Veritas free CAT - scoring issues: Q49 V42 = 700?

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Hi All

Earlier today, I took the Veritas Free test. I got the following section scores:
Q- 49
V- 42 .But my scaled score was 700. When I took GMAT Prep #1, my score was 700 with Q 49, V 37. On other forums I have read that these scores would be in the 740-750 range. Why is there so much of a difference?

I took a MGMAT CAT on Friday and got a 720 (Q49 V39).
This is critical because it is not a matter of 10 points on the 800 scale -- more like a discrepancy of 40-50 points, which is a great deal. Also, my scores show that I have been improving in certain areas, but the overall same score worries me.

Can you throw some light on this?

Much appreciated.

Thanks!
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:02 am
Couple of things:

#1 - this is more likely a 750.
#2 - you should be more concerned with your percentiles in each area as opposed to the end score (Basically, if you perform well in each section you will get the score you want)

If you see here: https://www.mba.com/the-gmat/gmat-scores ... means.aspx

Your percentiles would be 83 for quant and 96 for verbal. This would be higher than an 80% overall (where a 700 falls).
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by David@VeritasPrep » Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:11 pm
You should use third party tests (including ours) for practice and not for estimating how you will score on test day.

The scoring algorithm for the Official GMATPrep Test mimics that on the official test and so is a reliable predictor of the range of scores that you will fall into.

Other tests use different algorithms and different scaled scores even and should not be thought of as predicting how you will do on test day.

It sounds like you did well on the practice test and that is what you should take from the experience. If you have not taken the GMATPrep recently you should do so to see where you are now. The scores that you got on your two recent tests are not from the official test so you should take the GMATPrep to see where you are.
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