Hi jayjani,
Test Day is a rather specific 'event' - the details are specific and they matter, so you have to train as best as you can for all of them. The more realistic you can make your CATs, the more likely the score results are to be accurate. The more you deviate, the more "inflated" your scores can become - and that's potentially what has happened here. By taking the CATs at home, taking them at a different time of day from when you will take the Official GMAT, pausing the Exam,
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Test Day is a rather specific 'event' - the details are specific and they matter, so you have to train as best as you can for all of them. The more realistic you can make your CATs, the more likely the score results are to be accurate. The more you deviate, the more "inflated" your scores can become - and that's potentially what has happened here. By taking the CATs at home, taking them at a different time of day from when you will take the Official GMAT, pausing the Exam,
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