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Since the accuracy of practice exams from different companies have often been debated here I thought I would report my experience.
Today, I took a practice exam from Veritas for the first time. I have taken several Manhattan exams, GmatPrep exam 1, 2, and 3 and the "real GMAT" at the end of April in the past.
With the exception of the very first GmatPrep exam which I took at the VERY beginning of my studies (pretty much without having studied at all at that point) I scored exactly the same on every single test including the real GMAT at the testing center. 580.
I have noticed, however, that my verbal score has slightly gone up while my quant score has gone down which is bad in my case because my verbal score was already much better than my quant score. Now the difference is even bigger.
In conclusion, as far as I am concerned the exams are all the same! No major differences. I am actually kind of frustrated about this because it just shows that 5 months of preparation have taken me nowhere at all. I am still at the same level despite 300-400 hours of study time.
I am not making any progress obviously and although I am slowly running out of time here, I still feel like I need to take a break for now. I am feeling incredibly burnt out at this point.
This may have (or maybe it didn't) even impacted my score on today's practice exams because I caught myself thinking several times :"I really don't give a crap. Blah blah let's just pick "C"
Insider story here is that many years ago another undergraduate student told me that the right answer is always "C"
Whenever I don't know the answer to a question this ridiculous statement comes to my mind. 
Today, I took a practice exam from Veritas for the first time. I have taken several Manhattan exams, GmatPrep exam 1, 2, and 3 and the "real GMAT" at the end of April in the past.
With the exception of the very first GmatPrep exam which I took at the VERY beginning of my studies (pretty much without having studied at all at that point) I scored exactly the same on every single test including the real GMAT at the testing center. 580.
I have noticed, however, that my verbal score has slightly gone up while my quant score has gone down which is bad in my case because my verbal score was already much better than my quant score. Now the difference is even bigger.
In conclusion, as far as I am concerned the exams are all the same! No major differences. I am actually kind of frustrated about this because it just shows that 5 months of preparation have taken me nowhere at all. I am still at the same level despite 300-400 hours of study time.
I am not making any progress obviously and although I am slowly running out of time here, I still feel like I need to take a break for now. I am feeling incredibly burnt out at this point.
This may have (or maybe it didn't) even impacted my score on today's practice exams because I caught myself thinking several times :"I really don't give a crap. Blah blah let's just pick "C"
Insider story here is that many years ago another undergraduate student told me that the right answer is always "C"
Whenever I don't know the answer to a question this ridiculous statement comes to my mind. 
14 Jun 2016, 01:18
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I am sorry that the test day did not go as planned.
If we look at Q39 in isolation, it shows a clear lack of understanding of fundamentals.
1. Were you mentally or physically exhausted before the test?
2. Did you sleep properly the night before the test?
3. Did you take both breaks between the test?
Treat bygones as bygones and start a fresh. The first place to start would be take a mock CAT. Post this, take out those books/course material that you have been following and go through the concepts again. You can improve a lot from V31 too. I would recommend you to take another 2 - 3 months to prepare and then give test. You can buy the Exam Pack 1 and 2 and the Question Pack 1 from mba.com for additional practice.
1. Did you complete the OG and the Verbal Review?
2. Did you prepare an error log?
Try to drill down deep in each problem type
SC: The questions test various concepts such as S-V agreement, modifiers, parallelism etc. Find out what troubles you.
CR: There might be certain types of questions that are troubling you. May be Assumption, may be conclusion, inference etc.
You need to find that out and then practice them
RC: This again can be drilled down into different types of questions and also different topics. See what questions and topics trouble you the most and then practice accordingly.
Quants: Again bifurcate the question types into Algebra, Number System, Geometry, PnC, Probability etc.
As an addition, start preparing an error log and keep a note of all the mistakes you made and the lessons you learnt from the problems. This will ensure you do not make the same mistake again
It might be beneficial if you change your mode of studying to score higher.You can do so by choosing one of the following ways:
1. In person classes/private tutoring
2. Online classes
3. Self paced online preparatory course
4. Book heavy approach
Whatever you choose, make sure that you choose one. Because GMAT tests you on some concepts and fundamentals that you can learn from a course. Most of the preparatory companies including ours offer a free trial of our course. You can take the trial and see if the course suits your needs.
If we look at Q39 in isolation, it shows a clear lack of understanding of fundamentals.
1. Were you mentally or physically exhausted before the test?
2. Did you sleep properly the night before the test?
3. Did you take both breaks between the test?
Treat bygones as bygones and start a fresh. The first place to start would be take a mock CAT. Post this, take out those books/course material that you have been following and go through the concepts again. You can improve a lot from V31 too. I would recommend you to take another 2 - 3 months to prepare and then give test. You can buy the Exam Pack 1 and 2 and the Question Pack 1 from mba.com for additional practice.
1. Did you complete the OG and the Verbal Review?
2. Did you prepare an error log?
Try to drill down deep in each problem type
SC: The questions test various concepts such as S-V agreement, modifiers, parallelism etc. Find out what troubles you.
CR: There might be certain types of questions that are troubling you. May be Assumption, may be conclusion, inference etc.
You need to find that out and then practice them
RC: This again can be drilled down into different types of questions and also different topics. See what questions and topics trouble you the most and then practice accordingly.
Quants: Again bifurcate the question types into Algebra, Number System, Geometry, PnC, Probability etc.
As an addition, start preparing an error log and keep a note of all the mistakes you made and the lessons you learnt from the problems. This will ensure you do not make the same mistake again
It might be beneficial if you change your mode of studying to score higher.You can do so by choosing one of the following ways:
1. In person classes/private tutoring
2. Online classes
3. Self paced online preparatory course
4. Book heavy approach
Whatever you choose, make sure that you choose one. Because GMAT tests you on some concepts and fundamentals that you can learn from a course. Most of the preparatory companies including ours offer a free trial of our course. You can take the trial and see if the course suits your needs.
14 Jun 2016, 19:41
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Wait, isn't the right answer always 42?
