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I gave the Veritas Prep free test today and got a 590(Q43,V29). I am very surprised to see the accuracy levels in verbal since I got 29 correct and 12 incorrect and in quant I got 23 correct and 14 incorrect. I also found the difficulty level to be easy in both quant and verbal.
I have a serious concern with 29 correct qs. and the overall verbal score to be just V29. Would appreciate if experts(@VeritasPrepKarishma) on this forum could assist here. What should be the next course of action for me? I am still preparing and half way through it. I plan to take the exam in August end this year.
The score depends on a number of factors - number of correct/incorrect questions is only one of them. Many other factors such as the difficulty level of the question, the weightage of each question etc decide how your score will go. Let me give you an example -
You know that in your actual test, many questions are experimental. Now, for argument's sake, say you got 12 experimental questions (definitely possible) and you got 10 of them correct. So of the questions that actually count, you got 19 correct and 10 incorrect. Now V29 certainly seems more reasonable, right?
The point is that the algorithm works on a complex set of values and hence, what the eye tells you may not always be correct. In fact, we came across a situation recently in which a student got exactly the same score on two tests a week apart though the number of correct/incorrect questions on them were quite different. The student raised concerns and a detailed analysis from our side showed the things that played a role in deciding the score. The software is smart enough to pinpoint the actual ability level so there is no point in second guessing it.
You need to figure out the type of questions in which you are making most mistakes and put in extra work in those. You certainly have enough time, so you should be able to make a big difference. Take a practice test every two weeks and fine tune your strategy.