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19 Jun 2013, 09:21
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Hi Experts
I scored 670 (Q49 , v33). Please advise how to
- get q51:
- get V 39 : My weakness : RC. How to improve CR and SC further?
Material Used: All OG's (excluding 13). GMAT club test for Maths and Maths notes from my friend.
For verbal e-gmat course.
Regards
I scored 670 (Q49 , v33). Please advise how to
- get q51:
- get V 39 : My weakness : RC. How to improve CR and SC further?
Material Used: All OG's (excluding 13). GMAT club test for Maths and Maths notes from my friend.
For verbal e-gmat course.
Regards
19 Jun 2013, 09:40
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Hi greatps24,
First off, I am by no stretch of the definition an expert. BUT I think I can offer you some advice that I hope can be helpful to you.
I am a native speaker, so verbal naturally comes a bit easier for me, but the way you approach each question type is the exact same. So let's break them down one by one. This is an explanation of how I personally attack each question type. Obviously there is a difference in opinion and no one "right" way.
Sentence Correction -
By far the easiest to improve upon. I think it's important to read the sentence entirely before looking at choices. Once I have read the sentence and understand what it's trying to express, I look for the most common ways the test tries to trip you up - there are a finite number of ways, so once you understand them all, it's easy! I look for pronouns, modifiers, etc. There are a number of books on this. But knowing they exist is only half the battle. You have to know how to LOOK for them once you've read the sentence. The more practice, the more efficient you become. Try not to spend more than 80 seconds on these questions. The more efficient you become, the more time you have in other areas.
Critical Reasoning
When you tackle a CR question, you look for details - understand the conclusion as well as the evidence it provides to support its conclusion. This will allow you to see the flaws in the argument - because there is going to be at least one. Once you understand why the argument is flawed, you can basically answer any type of question.
Reading Comp -
DO NOT READ THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS IN THE SAME MANNER AS CRITICAL REASONING!!!!
You don't read these, looking for detail. You can go back and figure out the details. When you read a passage, understand the format/layout of it. Understand what each paragraph's purpose is in the passage. This will answer almost every question type. Except for inference, which you can just go back and look up.
I hope this helps. And anyone feel free to add/argue with any of this.
First off, I am by no stretch of the definition an expert. BUT I think I can offer you some advice that I hope can be helpful to you.
I am a native speaker, so verbal naturally comes a bit easier for me, but the way you approach each question type is the exact same. So let's break them down one by one. This is an explanation of how I personally attack each question type. Obviously there is a difference in opinion and no one "right" way.
Sentence Correction -
By far the easiest to improve upon. I think it's important to read the sentence entirely before looking at choices. Once I have read the sentence and understand what it's trying to express, I look for the most common ways the test tries to trip you up - there are a finite number of ways, so once you understand them all, it's easy! I look for pronouns, modifiers, etc. There are a number of books on this. But knowing they exist is only half the battle. You have to know how to LOOK for them once you've read the sentence. The more practice, the more efficient you become. Try not to spend more than 80 seconds on these questions. The more efficient you become, the more time you have in other areas.
Critical Reasoning
When you tackle a CR question, you look for details - understand the conclusion as well as the evidence it provides to support its conclusion. This will allow you to see the flaws in the argument - because there is going to be at least one. Once you understand why the argument is flawed, you can basically answer any type of question.
Reading Comp -
DO NOT READ THESE TYPES OF QUESTIONS IN THE SAME MANNER AS CRITICAL REASONING!!!!
You don't read these, looking for detail. You can go back and figure out the details. When you read a passage, understand the format/layout of it. Understand what each paragraph's purpose is in the passage. This will answer almost every question type. Except for inference, which you can just go back and look up.
I hope this helps. And anyone feel free to add/argue with any of this.
greatps24
19 Jun 2013, 10:02
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SC: Do as many as you can until you start to see the patterns in how GMAC asks the questions. You'll get to the point where you can sniff out what is wrong just by looking at the structure of the sentence.
CR: Not really one of my strengths. I'll defer to the experts.
RC: Just start reading... a lot. We are talking novels, the HBR, scientific journals, etc. Before I took the GMAT I had just wrapped up a series of books that totaled over 6,000 pages (it took me about a month to get through but well worth it). At the time I was just reading for pleasure, but I think it really helped me on the RC piece of the GMAT.
CR: Not really one of my strengths. I'll defer to the experts.
RC: Just start reading... a lot. We are talking novels, the HBR, scientific journals, etc. Before I took the GMAT I had just wrapped up a series of books that totaled over 6,000 pages (it took me about a month to get through but well worth it). At the time I was just reading for pleasure, but I think it really helped me on the RC piece of the GMAT.
