Hi!!!
I had a similar issue, even after I read through
MGMAT's SC book. Which version of the book do you have?? I used an earlier version I found in a used book store, but the newer version had similar initial chapters, but some of the more advanced techniques also proved useful. I found the idioms part the most difficult (always forgot some of them being a non-native speaker). I would suggest looking into the latest version of the book if you haven't already. I would also suggest looking at Princeton Reviews 2010 GMAT prep book as well as the 1012 Questions book. The Princeton Review's basic techniques are similar to the basic techniques in the
MGMAT book, but they are presented in a very easy to understand manner. It also presents a mode of attack for SC, by telling you exactly what to look for. I would suggest using that book to bring your score up a little bit more than focusing on the advanced techniques in the newer
MGMAT to hone your skills. The only real way to up your score is PRACTICE!!! You'll probably hear this by everybody!! You could take practice a step further and do as I did. Make a small "cheat-sheet" with you handy and whenever you have to write ANYTHING, emails, letters, etc.. look at the cheat sheet and see if it complies to GMAT english standards. Pretty soon you'll be correcting people's speech (don't do that though, it's very annoying).
Hope I was of some help! Good luck on the GMAT!!!!
River10 wrote:
Hello,
I have a query regarding mode of attack for SC. I have been scoring 35 at Verbal & seems as if I am stuck at 35 (GPrep+MGMT) ! However hard I try, I get max SC wrong most of the times leading to this score. I have read MGMT SC twice and am again going through the book as well as solving
OG. For some reason, whenever I see a SC question the only thing I remember is modifiers & parallelism and idioms to some extent!!! I am wondering is there a way to attack SC? When you read a sentence, what are the first things to be done? Check Subject-verb..then?