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GMAT 2: 700 Q48 V38
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22 Jun 2021, 21:42
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In 2018, I wrote the GMAT and scored 710 (Q49 V36).
Two years later, In July 2020 I wanted to improve my score, so I decided to give GMAT once again. I signed up for the E-gmat course and completed the course within 3 months. Afterwards, i did all the questions of OG 2020, Verbal & Quant review 2020 & Advanced OG. I also gave all the 6 official mocks, and my score was 720-760 in the official mocks.
I appeared for the GMAT in Nov 2020 and scored 10 points lower than my last attempt. ( 700 Q48 V38).
June 2021 GMAT attempt
Fast forward 6 months
I again gave gmat in Jun 2021 and scored 720 ( Q50 V38).
What i did in last 6 months?
RC:
Solved 20 LSAT RC sets ( Accuracy: approx 80 % and Time: less than 2 mins/question)
CR:
Practiced all the CRs of OG 13 & verbal review 2nd edition as i already solved the latest edition OGs in my previous attempt
100 Legendary CR questions that i found on gmat club
5 Lsat CR sets (Accuracy: approx 80 % and Time: less than 2 mins/question)
SC:
Solved all the comprehensive SC questions (approx 650 questions) shared by Souvik on this link https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-most-com ... 40372.html
100 legendary SC questions
OG 13 & verbal review 2nd edition
Quant:
Solved all 26 Gmat club test
Scored 51 in 3 tests
Scored 50 in 1 test
Scored 49 in 4 tests
Remaining tests less than 49
Even after putting in so much effort in last 6 months I haven't been able to improve my verbal score. I have attached the latest ESR as well. I know that I performed poorly in CR this time, but I did get some tricky CR questions in this attempt.
Experts I really need help. I really want to increase my verbal score. Any help is highly appreciated.
I have attached ESR of last 2 attempts.
Best Regards,
Ahsan
Two years later, In July 2020 I wanted to improve my score, so I decided to give GMAT once again. I signed up for the E-gmat course and completed the course within 3 months. Afterwards, i did all the questions of OG 2020, Verbal & Quant review 2020 & Advanced OG. I also gave all the 6 official mocks, and my score was 720-760 in the official mocks.
I appeared for the GMAT in Nov 2020 and scored 10 points lower than my last attempt. ( 700 Q48 V38).
June 2021 GMAT attempt
Fast forward 6 months
I again gave gmat in Jun 2021 and scored 720 ( Q50 V38).
What i did in last 6 months?
RC:
Solved 20 LSAT RC sets ( Accuracy: approx 80 % and Time: less than 2 mins/question)
CR:
Practiced all the CRs of OG 13 & verbal review 2nd edition as i already solved the latest edition OGs in my previous attempt
100 Legendary CR questions that i found on gmat club
5 Lsat CR sets (Accuracy: approx 80 % and Time: less than 2 mins/question)
SC:
Solved all the comprehensive SC questions (approx 650 questions) shared by Souvik on this link https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-most-com ... 40372.html
100 legendary SC questions
OG 13 & verbal review 2nd edition
Quant:
Solved all 26 Gmat club test
Scored 51 in 3 tests
Scored 50 in 1 test
Scored 49 in 4 tests
Remaining tests less than 49
Even after putting in so much effort in last 6 months I haven't been able to improve my verbal score. I have attached the latest ESR as well. I know that I performed poorly in CR this time, but I did get some tricky CR questions in this attempt.
Experts I really need help. I really want to increase my verbal score. Any help is highly appreciated.
I have attached ESR of last 2 attempts.
Best Regards,
Ahsan
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23 Jun 2021, 20:50
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Hi bb mcelroytutoring GMATCoachBen
Would really like to have your input to improve the verbal score
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Hi ahsanashfaq28,
It is easier said than done of course, but you need to find a way to improve your Verbal speed without sacrificing accuracy, in order to give yourself more time for the final quarter of questions.
On both exams you answered 50% or fewer of the questions in the final quartile correctly, which—despite your very strong performances in the 3rd quartile—ended up lowering your Verbal score into the 30s.
Especially at the high end of scores, the GMAT Verbal scoring algorithm is less "front-loaded" than Quant, which means that your Verbal score is mostly a measure of how many total questions you answered incorrectly.
Thus, you can't fall apart in the final quarter and hope to still earn a high score, in the same way that you might be able to on Quant, which is heavily front-loaded.
First test, Nov '20: 2/2/0/5 incorrect by quartile = 9 wrong total
Second test, Jun '21: 1/3/0/4 incorrect by quartile = 8 wrong total
To ensure a Verbal score of 40 or above, you will have to reduce your number of mistakes on the 30 counted questions to around 5 at most, though I have seen scores of V40 with as many as 10 questions correct (1/2/3/4 by quartile):
-Brian
It is easier said than done of course, but you need to find a way to improve your Verbal speed without sacrificing accuracy, in order to give yourself more time for the final quarter of questions.
On both exams you answered 50% or fewer of the questions in the final quartile correctly, which—despite your very strong performances in the 3rd quartile—ended up lowering your Verbal score into the 30s.
Especially at the high end of scores, the GMAT Verbal scoring algorithm is less "front-loaded" than Quant, which means that your Verbal score is mostly a measure of how many total questions you answered incorrectly.
Thus, you can't fall apart in the final quarter and hope to still earn a high score, in the same way that you might be able to on Quant, which is heavily front-loaded.
First test, Nov '20: 2/2/0/5 incorrect by quartile = 9 wrong total
Second test, Jun '21: 1/3/0/4 incorrect by quartile = 8 wrong total
To ensure a Verbal score of 40 or above, you will have to reduce your number of mistakes on the 30 counted questions to around 5 at most, though I have seen scores of V40 with as many as 10 questions correct (1/2/3/4 by quartile):
-Brian
