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18 Jul 2019, 11:44
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Hi everybody,
I studied in the wrong approach for 4/5 months (solved hundrends of questions from the gmat club randomly without taking an error log) and got : Cold start (GMAC preptest) 440 Q32 V19, second (GMAC) 500 Q39 V21, third (GMAC) 560 Q41 V26
Then I stopped to study it for final exams for 1 months.
Restarted to study from 1 July 1.5/2 hours per day after work (so far I studied 29 hours , only 9 of which for Verbal): bought OG2020 and solved all quant easy and medium --> error log them and did the wrong ones again reaching 100% accuracy immediately in their second try. same for verbal but still have to finish all easy and medium and thus redo the wrong ones.
Today after 8 hours of work I did Veritas mock only the verbal part (selected ramdonly answers for quant)-->ended up with V30
Quite happy about it since did quite bad in RC (which used quite good during exercise sets) because my eyes were too tired , so I could have even got higher for sure if it was morning.
My question is: is Veritas reliable? any suggestions? my goal is to reach 650+
PS. also another big change I did in the last 18 days of the "new stile" preparation is to do sets of 20 questions in row rather than doing one question at time.
I attach the Report of the Today's mock in case needed.
Thanks guys,
I studied in the wrong approach for 4/5 months (solved hundrends of questions from the gmat club randomly without taking an error log) and got : Cold start (GMAC preptest) 440 Q32 V19, second (GMAC) 500 Q39 V21, third (GMAC) 560 Q41 V26
Then I stopped to study it for final exams for 1 months.
Restarted to study from 1 July 1.5/2 hours per day after work (so far I studied 29 hours , only 9 of which for Verbal): bought OG2020 and solved all quant easy and medium --> error log them and did the wrong ones again reaching 100% accuracy immediately in their second try. same for verbal but still have to finish all easy and medium and thus redo the wrong ones.
Today after 8 hours of work I did Veritas mock only the verbal part (selected ramdonly answers for quant)-->ended up with V30
Quite happy about it since did quite bad in RC (which used quite good during exercise sets) because my eyes were too tired , so I could have even got higher for sure if it was morning.
My question is: is Veritas reliable? any suggestions? my goal is to reach 650+
PS. also another big change I did in the last 18 days of the "new stile" preparation is to do sets of 20 questions in row rather than doing one question at time.
I attach the Report of the Today's mock in case needed.
Thanks guys,
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18 Jul 2019, 12:35
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Hi mamu10,
To start, since that algorithm for the Official GMAT is proprietary, no GMAT company has an exact match for it, thus CAT scores can vary a bit based on the 'biases' involved in their respective designs. The most realistic CATs available are the 6 from GMAC, but the CATs from Kaplan, MGMAT and Veritas are all 'close enough' to the real thing that they will provide you with a relatively realistic score assessment (assuming that you correctly take the CAT in a realistic fashion).
When you take a CAT, if your goal is to receive a realistic score assessment, then you really have to be strict about HOW you take the CAT. The more the 'CAT-taking event' deviates from what you'll face on Test Day, the more likely the score is to be inaccurate (and in most cases, that means "inflated"). As such, you should make sure to take a NEW CAT each time, with the Essay/IR sections, away from your home, at the same time of day as your Official GMAT, etc.
From what you describe, you were focused on just taking the Verbal section - so I would have to assume that you did not consider any of the other aspects of Test Day when you took this CAT. By extension, I have to assume that this result is a bit inflated. You likely have the necessary knowledge to earn that type of Score, BUT you measured your skills in a way that did not 'match up' with what you'll face when you take the Official GMAT - so we cannot assume that you will score at this same level (or higher) when you take your next, realistic CAT.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
To start, since that algorithm for the Official GMAT is proprietary, no GMAT company has an exact match for it, thus CAT scores can vary a bit based on the 'biases' involved in their respective designs. The most realistic CATs available are the 6 from GMAC, but the CATs from Kaplan, MGMAT and Veritas are all 'close enough' to the real thing that they will provide you with a relatively realistic score assessment (assuming that you correctly take the CAT in a realistic fashion).
When you take a CAT, if your goal is to receive a realistic score assessment, then you really have to be strict about HOW you take the CAT. The more the 'CAT-taking event' deviates from what you'll face on Test Day, the more likely the score is to be inaccurate (and in most cases, that means "inflated"). As such, you should make sure to take a NEW CAT each time, with the Essay/IR sections, away from your home, at the same time of day as your Official GMAT, etc.
From what you describe, you were focused on just taking the Verbal section - so I would have to assume that you did not consider any of the other aspects of Test Day when you took this CAT. By extension, I have to assume that this result is a bit inflated. You likely have the necessary knowledge to earn that type of Score, BUT you measured your skills in a way that did not 'match up' with what you'll face when you take the Official GMAT - so we cannot assume that you will score at this same level (or higher) when you take your next, realistic CAT.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
29 Jul 2019, 16:34
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Hi mamu10,
Have you taken an official MBA.com practice exam? If so, what was the score breakdown?
Have you taken an official MBA.com practice exam? If so, what was the score breakdown?
