Please help. How much should I discount my mock score?

[nchaswal]

Dear Experts

today something unexpected happened. Though i was expecting my GMAC Prep Mock score to be in teh range of 730-740, it spewed up 770 (50,46). It was totally unexpected and I somehow thought there must be some problem with the software.

But it was also true that I got few questions which I had seen already. Please suggest what could have been the exact score. Some facts are :-

1.) This exam was not a RESET exam.
2.) There were no repeat questions in Quant but I kind of found majority of them pretty easy. Like really easy.
3.) In Verbal, there were 4 questions which I had seen earlier.
4.) There were only 3 Incorrect in Quant, and 4 incorrect in Verbal.
5.) I took both 8 mins break.
6.) In one of my last GMAC GMAT Prep exam I scored 730 (50,39) in which I had 10 incorrect in Verbal & 9 incorrect in Quant.
7.) My GMAT prep scores are:-

GMATPrep Default exam pack: 700 & 730
GMATPrep Exam Pack 1: 700 & 770

Please suggest, for this exam what should I think as my final score. I do not want to become complacent with this score of 770 and I know that this is a bit of inflated one. Can anyone of you please help me guide through this dilemma ?

Also can anyone clarify if GMATPrep software requires internet connection or it can still run without it ?

Thank you
Regards
NC

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Hi nchaswal,

Unfortunately, there's no way to give you an exact answer as to what your score would have been without those repeat questions. Given what you've described about your prior performances, assuming that you took all of your CATs in a realistic and Test-like fashion, then it stands to reason that you would have likely scored in the low to mid 700s.

1) When is your Official GMAT?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

[nchaswal]

Hi nchaswal,

Unfortunately, there's no way to give you an exact answer as to what your score would have been without those repeat questions. Given what you've described about your prior performances, assuming that you took all of your CATs in a realistic and Test-like fashion, then it stands to reason that you would have likely scored in the low to mid 700s.

1) When is your Official GMAT?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

Dear Rich

Almost 20 days after.

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Hi nchaswal,

Based on your CAT scores, you're in a great position to do well on Test Day. At higher and higher scoring levels, the GMAT becomes 'sensitive' to little mistakes, so you really have to be precise with your work (and do the necessary note-taking and work on the pad to make sure that you're answering questions correctly). Just a handful of additional correct/incorrect answers can swing your score.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich