Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams

Hello Karishma/experts from Veritas,

I need your help.

I am targetting 750 in the GMAT. For this, I am preparing for quite a while and planning to fix the appointment. Today, I took veritas free test with 100% test conditions(did all 4 sections: AWA, IR, QA and VR) and got 730(Q50 V40). Could you please suggest from your experience how close would my this score be to the actual GMAT score. I want to know this as I would take the GMAT in 2 weeks when I am assured that I am hitting my peak.

Our tests simulate the actual exam quite well so your score is a reliable measure of your preparation. With a 730, I would say that you are certainly poised for a 700+ score. Now where exactly that will land is hard to guess. It will depend on a number of factors including your state of mind during the test. Focus more on Verbal in the last two weeks (but continue practicing Quant questions too). Take ample rest in the two days leading up to the exam. Keep a cool mind. Since you are well prepared, anxiety should be at a minimum. Also, don't get stuck on a question or two during the test - keep up your pace.

All the best!

I also just took the free Veritas CAT today. I got a 760 (49Q and 45V) which is very close to my GMATPrep score from a few weeks ago (750 - 49Q and 42V). My GMAT is in <2 weeks so I am very nervous and hope that they are accurate predictors!

The only thing I am not sure of is MGMAT - I consistently score 690 on those and cannot make 40 in verbal. Which test(s) verbals are closest to the real GMAT? I see that the person before me posted that some aspects of the Veritas verbal is slightly easier than the real GMAT...

PS: I found the debrief at the end of the Veritas CAT to be VERY helpful. I love graphs and the software provides great views on your timing and accuracy. Great job, Veritas!

Hi

I took Veritas Prep's 2 CATs and I liked them a lot. I feel that they are more representative of GMATprep. My scores were :
1) 720 - Q50 with 14 incorrect and V39 with 13 incorrect.
2) 740 - Q50 with 9 incorrect and V41 with 13 incorrect.

I could see more positives than negatives.

1) Quant questions were really good...although a little more difficult than official questions (I felt so) but for those aiming 50-51, the quant section is perfect. Unlike MGAMT CATs, these test had a good balance of difficulty levels. There was hardly a question that could be solved in less than a minute and none of the question was too difficult to consume more than 3 minutes.

2) Verbal was also excellent. The main problem with verbal was that there were only 3 RCs (although the number of questions was 13 only). I struggled in RCs as the passages were quiet long. If veritas reduce the length of RCs and accommodate one more RC, the performance will be more indicative of the actual GMAT scores.
CR was tough. Required me to think a lot before deciding the answer. One thing that I observed was CR questions were not lengthy. Official questions are generally lenthy but require less though process. Here it was exactly the other way round.
SC was fine. Some questions were really good.

The questions, on average, were difficult, both in quant and verbal. And in my opinion, for scoring 700+, it is necessary to solve questions that are more difficult than those that will appear in actual GMAT.
In all, Veritas CATs are better than any other CATs (except GMATprep). The best thing that I have come to know about these tests is that they contain experimental questions which no other test contain. Not even GMATprep. If they could tell which questions were experimental, it would be more helpful in analyzing the performance.

Hi kartik

I scored 760 (Q50, V42). Veritas's scores were most accurate. Both in quant and verbal. Manhattan least accurate but for practice i would recommend that u go for MGMAT only...quality wise they are best.

Do tell me you scores in practice tests...I took them all and may be i can help

Hi utkmittal1,

Thanks for your help. Actually, this is going to be my third attempt at the GMAT. I scored low the two times, 680 (missed last ~3 questions in both the sections) and 640 (got distracted during the verbal section) because I did not have a proper test taking strategy in place. Therefore, I have exhausted almost all the good study material and practice tests available (MGMAT CATs, GMAT prep and GMAT Prep exam pack). I am not very sure how accurate are the veritas perp mock tests, and that's where I need your advice.

2 days back I wrote the free practice test of veritas prep and scored a total of 760 (Q50, V44) with 13 ques wrong in quants and 13 ques wrong in verbal. Should I go ahead and buy Veritas Prep practice tests or are there even better tests available in the market?

I understand your desire to score in the 99%ile but take heart from the fact that 730 is not very different from 760 as far as the adcom is concerned. You seem to be on your way to above 80/80 which is perfectly good for most schools. Also, there is a good chance that you might actually score 750+ in the test - it all depends on whether you keep your wits during the test. A difference of 30-40 points in your score is normal especially at the higher end of the range since there are fewer people there and hence data is more scarce.

In SC, try to be as logical as you can be. Focus on finding a clear, concise and sensible sentence. You will probably see more high level questions in SC too which means there will be lot of focus on accuracy in meaning - keep that in mind.

As for DS, if you are good at PS, why the issues in DS? Just remember that at the end of the day, DS is only two PS questions in 1. It does take more time but the fundamentals are exactly the same.