Does anyone know of any good ways of mastering the CR. I thought I had. However lately I seem to be making several mistakes working through the Verbal OG.

Any tips on mastering this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

hm It is hard to explain. I usually inherently figure out the argument. I usually do not go , ok here is the conclusion, here is the evidence etc. It usually just makes sense. But for someone having trouble, I'd have to say read and understand the stem. This is big. Then ask yourself questions. For assumption questions you cannot stray far from the argument at all. If the answer choices mention a fact or nouns not associated with the argument at all, I eliminate them. It may be a twist, a similar type of word, something that is mentioned in the stem, but not, so eliminate it. If the stem talks about fuel efficiency, you do not need to talk about fuel cost in the answer choice.

If true questions, look for answer choices that do appear far from the argument but are not. Usually gives scenarios that would strengthen or weaken argument, IF TRUE. Now read through each answer. A LOT might make sense but you need to find the one that gives a scenario that talks to the stem. Think, if this scenario happened, how would it affect what is stated in the question? Ask that question for each answer choice, and MAKE SURE not to lose sight of the stem.

CR on GMAT is airtight. That is what makes it sweet. I really wouldn't practice CR other than official material like LSAT and OFF GUIDE questions. You will just drive yourself nuts because a lot of other questions leave open airleaks.

Once again the above is my strategies. Not sure if they apply in every case, but they work for me.

Can someone tell me what is CR 1000?Is it a book? And does it worth to buy it? Does it have official questions? What other sources are you using to study the CR?

I've noticed that when I am studying using 'official' questions I do much better rather than when I am studying using 'unofficial' questions...should I worry with this. For me not being a native speaker doesn't help either, however I believe that the best recipe for sucess is unlimited practise...

Thanks!!

you have to be aware that some of the answers are not right on CR 1000. For instance, be especially careful of tests 12,13. I gave up on the CR1000 for this very reason. You can't practice when the answers aren't 100% correct. Although the gmat CRs are much easier compared to the LSATs, i practice w/ LSAT problems with offical explanations. At least i don't have to second guess myself.

The LSAT questions are all in the CR1000, but you don't have the OE's. There are some books out there that provide the unofficial explanations of questions in the previous practice LSATs. Such bks are fairly inexpensive. Check it out, see if it helps you.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/10 ... ts&x=0&y=0