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Thank you for studying with the Veritas Prep Question Bank! There isn't currently a mechanism for resetting the bank, but the workaround is that since it's a free service you can always create a new account with a different username. Since the Question Bank runs on the same tech platform as the Veri...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Tue Nov 03, 2015 12:42 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Veritas Prep - Using the Question Bank
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Good question about the exam difficulty. We have, indeed, updated our scoring at least a few times since your test last summer, and for many test-takers who would have scored in the high 40s on quant back then the effect has been that those scores are now slightly more difficult to reach. As we moni...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:57 am- Forum: Ask a Veritas Prep representative
- Topic: Veritas FREE TEST- LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
- Replies: 3
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Just a few thoughts here (with apologies to students for turning this into a debate among instructors!): *As Mitch mentioned, there are exceptions to most rules in the English language, so I'd be careful with phrases like "The GMAT will always..." and "The GMAT will never..." unl...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Tue Apr 21, 2015 10:14 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Veritas Q#07926
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3532
As with any practice tests, your score range is never a "guarantee" of how you'll perform on test day. Plenty of factors - how you perform under the actual pressure of test day, the margin of error on practice test scores in general, etc. - can affect the official score. But if you're scor...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:04 am- Forum: Ask a Veritas Prep representative
- Topic: Veritas Practice Tests Accuracy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16388
Congratulations on an impressive run of practice test scores! And good question - our tests are scored using Item Response Theory (the data-driven system that also powers the GMAT and sections of the GRE), and we've been really happy with how that system both scores and administers tests. One small ...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:40 am- Forum: Ask a Veritas Prep representative
- Topic: Veritas prep test accuracy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7073
Hey Nishant, Great to hear that you'll be studying with us! And good question - the books and video lessons are designed to work hand-in-hand, with the video lessons essentially serving as the 'classroom' experience (instructor-led guidance through the material) and the books as workbooks through th...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Mon Aug 18, 2014 8:44 am- Forum: Ask a Veritas Prep representative
- Topic: How to proceed through Veritas material
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If you scroll to the bottom of this page:
http://www.veritasprep.com/gmat/
You can watch one of our full verbal videos (the Sentence Correction lesson) for free to see what you think.
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:10 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Best GMAT verbal video material
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4841
Good questions - and you're right to even title the post "scoring mechanism" because it all has to do with that. A quick executive summary: -The GMAT is an adaptive test, meaning that it serves questions to you (and scores those questions) adaptively based on its perception of your ability...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:49 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Scoring Mechanism on GMAT
- Replies: 2
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One big problem with answer choice B - that comma after "homes" breaks up the combined structure of "which will reduce and increase". You couldn't say "I'm going to the movies with Colleen, and Jenn". This is essentially the same thing - you can't say "The shift wi...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:01 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Challenging SC question Veritas prep test.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2803
Probably the biggest mistake that test-takers make on Sentence Correction is that they don't prioritize error types - they see a wording difference between a couple answer choices and they latch on to that and try to find/remember a rule. What you should do: Know what you're good at and make those d...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:51 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: trouble figuring out the right rule
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1249
Hey Rakesh, Thanks for the email to join in here - a couple thoughts for you: 1) Similar to what Rich said, your score is going to depend more now on execution than on knowledge...you can't get that consistent 700-720 practice test level with major content gaps, so you're good enough to score 740+, ...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:38 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Next 20 days strategy Urgent Help please!!!!
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Could someone from veritas prep please advice me what can I conclude from this Well, as someone who teaches Critical Reasoning for a living I'd have to say you really can't conclude too much from two data points! A swing of a few scaled score points is relatively normal in the middle of your study,...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Thu Aug 22, 2013 9:10 am- Forum: Ask a Veritas Prep representative
- Topic: Veritas prep test and books questions issue!!!
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Yes, the answer is D . That "but" in there necessitates that you link the first two things that the program *did* do with an "and", and then start a new thought after "but". It's like saying: "I like biking and swimming, but I don't like running." If you try t...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:17 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Veritas Prep Q - level 56
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1866
You can take a free 7-day trial of the Veritas Prep On Demand program here: http://www.veritasprep.com/gmat/gmat-on-demand-free-trial/ Unlike a lot of GMAT video programs that are mostly narration-over-PowerPoint, these are full HD Video, and we've gotten a lot of great feedback (just yesterday one ...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Wed Jul 10, 2013 8:56 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Video review course
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1363
Thanks for the invite to chime in here! This one's pretty interesting and takes a little time to really dig in. The two big problems with D: -That second "which" is in some really strange placement - it's trying to be parallel to "almost all of which" but I don't think it pulls i...
- by Brian@VeritasPrep
Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:37 pm- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: law will require emissions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1788