emont wrote:
Well, it's pretty clear that the pre-exam rush took you out of your rhythm. ..............
Manhattan Prep.
Dear emont,
Thanks for putting your thoughts across...appreciate it.
Yes, I am confident in maths and not so in verbal. But I never thought my verbal skills would be judged by my grammar usage in the post above.
English is definitely not my first language but my English grammar skills are not as bad as they appear in this post. I can easily point out the grammatical mistakes I have done above, but when you have to pour your heart in, grammar hardly matters.
Having said that, my verbal scores in the practice tests were not very good, in the last gmat prep it was 36. In scoretop tests, which are not CAT based, I usually got 7-15 wrong. I was not sure about verbal scores and the only thing I was sure about was I can not do extra-ordinarily well in verbal, as it is not my forte. But score of 22 is certainly way below my expectations. Now that I have experienced what actual exam is like, I think I have identified the mistakes I have done. I think 700+ score along with what a person goes through before exam and how he tackles questions during the exam is determined by how sure he is about his scores in both the sections. For example by being sure of at least 49 in maths and 37 in verbal, I can be sure of at least 700. I knew I have ability to score consistently above 49 in maths, but there was no similar figure for verbal because my performance was inconsistent and I took it too for granted.
After an emotional setback, I am planning a re-take. But I will need to make sure I am consistently performing well in verbal before scheduling an gmat appointment. I will work on my verbal skills, please suggest how exactly to do that.
As in, which books, materials?
What my approach to improve verbal skills shall be?
I can devote at max 2 hours daily to my prep, so how long do you think will it take me to be up to the mark? I wanted to apply in the colleges in the next session.
Another thing which concerns me is, that I have already sent my present scores to the colleges I wanted to get into, I obviously wont be considered there with my present score. Can I ask pearson not to send my score to these colleges?