I took GMAT 3 times so far and I am giving GMAT one last time in 3 weeks. What can I change this time around in my prep for verbal? My target is
to get 49Q and 35V = 700.
1st attempt: Sep 2009
Prepared for 4 months using
MGMAT Verbal,
OG Quant,
OG Verbal,
OG Verbal Review
Scored 590 [V23,Q49,AWA4]
2nd attempt: Oct 2011
Prepared for 4 months using
MGMAT Verbal,
OG Quant,
OG Verbal,
OG Verbal Review
Scored 620 [V26,Q49,AWA5]
3rd attempt: Mar 2012
Prepared for 2.5 months using
MGMAT Verbal,
OG Quant,
OG Verbal,
OG Verbal Review, CR Bible, GMATPill SC/RC
Scored 560 [V23,Q45,4]
Observations @ 3rd time
1] I was exhausted and my mind was numb while writing AOA. My AOA was sub standard. I could hardly fill anything.
2] I never scored below 49 in any of my mock or previous attempts. I felt quant was very tough.
3] I was very confident and comfortable with the verbal section during the exam. However, i remember that I went blind on last RC and at least 4 questions in the end. My final score plummeted my confidence. It took me 3 days to recover and muster courage to reapply.
Mock test on 3/25
I took a GMAT Prep 2 yesterday and scored 660 Q50 V31. Since many questions are familar to me i would substract 50 points and this places me where i was in my 2nd attempt i.e 620. I really really need to improve my Verbal Score. Can you please suggest what I can do?
My general strategy in brief -
I divide my time in 15 min slots for V & Q. The number of questions I try to answer in each of these slots are [V 8-8-9-8-8] [Q 7-7-9-7-7]
Verbal: I went blind on last 8-9 questions in Verbal => I am trailing by 15 mins in speed.
Quant: I was running out of time on last 7. I did answer q alternately.
Number of incorrect answers in each 15 min slot are [Q @ 1-1-1-2-3] [V @ 2-3-3-2-6]
What do i need to improve here?
My plan for next 3 weeks
Wk1: I have an
error log for GMATPrep/
MGMAT/
OG. I am planning on going through all mistakes.
Wk2: Take GMAT Prep /
MGMAT tests every day. Analyze mistakes/timing.
Wk3: Take GMAT Prep every day for 3 days and do nothing for the last 2 days before the exam.
What else can I do to improve my verbal score?
Thanks in advance for your feedback.