Help needed regarding materials

Hi CKG,

If you're still working through the course materials from one product, then you should probably plan to finish off those materials before you work with anything new. From this one practice CAT score, it looks like you're making some progress (which is good), but you'll need to take some additional FULL-LENGTH CATs to confirm that you're truly performing consistently at a higher level.

How long do you think it will be until you have completed the materials that you currently have?
When are you planning to take your next CAT?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

Hi CKG.

If it is additional questions that you need, I would strongly recommend that you stick with official GMAT questions to the extent that you are able to, especially since your issues seem to be more with Verbal. It is very difficult to write Verbal questions and have them properly mimic the logic of real GMAT questions (its a little easier to do for Quant but still difficult). In my opinion nothing really compares to the official questions when it comes to Verbal. And if you have been using 3rd party questions a lot, you may even find that you need to change what you are doing a little to adjust to the real questions (as an example, authentic GMAT SC questions tend to be more meaning-based whereas 3rd party SC questions tend to be more grammar-based).

If you have been getting strategies from the company you are using that is helpful, but I would try to practice with real questions. If you have tapped the OG 13, there is also the OG Verbal Review. Once you burn through that, there is question pack 1 on the GMATPrep software, which has an additional 200 or so Verbal questions. And if you need more, I would go with the paper tests that you can purchase on mba.com.

Hope that helps!!!

Hi Rich,

Please find the below answers :

How long do you think it will be until you have completed the materials that you currently have? - Mostly within two weeks. Its almost complete. Just want to make sure I revise it completely.

When are you planning to take your next CAT? - Planning by end of April. Also it depends on my Mock test results. If I am not getting the desired score, I would postpone the exam a bit late. As mentioned earlier, I am planning to cross the 700 mark.

Yes, currently I am taking two full length mock tests per week. In the mock test yesterday, I scored 690 (Q42, V42). Its 800 score mock test. Not sure how reliable is this test series. Again completed this test with AWA and IR section.

Thanks.

Hi ReasonGMAT,

Sure, I will purchase verbal OG and start practicing it. Once completed will continue with GMAT prep question pack I (I do have it already, which I purchased for my last GMAT attempt.).

Yes, you are correct. Verbal is the area I am currently concentrating and want deliberately to improve. I am putting in lots of efforts in verbal currently(Almost around 4 to 5 hours daily).

Just started solving Veritas prep free question bank from yesterday (Not sure how good they are, however liked the interface of the tool and their error analysis). These questions seem to be very tough in verbal. I will put this on hold and as of now, I will start with OG verbal and after completing it will take up GMAT prep question pack 1.

After that will take a mock test and see how my scores are improving.

I am not sure about buying paper based GMAT test, as it seems to be bit expensive. Would you suggest any other question bank other than this.

My aim is to have consistent scores in verbal (above 37).

Thanks for your suggestion.

Regards,
CKG.

Hi CKG,

What 'brands' of CATs have you used so far? Have you used the CATs from www.mba.com?

You mentioned the recent 690, but what have your scores been on your OTHER CATs?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

Hi Rich,

Yes, I have used the GMAC prep mock test ( the one in which I scored 640).

Apart from this, currently I am using 800 mock tests and gmatclub tests.

Thanks.