Forum Home > GMAT > Quantitative > Problem Solving (PS)
Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Dec 1410:00 AM EST
-12:00 PM EST
Think a 100% GMAT Verbal score is out of your reach? Target Test Prep will make you think again! Our course uses techniques such as topical study and spaced repetition to maximize knowledge retention and make studying simple and fun.
Dec 1411:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this session to learn how to Deconstruct arguments, Pre-Think Author’s Assumptions, and apply Negation Test.
Dec 1310:00 AM EST
-12:00 PM EST
Have you ever wondered how to score a PERFECT 805 on the GMAT? Meet Julia, a banking professional who used the Target Test Prep course to achieve this incredible feat. Julia's story is nothing short of an inspiration.- Dec 15
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Dec 1608:00 AM PST
-11:59 PM PST
GMAT Club 12 Days of Christmas is a 4th Annual GMAT Club Winter Competition based on solving questions. This is the Winter GMAT competition on GMAT Club with an amazing opportunity to win over $40,000 worth of prizes!- Dec 17
09:00 AM PST
-10:00 AM PST
Join Manhattan Prep instructor Whitney Garner for a fun—and thorough—review of logic-based (non-math) problems, with a particular emphasis on Data Sufficiency and Two-Parts. - Dec 18
10:00 AM PST
-11:00 AM PST
Here is the essential guide to securing scholarships as an MBA student! In this video, we explore the various types of scholarships available, including need-based and merit-based options.
13 Feb 2017, 10:26
Kudos
Bookmarks
I've recently taken 3 Veritas CATs, one per week. I've scored 670 (Q46 V36) 660 (Q47 V34) and 650 (Q45 V35). I am looking to see if anyone else has taken a recent Veritas CAT (Within 2 months) and what have you scored on the real GMAT? I am looking to see if taking the test in 3 weeks is realistic to scoring at least a 700 if I train hard from here until my potential registration date of March 7.
13 Feb 2017, 12:36
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi ivymac27,
These 3 CAT scores are remarkably consistent, which means that you're doing certain things consistently well, but you're also making certain consistent mistakes. It's possible that you've gotten 'stuck' at this current level, so you might have to make some fundamental changes to how you're handling the overall Exam in order to pick up the missing points that you're looking for. I'd like to know a bit more about how you took these 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 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?
6) Have you taken any of the Official GMAC CATs? How did you score on those?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
These 3 CAT scores are remarkably consistent, which means that you're doing certain things consistently well, but you're also making certain consistent mistakes. It's possible that you've gotten 'stuck' at this current level, so you might have to make some fundamental changes to how you're handling the overall Exam in order to pick up the missing points that you're looking for. I'd like to know a bit more about how you took these 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 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?
6) Have you taken any of the Official GMAC CATs? How did you score on those?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
14 Feb 2017, 06:36
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi Rich,
Thank you for your response. I want to personally thank you and Max. I know you need content to understand this so I'll provide it below.
I started my GMAT quest Nov 27 2013, with a score of 470. After a 6 week course and continuous effort, my next few scores were 510,520,540,550 etc... and after a year of just solving problems without reviewing beyond a glance, I was stuck at 550. The second year, I kept doing practice problems and tried many different methods but could only reach as high as a 590 (About 10 test 300+ hours). I felt helpless and my efforts were just being wasted since I was not making the right changes, instead my scores were just going down from burn out. Then one day about 8 months ago, I tried Empowergmat. After a week, I wrote a few of the main points that stood out to me then. 1) Everything on paper 2) Perfect on the easy questions as its baby math 3) Tactics introduction (CR Box & RC ladder) 4) Traige. After just one week of Empowergmat, my GMAT CAT went from a 550 to a 660. I was so amazed about this. It felt like there were things about the test I was just not thinking about. More things became clear in how to approach the GMAT. However, the military deployed me with 1 week notice and working 14 hour days with no days off in a hazardous area just did not allow me to study. So now I am re-launching my GMAT quest. I took a GMAT Prep CAT late December and scored a 600 (Q44 V 30). I since been working on reading relevant material for practicing to summarizing paragraphs and working on CR and RC using the tactics in empower. I have also focused on GMAT quant by seeking to establish a complete concept foundation and working mostly on easy and medium problems. Since I re-launched, I started taking practice CATs 3 weeks ago and have been in the mid-600s. I now feel like a 700+ score is imminent. As for your questions. In short, I've seen your questions before on different post and changed my practice plan to take the test under realistic approach besides not taking it at the center. I know that my missing points are in SC. My verbal score of 35 consisted of 2 wrong in RC and 2 wrong in CR but 9 out of 7 in SC. I also lost focused in the second half of the test as I got 20 out of the first 23 questions. As for Quant, my 45 was likely because I missed a 500 level function problem from my first question. I got the next 10 right but the damage was done (I struggle so much with simple function problems). However, I have my improvement plan. Laser focus on SC, continue to fill gaps in my quant foundation, complete diverse problems using my tactics to reinforce their use, and continue to perfect my timing strategy (I don't really have timing issues). So sorry for the long reply but all that was just to say that I thank the Empower course for making me believe I can get over 700 and to let you know I have improved my personal approach to life and the GMAT and can now focus better on where the missing points are. But I would appreciate any tip to mastering SC. My current tactic is the 5 second scan, followed by reading the sentence for meaning while seeking errors. Then doing search and destroy until I have one answer left. My plan is to review all wrong answers and increase the amount of SC questions while increasing my review on them. I think the root is on learning and retaining more rules.
- Marco
Thank you for your response. I want to personally thank you and Max. I know you need content to understand this so I'll provide it below.
I started my GMAT quest Nov 27 2013, with a score of 470. After a 6 week course and continuous effort, my next few scores were 510,520,540,550 etc... and after a year of just solving problems without reviewing beyond a glance, I was stuck at 550. The second year, I kept doing practice problems and tried many different methods but could only reach as high as a 590 (About 10 test 300+ hours). I felt helpless and my efforts were just being wasted since I was not making the right changes, instead my scores were just going down from burn out. Then one day about 8 months ago, I tried Empowergmat. After a week, I wrote a few of the main points that stood out to me then. 1) Everything on paper 2) Perfect on the easy questions as its baby math 3) Tactics introduction (CR Box & RC ladder) 4) Traige. After just one week of Empowergmat, my GMAT CAT went from a 550 to a 660. I was so amazed about this. It felt like there were things about the test I was just not thinking about. More things became clear in how to approach the GMAT. However, the military deployed me with 1 week notice and working 14 hour days with no days off in a hazardous area just did not allow me to study. So now I am re-launching my GMAT quest. I took a GMAT Prep CAT late December and scored a 600 (Q44 V 30). I since been working on reading relevant material for practicing to summarizing paragraphs and working on CR and RC using the tactics in empower. I have also focused on GMAT quant by seeking to establish a complete concept foundation and working mostly on easy and medium problems. Since I re-launched, I started taking practice CATs 3 weeks ago and have been in the mid-600s. I now feel like a 700+ score is imminent. As for your questions. In short, I've seen your questions before on different post and changed my practice plan to take the test under realistic approach besides not taking it at the center. I know that my missing points are in SC. My verbal score of 35 consisted of 2 wrong in RC and 2 wrong in CR but 9 out of 7 in SC. I also lost focused in the second half of the test as I got 20 out of the first 23 questions. As for Quant, my 45 was likely because I missed a 500 level function problem from my first question. I got the next 10 right but the damage was done (I struggle so much with simple function problems). However, I have my improvement plan. Laser focus on SC, continue to fill gaps in my quant foundation, complete diverse problems using my tactics to reinforce their use, and continue to perfect my timing strategy (I don't really have timing issues). So sorry for the long reply but all that was just to say that I thank the Empower course for making me believe I can get over 700 and to let you know I have improved my personal approach to life and the GMAT and can now focus better on where the missing points are. But I would appreciate any tip to mastering SC. My current tactic is the 5 second scan, followed by reading the sentence for meaning while seeking errors. Then doing search and destroy until I have one answer left. My plan is to review all wrong answers and increase the amount of SC questions while increasing my review on them. I think the root is on learning and retaining more rules.
- Marco
