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22 Aug 2015, 20:45
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Afternoon,
My strategy has always been a Q41-44 and V45+ to target something 700+. I thought my verbal score would naturally rise as I practice, and it has a bit but not massively. Now my quant scores are in the range, but my verbal is stuck there as well.
Here's where I'm at:
- Native english speaker, read a lot of dry, complex text, and my natural strength should be verbal
- Baseline verbal was 36
- Currently about ~V41 based on the GMATPrep CAT a fortnight ago
- Smashed the OG and QP1 questions. ~90% hit rates on the harder questions
- Working through the forum questions now, but finding a lot are ones I've already done
- 7 days to go until my 1st attempt
Any ideas for strategy for the next week to bump up my verbal another 5 points? *sheepish grin*
Any thoughts on where I can get good, hard and realistic verbal questions?
Are the GMATClub tests any good for hard verbal?
I'm very much regretting my earlier overconfidence on verbal, now GMAT is handing my ass back to me.
Thanks!
Matt
My strategy has always been a Q41-44 and V45+ to target something 700+. I thought my verbal score would naturally rise as I practice, and it has a bit but not massively. Now my quant scores are in the range, but my verbal is stuck there as well.
Here's where I'm at:
- Native english speaker, read a lot of dry, complex text, and my natural strength should be verbal
- Baseline verbal was 36
- Currently about ~V41 based on the GMATPrep CAT a fortnight ago
- Smashed the OG and QP1 questions. ~90% hit rates on the harder questions
- Working through the forum questions now, but finding a lot are ones I've already done
- 7 days to go until my 1st attempt
Any ideas for strategy for the next week to bump up my verbal another 5 points? *sheepish grin*
Any thoughts on where I can get good, hard and realistic verbal questions?
Are the GMATClub tests any good for hard verbal?
I'm very much regretting my earlier overconfidence on verbal, now GMAT is handing my ass back to me.
Thanks!
Matt
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26 Aug 2015, 12:36
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Hey I am not sure if I can help since I am a non-native. But I can suggest a few things.
1. In the downloads section here you will find the 100 most difficult SC problems. Those are useful. The questions aren't really difficult, but they are bunched together based on concepts, some of them are very obscure. That might help.
2. Also if you get a chance focus on the preferred sentence structure. Like when you have two options and both are grammatically correct, how u would pick one from other. Preference order
Verb > Adjective > Noun
They are in the 12th chapter of Manhattan SC guide.
3. CR, I would suggest the same thing, download the GMATprep questions from this forum and solve the ones you havent already seen. Also there is one file that has Questions that are bunched based on their types. Do those.
I guess it goes without saying, make sure u get your timing right, and basically take a few tests!
Good luck!
1. In the downloads section here you will find the 100 most difficult SC problems. Those are useful. The questions aren't really difficult, but they are bunched together based on concepts, some of them are very obscure. That might help.
2. Also if you get a chance focus on the preferred sentence structure. Like when you have two options and both are grammatically correct, how u would pick one from other. Preference order
Verb > Adjective > Noun
They are in the 12th chapter of Manhattan SC guide.
3. CR, I would suggest the same thing, download the GMATprep questions from this forum and solve the ones you havent already seen. Also there is one file that has Questions that are bunched based on their types. Do those.
I guess it goes without saying, make sure u get your timing right, and basically take a few tests!
Good luck!
28 Aug 2015, 01:00
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It looks like I saw this too late to help in terms of study material--at this point you should be easing up on the study and making sure you're feeling good going into the test. What I can say at this point is . . . don't force it. Do your best to recreate what you were doing at home, but don't tell yourself "Today I'm going to get them all!" Instead, tell yourself that you're going to stick with the techniques that have worked for you so far, and if that doesn't get you the score you want, you're going to buckle back down for a bit and retake.
If you are doing a bit of last-minute study, the best thing you can do is go back and tear apart your previously-completed problems. In this thread I provide some suggestions on how to review effectively: where-to-practice-after-og-154845.html#p1239328
I hope all goes well for you.
If you are doing a bit of last-minute study, the best thing you can do is go back and tear apart your previously-completed problems. In this thread I provide some suggestions on how to review effectively: where-to-practice-after-og-154845.html#p1239328
I hope all goes well for you.
