As they say "You perform like you practice" and nothing can be more true on the day you sit for that all important GRE test session. That's why it is so critical to prepare by using practice materials that provide you with the most accurate test experience. The CATPrep Simulator for the GRE Test was designed expressly for this purpose and is currently used by students and course instructors worldwide as the most accurate score indicator available.
Dear Prospective Graduate School Candidate, By the time you sit for the GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATIONS ™ test you'll have invested weeks in preparation and several hundred dollars in registration fees, but if you're like most test takers today, you will not have taken the one action that would benefit you the most...
It's the craziest thing, but most test takers go in blind!
Blind to the unique features that separate the GRE test from other exams and the reasons that your score depends as much on your knowledge and familiarity with the exam as it does your knowledge of the test material!
I'm not telling you that basic preparation isn't important. We partner with and recommend several GRE test preparation & tutoring services for business school candidates who desire formal instruction as they study the math and verbal material from which GRE test questions are derived. But, once you have a grasp of the material, it's time to learn the GRE test itself!
... read on for the answers to these questions, how the CATPrep Simulator for the GRE Test will help you address them all on test day, and why other practice materials are deficient!
But first, let me quickly introduce myself. My name is Cindy Anderson, and I've been developing and administering testing and training programs for almost a decade. The idea for a completely accurate CATPrep Simulator for the GRE Test was born when several friends expressed their frustration with the programs they used for their own GRE test preparation. They, like many test takers, either scored poorly or chose to cancel the scoring of their test (a strategy used to wipe a potentially bad score from your record) on their first (sometimes second) sitting for the GRE.
They all attributed their poor results to their surprise at certain characteristics of the GRE test... these same characteristics throw thousands of test takers off "their best game" every year.
Now my friends are very intelligent and were always exemplary students. They'd prepared long and hard on all of the material the three sections of the GRE test cover, but I recognized that they needed more. They needed to prepare for the rigors of the test itself under actual test conditions!
So, I teamed up with a group of software developers from an international technical consulting firm to deliver the most accurate reproduction of the GRE test available.
The GRE is primarily testing...your endurance. You can have all the verbal and quantitative knowledge you need, but if you can't rack your brain under pressure for a grueling 3.5 hours, you're not going to score well on the GRE. Practicing with every question ETS has ever written won't help if you can't switch gears between subjects, work quickly, and stay focused. You need to practice under realistic test conditions!
The #1 obstacle of test takers is...time! Time management is absolutely the most critical aspect of your test session. You need to be able to use your time wisely while staring at the GRE test user interface. When the timer starts blinking at the 5 minute mark will you panic or will you calmly strategize so you leave no single question unanswered? You'll only handle it well after practicing under realistic conditions!
The GRE test scoring algorithm assigns more weight to the first questions in a section as it attempts to narrow your potential to a given range. Additionally, an unanswered question lowers your score more than an incorrect answer. The CATPrep Simulator includes an accurately reproduced scoring engine that truly separates it from any other practice materials available.
They call it a Computer Adaptive Test because the test actually adapts to you based on your personal performance! Another critical aspect available in our simulator is an accurate reproduction of the GRE's section selection algorithm. Other practice exams provide only the number of questions you will be presented on test day, but this could never simulate a real GRE test! On the real exam, your next question is chosen from a pool of thousands of questions of varying difficulty. Here again, our Simulator provides an accurate recreation with over 300 questions of predetermined difficulty that will be presented to you according to your current performance level.
The aspect of the GRE test that severely impacts high performers is that it will continue to present you with harder and harder questions until your performance begins to level out. If you're shooting for a score above the eightieth percentile, you're going to be continually presented with more and more difficult questions. Only by practicing under these conditions will you learn to accurately manage your time and endurance in a manner conducive to achieving the highest score possible!