Advice needed to get to 665 from 575

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Hi guys!

Your help is really appreciated

I just did my first test on June 1st. Overall most of the questions I feel ok but the score was really low, especially for my verbal reasoning… I felt I understood all the questions well🤣🤣 but apparently not. Please help to guide me or share how you improved yours thanks!!!

576: Q:83, DI - 78, VR - 74

Quant - I only had one question thought hard… but actually had 3 wrong. More practice just needed I think

DI - I seem always have issues with Data sufficiency questions and MSR being the best.

Verbal reasoning - this is the lowest score.. I normally get around 78-79 and even with guessing for some questions.. but this time I feel the questions were all easy to udnerstand but got the worst score🤣🤣🤣🤣

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GmatKnightTutor · Answer

For CR, consider checking out Manhattan-Prep's 6th Edition for Critical Reasoning. For RC, becoming familiar with how inference questions work could be helpful as well. If CR assumptions questions are a bit slippery, the negation technique could be useful to learn.

5 Verbal tips

5 Verbal tips

yogi.0195 · Answer

I love how spirited you are and how you are taking this in your stride. Keep hustling!

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi eeedith,

The good news is that you are in a pretty nice spot!

That said, you must continue to find your holes and fix them to improve your score. Topical practice is a great way to do that.

For example, let’s say that you want to practice Number Properties. You can do so by answering 50 or more questions just from Number Properties: LCM, GCF, units digit patterns, divisibility, remainders, etc.

After each problem set, thoroughly analyze your incorrect questions. For example, if you got a remainder question wrong, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not properly apply the remainder formula? Was there a concept you did not understand in the question?

By carefully analyzing your mistakes, you will be able to fix your weaknesses efficiently and, in turn, improve your GMAT quant skills. Number Properties is just one example; follow this process for all quant, verbal, and DI topics.

For some more advice, here is a great article you can check out:

How to Improve Your GMAT Score

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