Today I gave my first and worst attempt of GMAT. I am sure this was meant to be the worst. Next time definitely far better than this.
I prepared for almost 4 months with irregular / unplanned preparation for 2 months. The i started solving problems for
OG , started working on Manhattan SC and powerscore CR.
GMATPrep 1: 540
Last one month preparation:
Solved entire of
OG in 2 weeks.
GMAT Prep1- second time - 680
Left with more 2 weeks to my GMAT.
started solving as many questions as possible.
I used to get tired when solving RC passages and so did not practice much on these.
I assumed, SC to be the weakest area and started working on that. However, was not very confident over SC and RC.
3 days back, I took Manhattan free test- scored a 580 (Q39, V30) , though less in quant, I was happy with verbal score and saw positive signs for improvement.
2 days back- GMAT Prep 2 - 570 ....dissapointed....
Today- During the examAWA- I never practiced AWA. I just prepared with the structure and attemted the awa questions. Felt like atleast a lil of preparation for AWA will help you how best to use phrases, words and how to give the best examples. I could not do these things because of lack of prep in AWA.
Quant- Started of well. At 11 question, I was stuck. It gave a problem on statistics with a table data. I was solving and solving. took more than 5 mins. Then I guessed some answer.
Went all the way solving till 20 and then realised about time. Increased my speed. Did some guess work for 3-4 questions just to gain time for the last questions. Finally, solved the last 3 questions and sure of correct answers.
Scored - mere 44
Verbal- Started with CR question, not sure. Then another CR question- sure about answer. I was happy.
The came the SC question- I was sure of answer. Again happy.
Now RC with 5 questions. I could not understand the RC properly. Not sure of 3 answers. Then 5-6 SC and CR questions.
Again RC with 4 questions- A very lengthy RC with 4 para's. I was not able to hold my concentration this time. Probably all 4 questions are attempted wrong.
Again some 5 questions of SC and CR. followed by RC.
I had total of 5 RC's. Almost (4 + 4 + 3+ 3+3) questions of 41 questions are from RC's.
Finally- my score landed at 530.
Going to take a break of 1 week and start preparing again. This time I am going to work on verbal alone. Mainly the RC and SC with equal importance.
I have the following material for verbal:
SC- Manhattan SC Guide
CR- Power score bible
For RC, PS, DS- I used OG12.
Can somebody suggest good books and material for RC and SC.
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
Dilip
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