fairly bad indicators particularly if you have done the OG book(s) and the GMATPrep tests.

You mentioned you have been studying for a while (I'll assume you've gone through most if not all of OG11) and taken both GMATPrep tests so my personal opinion is that the 730 is not a good indicator. Try some of the other notable CATs out there that you've never done before and that would probably be a better indicator.