10 free practice GRE CAT model tests on BIGCDTESTS.COM but all too easy??????????

**GRE_Kickboxer** · 06-14-2007, 02:17 AM

I recently discovered that BIGCDTESTS.COM allows you to take 10 free practice GRE tests online. The prompts they use are nearly identical to PowerPrep. I also noticed that these tests seem to include a lot of questions similar to those in ETS's BIG BOOK. Here's the bad news: the QUANTITATIVE practice tests on BIGCDTESTS.COM seem insultingly easy. They score very harshly to compensate (ie. make a single mistake and you drop down to a score of 740 in quantitative). I also noticed they have a few errors in the tests here and there. Am I smoking dope or am I right about how easy the quantitative sections seem?

Also, ARE THE TESTS ON THAT web site THE SAME AS THE TESTS ON their BIG CD that they sell?

BIGCDTESTS.COM is a subsidiary of Edusoftech-- the company that puts out the BIG CD preparation software. I've heard many say that the BIG CD tests are very challenging. In fact, I haven't heard anyone say anything bad about Edusoftech yet. I want to buy their CD, but the tests online are so much easier than PowerPrep that I am completely confused.

By the way, is the math in the real GRE as challenging as the GMATprep tests?

**GRE_Kickboxer** · 06-14-2007, 01:06 PM

I just found out from the people at Edusoftech that the 10 free GRE CAT tests on their web site ARE different from the tests on their CDs.

This may explain why the quantitative tests online seem so easy. Nonetheless, you guys might want to check out their free CAT GRE tests online.

The tests on their web site follow almost EXACTLY the same format as the real test. I've never seen a more accurate interface. The only problem is the difficulty of the quant section and the fact that I haven't seen any probability or statistics problems in their online tests.

**festivus** · 06-20-2007, 01:49 AM

Stick with the trusted names and don't go for a gimmick. PowerPrep, then Princeton Review, maybe Barron's (dunno, didn't use them), but not a gimmick.

**Erin** · 06-20-2007, 02:05 AM

It is incredibly difficult to create good test questions. You should do the PowerPrep maybe three or four times before you start looking for other material, IMO.

**GRE_Kickboxer** · 06-28-2007, 12:53 PM

Thank you for the advice, festivus and Erin. The only problem is that I have been impatient and have been reviewing my PowerPrep tests. As a result, retakes are at this point becoming less meaningful. Luckily there is still a lot of material on the web for practice.