Veritas on-demand course VS Manhattan GMAT guided self-study

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by David@VeritasPrep » Wed May 28, 2014 9:13 am
If you feel like you can comfortably finish the course, work practice sets, and take 3 more practice tests within the next three weeks you can choose that June date. But if you get closer to the 19th of June and find that you need to postpone you might be postponing to some time in August and that really is too much time.

I guess I would lean toward six weeks out since you still have actual subjects yet to study. It won't hurt to do more practice problems and even an additional test or two. Up to you, but I would say that a little extra time is better than feeling rushed.

Word problems and probability are coming up in the course, so that should help.

Exponents are a big part of the exam. I will PM you with some material for that.

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by juan.manrique » Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:12 pm
Dear GMAT experts,

I am writing to report the results of my last CAT and to seek some further guidance on how to continue to study before test-day (July 15), now that I have finished the course.

Below are my CAT scores from the beginning of my journey:

- Actual GMAT - Jan-2011 - 580 (37 quant, 31 verbal)
- Veritas CAT #1 - Apr-18 2014 - 670 (45 quant, 37 verbal)
- Mba.com CAT #1 - Apr-27 2014 - 650 (40 quant, 40 verbal)
- Veritas CAT #2 - May-27 2014 - 720 (48 quant, 41 verbal)
- Veritas CAT #3 - Jun-12 2015 - 700 (48 quant, 38 verbal)

I am a bit disappointed that my performance dropped a little from my last CAT. I think the main reason for the drop on the verbal was the fact that I got two tough RC passages where I got most questions wrong.

On the quant side I was disappointed not to see improvement but somewhat happy as I felt more confident through a lot of problems. I am also glad that my quant score did not drop at least.

On the quant side, I continue to struggle mainly with problems involving exponents, and with problems involving abstraction (e.g. problems where only variables, and not numbers are given; and also with problems involving sequences and functions).

I still have some problems from each problem type that I have not solved so I guess tackling those would a good to study. Right?

At this point, I feel a little bit lost and don't really have any specific questions. I am just looking for some general advice/guidance on how to make the most out of my study time to keep improving from now until July 15.

Any help/guidance will be much appreciated. If I can answer any questions in order for you to make a better assessment I will be more than happy to.

Thank you for your continuous support!

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by move on » Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:52 am
Veritas provides few videos in free trail and most of them are useless. I'm not able to decide whether to opt this course or not on the basis of these videos. Not complaining but just disappointed. Veritas on demand feedback are ok but not very promising.

Guys, can you provide genuine feedback about this course or any other course. I don't prefer opting classroom course because my hectic and odd hour work schedule barely allow me to join classroom course. :/
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by [email protected] » Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:41 pm
Hi move on,

There are a variety of self-study Courses available. Before you try to decide which one will be the best fit for you, it's important to define some of the variables:

1) When do you plan to take the GMAT?
2) What is your goal score?
3) Have you done any studying so far?
4) Have you taken any FULL-LENGTH practice CATs? If so, then what were your scores?

Most GMAT Companies offer free resources (practice problems, Trial accounts, etc.), so you can test out a product before you buy it. You should take advantage of all the various options, then choose the one that best matches your personality, timeline and budget.

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