EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi swastik3,
I'm sorry to hear that Test Day didn't go as well as planned. When these types of score drops occur, the two likely "causes" involve either something that was unrealistic during practice or something that was surprising (or not accounted for) on Test Day. If you can answer a few questions, then we should be able to figure this out:
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as when you took your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE (re: on a prior CAT, in an online forum or in a practice set)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Thanks for the reply i am even willing to give a diagnostic test to know my real ability .
Answers to your questions
I did not take an official test before this attempt as i was previously scoring in high 750+ in them.
So went for veritas tests as i believe they are quite good and new for me.
Veritas prep-1 28 April 760 All except AWA order Q V IR AWA different time donot remember exactly
Veritas prep-2 6 May 730 All except AWA and IR order Q V IR AWA
Veritas prep-3 8 May 730 All except AWA and IR order Q V IR AWA
Veritas prep-4 10 May 740 All except AWA and IR order Q V IR AWA
Veritas prep-5 11 May--in evening 720 All except AWA order Q V IR AWA
Veritas prep-6 12 May 760-- a little long break for verbal section as was not feeling well All except AWA order Q V IR AWA
Veritas prep-7 13 May 790 All except AWA order Q V IR AWA
1- I did take my veritas prep(all 6 test) very recently and did not take IR(for first 4) and AWA(for all) but i did score 8 on IR on real test(latest one) .
2- Yes i did take them at home in comfortable environment.
3- 4-at same time(12:30) and 2 -at different time
4-may be once or twice due to some reasons such as internet connection ,
5-No veritas were new ones that i just bought to pace myself for real one
Thanks again for all the help.