Hi All sayantanc2k abhimahna GMATNinja bb souvik101990 gmatexam439,

I've been using Veritas mocks for the last one month now, but my verbal scores are not improving. My last 3 scores are V37, V37, and V36. In all these tests, I barely finished the verbal section and skipped 1 RC in all of them.

My main issues are:

1) Not able to complete the verbal section (always skipping 1 RC at the end completely). This affects my performance in SC and CR as I end up skipping a few easy questions, because of the messed up timing.
2) RC accuracy is around 50%. Consistent in the last 3 exams. I feel RC questions are a little weird and are not representative of official questions. My accuracy is 80-90% in official GMAT Prep RC, but I am not able to replicate the same in these mocks.

I am stuck at 700/710 level. Can anyone please their experience with Veritas Mocks? What would be great is if you can tell how you performed in mocks vs the real test?

I am not able to figure out if the RC is not good in Veritas or if I need to improve. Also, not being able to finish the verbal section is a bit concerning for me. I am skipping 1 RC and a few CR/SC questions in every test, always rushing towards the end.

I know the focus should be on official questions/mocks, but since I've already exhausted official mocks (all 1-6), I am relying on the non-official mocks to practice the timing strategies in verbal. If anyone has any suggestions on what else I should be doing in the last 3 weeks before the test, I would really appreciate it. Currently, I am doing GMAT Prep PDF files for practice and veritas mocks on weekends.

Please advise! Thank you!

SD

Hi sdlife,
I have faced the same issue with my urge to write mocks but realized some of the things:
Rather than writing your mocks, my suggestion would be focus should be on correcting the topics you faltered quite often.
The reason is that once you write one mock it cannot each and every module and difficulty level so if different type question of same topic appears then you cannot learn your mistakes so better target a weak area and strong area and improve your accuracy individually and once fine you can attempt mocks.
And as you are taking more time to complete the verbal section just prioritize the topics which you are strong/weak and getting difficulty level accordingly make sure that once time is exceeded more than avg time per question which you attempted you can simply prioritize.
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Hi sdlife,

You seem convinced that your primary issue in the Verbal section is RC-related (since you have to skip past a full RC prompt - and the accompanying questions - on each CAT). However, it's certainly possible that your OVERALL pacing in the Verbal section is a big factor - so we also need to consider how you're handling CR and SC prompts. It's possible that you're approaching either (or both) of those question types in an inefficient manner (and THAT is why you end up having to dump an RC passage and rush to finish your Verbal sections).

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What study materials have you used so far?
3) How have you scored on EACH of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) What is your exact Test Date?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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Hi bro,

Personally I am not a great fan of Veritas and I don't recommend using its mocks also.
Here is a piece of advice:
1. Opt for MGMAT CATs if possible.
2. To push your score start solving LSAT questions.

Practising LSAT questions will help you understand the convoluted language.

I hope that helps.

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