How good is 690 on VeritasPrep test ?

Question

I gave a Veritas prep test today. My scores are :

Quant - 50
verbal - 35

Overall - 690.

I've given few kaplan, the economist, and a GmatPrep test 1 and scored in each of them above 710. This VeritasPrep result is a shocker for me. I faced time constraint in the last 7-8 questions for quant section and got them wrong. The verbal score is not what I was expecting. I was expecting a near 40.

I have my GMAT exam in < 3 weeks. Please help and provide feedback.

JeffTargetTestPrep · Answer

Before jumping to any conclusions in regard to your GMAT score, I recommend you take another official practice exam from MBA.com. MBA.com practice exams are made by GMAC (the makers of the GMAT) and thus, those exams are likely to use the most accurate scoring algorithm and provide the most accurate exam experience. If you score above a 710 on the official practice exam, then I would not worry about the score from your most recent Veritas practice test.

Feel free to report back with an update after you complete your next official practice exam and, if needed, we can provide some further advice.

Good luck!

Feel free to report back with an update after you complete your next official practice exam and, if needed, we can provide some further advice.

Good luck!

RaghavSingla · Answer

Hi  JeffTargetTestPrep

Thanks for replying.
I've given few practice tests till today. My scores are:

Kaplan Cat 1- 730
Kaplan Cat 2 - 710
Gmat Prep 1 - 720
The economist - 710 -740 (gave me a range)
and the last one that I gave yesterday - Veritas Prep - 690

I was thinking to give another Kaplan test today and save the second GMAT prep exam for the end. Should that be fine according to you ?

JeffTargetTestPrep · Answer

Yes, that sounds like a good plan. Let me know how you score on both of those practice exams.

KarishmaB · Answer

Your overall score range is about 40 points. That is absolutely acceptable even on the same test on two different days, let alone tests of different providers. Here is a post that discusses the right time to take official practice tests: https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/2012/08 ... prep-test/

RaghavSingla · Answer

Hi  JeffTargetTestPrep  and  VeritasPrepKarishma ,

I gave another Kaplan CAT today and scored again 710. Seems, I'm stuck at this score. I wanna improve my verbal more esp the CR part. Any advice for this? I have approx 2.5 weeks.

KarishmaB · Answer

Here are CR specific posts on our blog. They give many useful tips. https://www.gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prep-resource-links-no-longer-available-399979.html#/?s=critical+reasoning If you are struggling with a particular issue, I can give you more specific advice.

GMATPILLBILL · Answer

Hi RaghavSingla,

We can't comment for other tests but do note that no test prep company's algorithm will exactly match the real thing. The best we can do is get close.

You can always take a free GMAT PILL practice test here complete with detailed performance and timing analytics: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... ctice-test

In terms of our scoring, many of our students report scores that are +/- 30 points from their actual GMAT test and so are a relatively good indicator of their performance. That said, no practice test can perfectly replicate the actual score algorithm, but this is quite close.

In addition, to improve CR, we recommend a visual framework approach to help you understand the complex short passages and how each item relates to each other.

Here is a video describing the visual framework approach: https://www.gmatpill.com/criticalreasoni ... Estate.mp4

Best of luck on your studies!

RaghavSingla · Answer

Hi  GMATPILLBILL ,

I gave the GmatPill free test today. I scored :

Quant: 51
Verbal: 39
Overall: 730

I found quant to be relatively easy. I don't know if the actual test has quant tougher than this test or similar to this. However, as before, my verbal scores are not good. I need to improve them. I've realized that RC is taking more time for me. I spend approx 4-6 mins reading the long passages and because of this, I usually face a time crunch for end questions.

Though I'm focusing on improving my CR too, I want to improve the RC too. Any specific tips for this?

GMATPill · Answer

For RC, you can download this pdf as a resource
https://www.gmatpill.com/ebook/GMATPill' ... eworks.pdf

And then refer to the free video examples here
https://www.gmatpill.com/gmatpill-releas ... -guide-rc/

With a practice test score in that range and solidification of RC and CR strategies, you should be solid into 700s.

RaghavSingla · Answer

Hi GMATPill , VeritasPrepKarishma , JeffTargetTestPrep I gave my second GMATPrep yesterday and scored 710. I am very disappointed with my scores. I don't know what happens to me during exam. I scored 49 in Quant and 38 in verbal. This time in verbal, I got lot of SC's wrong while CR and RC were relatively fine. In Quant section too I was expecting 50 or 51. When I saw the mistakes, I was disgusted. Some question were literally, literally very childish and I got them wrong. I am very worried whether I'll score 730 or above.

My exam is on 5th Sept.

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