3 weeks to improve V29

Hi konsmous.

In quant, by learning a concept or strategy, you can quickly go from not knowing how to answer a type of question to knowing exactly how to answer it. Verbal is different: to master verbal, you have to not only learn concepts and strategies but also develop skill in seeing what's going on in the questions and executing well.

So, if you have completed the TTP Verbal Course, you may have learned the key concepts and strategies that you need yet not developed those key skills.

The way to develop those skills is to train effectively, but a lot of what people do to train for verbal is not that effective. In fact, even what many "experts" recommend just doesn't work.

So, after explaining to person after person how to train effectively for GMAT verbal, I finally wrote these two posts, which cover in depth exactly how to prepare for verbal effectively.

How to Score High on GMAT Verbal

Three Key Practice Tips for Mastering GMAT Verbal

I think that, by reading those posts, you can gain some key insights that you can use to prepare for GMAT verbal effectively and achieve your goal.

Also, if you share your TTP analytics in the TTP chat, I'd be happy to go over them with you to see what they show about how you could best proceed.

I Have the same problem. need to improve the verbal score.

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Hi konsmous,

Let me share my insights here.

Looking at your verbal score range, you definitely have consistency issues. There are wild swings in your scores which implies that you haven’t followed a very structured approach.I would suggest that you need to start again for verbal and also work on the application of concepts for verbal.

Verbal questions on GMAT are very tricky. Let me help you with the right way to approach your Verbal Prep.

How to Ace your Verbal Prep?

For GMAT Verbal, it is very important that you follow the right methodology and the logical approach. Your focus has to be on eliminating four incorrect choices rather than choosing the right one. The key is to develop a solid understanding of the concepts that are typically tested on the GMAT and master the process skills that are required to solve GMAT questions. Only then, you will be able to smartly avoid the traps set by the test makers.

Before you start learning, it's important to understand what is actually tested using the questions. Each module in Verbal (SC, CR and RC) has to be approached in a different way. For example, before you start learning the concepts of SC, you need to understand that SC questions on GMAT test your ability to convey the right meaning without any ambiguity. So, it's important to approach them from a meaning stand-point. You might have often come across answer choices which are both grammatically correct and convey a logical meaning but are indeed incorrect because they do not convey the intended meaning. So, the process to approach SC questions is to:
• Comprehend the original meaning of the sentence
• Identify errors if any (both grammatical and meaning wise)
• Eliminate answer choices which either are grammatically incorrect or do not convey the intended meaning

You can go through the link below to understand the process in a better way:

Also, improving in SC alone won’t fetch you the desired score. You need to prepare for RC and CR as well in a structured and efficient manner. You have to follow a methodical and systematic approach while solving the questions in order to work on your accuracy and increase your score. For example,
• In CR, you have to understand the argument, identify the premise and the conclusion and then pre-think the answer before looking at the solutions.
• In RC, you need to have the right reading strategies to understand the inferences which are not directly stated in the passage.

I’d recommend you to follow this order for the verbal part - SC->CR->RC. The reason for this is very specific. Each question type on the GMAT is testing a specific skill. SC tests your comprehension skills. CR tests comprehension & analytical skills. Finally, RC builds on the previous two skills and also tests your ability to be able to grasp the central point of the passage i.e. Your inferential skills. Thus, when you learn in this order, it's much more effective.

The importance of using a standard resource:

The only method to make sure that you invest your time, money and effort in an effective way is to use a standard resource which teaches you the concepts, strategies and also helps you work on your weaker areas. Studying using OG or a few random resources might help you to solve GMAT like questions but I’m afraid that they won’t be able to help you much from a strategy perspective.

I would suggest you to go for some standard course for your preparation which can help you prepare in a structured and efficient manner thereby increasing your productivity. It’s always better to spare some more time on your preparation until you are ready instead of missing out on your dream colleges/ b-schools in hurry.

Check out how Nishant improved from V31 to V41 in a month's time while working full time:

Hope this helped and feel free to contact if you have any further queries.

You can always write back to me here or the better way would be to connect over a call and have a discussion. You can schedule a free consultation call using the below link.