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

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Re: Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams [#permalink] New post   05 Feb 2015, 09:12
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Hi All,

I have taken GMAT twice in the past 4 months and my third one is in exactly three weeks and I would really appreciate your thoughts on how to improve my score, given that my Veritas scores have been quite strong recently. So here is the situation:

Before the first exam:

GMATprep1: 690 (Q49, V36)
GMATprep2: 710 (Q49, V38)
GMATprep3: 740 (Q50, V40)
GMATprep4: 750 (Q50, V41)

First Actual Take in Early December: 690 (Q49, V34)

Took a bunch of MGMAT: all around 680-710

Second GMAT take on early Jan: 710 (Q50, V36)

I have taken 2 Veritas prep over the past two weeks:
1- 750 (Q51,V42)
2- 760 (Q51,V43)

I am now confident that I can score 50-51 on quant, but my Verbal varies significantly from test to test...and my actual verbal scores are the lowest in any exam i have ever taken! (even MGMT)

I also have to say that I was under a lot pressure during the first test and made many strategic mistakes (not sleeping enough, bad food etc.). during the second exam, take fire alarm went off (near the end of quant) and we had to leave the building for around 20-30 minutes! they added the time back though.

My main problem here is that my verbal score is consistently lower than any prep test, and I really need to know what to expect from my real score! I am confident that i can score 50-51 in my quant, but its the bloody verbal that keeps my score down! Do you think my latest veritas CATs are a good reflection of my verbal? and what else can i do over the next three weeks to improve it!

Thank you
M


Your verbal score is much more affected by your state of mind than your Quant score. Your comprehension suffers a lot when you are anxious. Therefore, it is harder to get an accurate reading on Verbal scores. Also, it depends a lot more on your areas of interest. Say, if in the beginning of the test, you get an RC on Archaeology - your passion, you will run through it and answer all the questions within 3-4 mins. This boosts your confidence and gives you extra time so you stick to your plan and move ahead accordingly. On the other hand, say you get an RC on Economics of exactly the same difficulty level. You don't get Economics, spend 8 mins answering the questions and this disrupts the rest of the section for you. Your score in the two tests could be very different.
That is the treason you are suggested to read as much as possible and from various different topics. Also, if you take more practice tests, you are likely to come across both kind of situations and would know how to handle them in the actual test. Mind you - it is important to stick to the plan and not get ruffled by a setback. If you do that, you should be able to score close to your practice test scores.


Thank you very much Karishma! If this is the case, i should hopefully be getting my 750+ in two weeks :).
CR however, remains a challenge for me. Do you have any last minute study/practice tips for CR? Would really appreciate it!
Thanks
M
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Re: Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams [#permalink] New post   05 Feb 2015, 20:40
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Thank you very much Karishma! If this is the case, i should hopefully be getting my 750+ in two weeks :).
CR however, remains a challenge for me. Do you have any last minute study/practice tips for CR? Would really appreciate it!
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Have you checked out our CR book? Most people feel fairly comfortable with CR after going through it. CR is much more analytical and much less subjective. The book gives a process for different CR question types - it helps you solve most CR questions easily.
If you don't have the book, you can check out Ron's CR posts on our blog. He has a post dedicated to each type of CR question.
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Re: Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams [#permalink] New post   06 Feb 2015, 03:42
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mosesrah wrote:

Thank you very much Karishma! If this is the case, i should hopefully be getting my 750+ in two weeks :).
CR however, remains a challenge for me. Do you have any last minute study/practice tips for CR? Would really appreciate it!
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Have you checked out our CR book? Most people feel fairly comfortable with CR after going through it. CR is much more analytical and much less subjective. The book gives a process for different CR question types - it helps you solve most CR questions easily.
If you don't have the book, you can check out Ron's CR posts on our blog. He has a post dedicated to each type of CR question.


Unfortunately not. Can you kindly provide the link to that post? Would really appreciate it!
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M
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Re: Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams [#permalink] New post   08 Feb 2015, 01:00
Hi VeritasPrepKarishma ,

I took my first mock test today after preparing only some quant topics(number properties,arithmetic,algebra,geometry) for two weeks and scored a 730.My score breakup was 49Q,41V(68% correct on both). While verbal has always been my strong forte, i am not so comfortable with math apart from these topics. I have not even touched Probability,Coordinate geometry,Combinatorics,inequalities etc. I was afraid of getting a 30 on quant and this is a SHOCKER to say the least. I have made strategic guesses on 2-3 quant questions about which i had no clue . What should i interpret this score as?Am i certain ( atleast if nothing else goes phenomenally wrong on the D-day) of going over 650 at least?I should prepare accordingly.

Thanks for your time :) and efforts!

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Re: Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams [#permalink] New post   09 Feb 2015, 02:40
Thank you for the kind and encouraging words.I will go through the rest of the Veritas guides too.

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Re: Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams [#permalink] New post   30 Aug 2015, 04:16
Hi
Hope all's well.

Last year I took GMAT and scored a pathetic 500(Q37,V22) using Kaplan material and OG material despite getting 600s in the mock tests. I realised the real thing is much tougher that the GMATPrep. This year again started preparing with Veritas material since April. Have taken five practice tests till date.
GMATPREP June 14, 2015=540/Q44V20
GMATPREP July 19, 2015=590/Q47V25
MGMAT1 Aug 2, 2015=550/Q40V27 (Accuracy/PS45%/DS53%/SC53%/CR36%/RC58%)
MGMAT2 Aug 16, 2015=590/Q45V27 (Accuracy/PS55%/DS67%/SC53%/CR29%/RC58%)
MGMAT3 Aug 30, 2015=580/Q39V31 (Accuracy/PS45%/DS53%/SC67%/CR43%/RC33%)
My pain point is clearly Critical Reasoning. Lately picked up MGMAT critical reasoning and LSAT Powerscore for CR post which my CR accuracy went up from 30 percent to 45 percent. In my last mock, I noticed having wasted 3 mins each on CR and SC questions that killed my verbal. Both were 700 level questions. My GMAT target is 700 plus by November this year. Will appreciate your views. Thanks
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Re: Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams [#permalink] New post   16 Jun 2016, 10:27
right now i am giving veritas prep test series.:
6/12/16: 680/50/33(overall/quant/verbal)
6/13/16: 700/51/35(overall/quant/verbal)
6/15/16: 660/51/30(overall/quant/verbal)
6/16/16: 660/51/30(overall/quant/verbal)

I did not find it very challenging especially maths part....some the question are of gud standard howver most of them are very basic and also one set of exam does not cover whole strain of syllabus. In last four test i didnot find single question based on mean, median and statistic which is one of the most essential part of maths...

Same is the story of verbal. CR does not have very complicated reasoning to stuck in, also SC is easier to chalk out the mistake. I feel Veriotas gmat is not real test of capabilty. it is only improving my stamina of giving test. Their marking is a bit tough but question are easier. Even though at higher accuracy, I did not scored more than 700 ever. Three tests are still balance to be given. It may offer me a real tough exam like true Gmat. I already have completed the MGMAT test series except two tests before which my test series tenure has been expired. MGMAT was a bit tougher than veritas test series.

I am really interested to know about kaplan test series.
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Re: Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams [#permalink] New post   04 Jul 2016, 11:24
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.
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Re: Has anyone taken the Veritas Prep's GMAT Simulator CAT exams [#permalink] New post   06 Jul 2016, 11:13
Thanks VeritasPrepKarishma for sharing the article. It clarified a lot of doubts. But please let me know if my understanding is correct here. So, can we infer from this article or even based on general reading on GMAT Club that the student's motive should be to just get the accuracy as high as possible especially on the easy/medium questions and obviously try to get the tough question correctly in order to raise the testing bar. Also, not to make mistakes on the easy questions since the exam would penalize more if we get an easy question incorrectly.
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