Practice Tests vs. Real GMAT

[konica5D]

Hello,

just wanted to say this forum is great and that it does add some comfort to know that practice exam scoring can be wildy off base.

Veritas 1 (7/13) - 570 V32 Q32
Veritas 2(7/29) - 590 V39 Q30
Thompson Arco 1(8/4) - 600 V31 Q40
Thompson Arco 2(9/15) -610 V29 Q44
Thompson arco 3(9/2) - 610 V30 Q44
Veritas 3 (9/23) 490!!! V25 Q28 (what a confidence killer)

GPREP 600 - before any OG math. Feel as if I took this again, I would do signficantly better as the math is completely diff. from other tests.

4 weeks before the actual and I have no clue what to expect. It seems that my verbal is getting worse. Took Veritas exam 3 today and was shocked at how many data interpretation questions I got in the beginning. In fact, I question how accurate these are since the quant was mostly data interpretation and advanced number properties.

anyway if anyone has any experience w/Veritas or Thompson pls let me know.

[kannn]

My score with Veritas and Arco is along that range.
I would say Arco is much better than Veritas.
Veritas:
I presume u mean by Veritas is that their 5 tests it comes with their curriculum.
I can suggest something. JUST UNINSTALL THAT SOFTWARE. IT IS WORTH OF NOTHING. Didnt mean to be rude.
Most of my Q tests starts with Probability or misleading DI questions.
Question wordings are convoluted and the GUI is pathetic.
Although I get questions wrong their continues to throw probability / statistics / DI questions. Funny.
After the 3rd test I realized that it is taking me to no where and whatever confidence I gained untill then was gone.
I felt basically the test wants to say you are nothing.
Sample of one of their question. What is the value of the arc that is formed when the time in the clock is 7:23 pm. Radius is given. Ofcourse absolute value is needed. Not sure if this is the rep q.


Verbal: Nothing much to say. I found in couple of occasions the answers are wrong.

[gauravprohit]

Hi Sandvika,

i had a query..the princeton practice tests that you took..were those from the 2004 edition...and if not...are those i.e the 2004 edition tests easier than actual gmat

[konica5D]

Hi Kannn,

not rude at all...actually very helpful to know someone else noticed the same things. I even know the clock problem you're talking about. I think I'll just concentrate on the OG and gmat prep from now until the test.

thanks,

[ameyal]

i have given 2 power preps and i have scored 630 and 650 resp...My quants score always is above 46 and verbal fluctuates between 31-35...so basically english is creating problem than maths.... can anybody tell me how do i go about decreasing this rift...? suppose i continue this low score and get 33 in english and 48 in maths in actual GMAT....what score can i expect...? i solved both OG 10 and 11 and after doing that i found myself in better position at tackling verbal but in tests i always score low...some how i make between 13 to 18 mistakes out of 41. Also i am very poor at reading comprehension. I think now with very little time left for my test i should concentrate on SC and critical reasoning more than reading comprehension as i am much better at them than at reading comprehension...what do u suggest...? i think the rise in verbal score with practising critical reasoning and SC will be more compared to reading comprehension....My exam is on 19th OCT.... somebody please help me with this concern of mine....

[ihsuw]

>>ameyai
I think that reading comprehension is very important, even though it is difficult to improve reading comprehension score.
I tried GmatPrep several times and found something important.
When I took enough time to solve reading comprehension in the early stage(1-15), my score was pretty good, howeber, when I keep the pace in order to solve all 41 question, my score was so bad.
So, I suggest that it is very important to get correct answer in the earlier reading comprehension.

[pasnai]

Manhattan Gmat 1 - 690
Manhattan Gmat 2 - 690
Manhattan Gmat 3 - 710

GmatPrep 1 - 690
GmatPrep 2 - 690
GmatPrep 3 - 710
GmatPrep 4 - 750

Actual GMAT (?) - disappointing 630

[smiswe]

Actual : 690 (q49, v36)

In order:

24-Aug GMAT- First Attempt Q-48 V-28 630
6-Sep KAPLAN 44 28 550
11-Sep Kaplan -4 39 31 580
15-Sep Kaplan -3 34 28 560
19-Sep GMAT Prep -2 50 41 750
26-Sep GMAT Prep -1 50 45 770
30-Sep GMAT Prep -1 49 45 760
7-Oct GMAT Prep -2 47 42 720

8-Oct Actual GMAT 49 36 690

[konica5D]

anyone know how 800score verbal compares to the real GMAT? I am getting as high as 99% and I never get anything close to that on other tests.



would be a great help if anyone had any insight.

[kannn]

I also used to score high in 800score.com's verbal. It is not rep of GMAT.Dont count on it.