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Hi
Briefly , I am really struggling to score well in verbal .
My Official Practice scores :
Practice : V34 : 3 months ago
real GMAT :V23 :( 3 months ago
Practice :V28 : today (see photo )

I have noticed a good improvement in both CR ,SC
However, always : I run out of time and I guess the last 8-9 questions without even looking at them :hurt: as you see from today's result.
for all three attempt : RC is my weakest point :dazed :dazed
Also, I think purely on timing , I can be at least in 30s . (Unfortunately , from question 26 to 36 in the picture of today's attempt are all guessing without looking )
so , would it be a good strategy to guess one of the RC passages ? ( the second or the third for example )
this way I can guarantee more time to CR ,SC especially those last questions ?
My fear of guessing a whole passage is that it might hurt to have 3-4 questions wrong in a row . but still this would be better because i am already wasting the last questions because of reading .

Or you recommend other idea ?

My target is 36-37

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Hi,

I am not an expert but I used to suffer from the same problem. Recently,I have improved a bit and I am able to finish the sections atleast.

May I know, (if you don't mind)...how much time on average do you spend on CR, SC and RC questions respectively ??

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I am not an expert but I used to suffer from the same problem. Recently,I have improved a bit and I am able to finish the sections atleast.

May I know, (if you don't mind)...how much time on average do you spend on CR, SC and RC questions respectively ??

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I don't know precisely , since I haven't ordered ESR , Is there a way in the online practice test to see my time management per question type ?
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Hi
Briefly , I am really struggling to score well in verbal .
My Official Practice scores :
Practice : V34 : 3 months ago
real GMAT :V23 :( 3 months ago
Practice :V28 : today (see photo )

I have noticed a good improvement in both CR ,SC
However, always : I run out of time and I guess the last 8-9 questions without even looking at them :hurt: as you see from today's result.
for all three attempt : RC is my weakest point :dazed :dazed
Also, I think purely on timing , I can be at least in 30s . (Unfortunately , from question 26 to 36 in the picture of today's attempt are all guessing without looking )
so , would it be a good strategy to guess one of the RC passages ? ( the second or the third for example )
this way I can guarantee more time to CR ,SC especially those last questions ?
My fear of guessing a whole passage is that it might hurt to have 3-4 questions wrong in a row . but still this would be better because i am already wasting the last questions because of reading .


My target is 36-37
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sample -- V41. -Verbal( 36 Questions, 10 Incorrect )

Question - 1 -- RC
Question - 2 -- RC
Question - 3 -- RC
Question - 4 -- RC
Question - 5
Question - 6
Question - 7
Question - 8Incorrect -- 700 L

Question - 9Incorrect -- 700 L

Question - 10 -- 700 L
Question - 11 -- 700 L
Question - 12
Question - 13 -- 700 L
Question - 14 -- RC
Question - 15 -- RC
Question - 16 -- RC
Question - 17 -- RC
Question - 18Incorrect --600 L
Question - 19
Question - 20
Question - 21 -- 700 L
Question - 22
Question - 23Incorrect --RC -- 600 L
Question - 24
Question - 25
Question - 26Incorrect -600 L

Question - 27Incorrect -- 700 L

Question - 28Incorrect -- 700 L

Question - 29 -- 700 L
Question - 30 -- 700 L
Question - 31Incorrect -- 700 L

Question - 32 -- 700 L
Question - 33Incorrect --RC -- 600 L

Question - 34Incorrect --RC -- 600 L

Question - 35 -RC
Question - 36 -RC
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Hi
Briefly , I am really struggling to score well in verbal .
My Official Practice scores :
Practice : V34 : 3 months ago
real GMAT :V23 :( 3 months ago
Practice :V28 : today (see photo )

I have noticed a good improvement in both CR ,SC
However, always : I run out of time and I guess the last 8-9 questions without even looking at them :hurt: as you see from today's result.
for all three attempt : RC is my weakest point :dazed :dazed
Also, I think purely on timing , I can be at least in 30s . (Unfortunately , from question 26 to 36 in the picture of today's attempt are all guessing without looking )
so , would it be a good strategy to guess one of the RC passages ? ( the second or the third for example )
this way I can guarantee more time to CR ,SC especially those last questions ?
My fear of guessing a whole passage is that it might hurt to have 3-4 questions wrong in a row . but still this would be better because i am already wasting the last questions because of reading .

Or you recommend other idea ?

My target is 36-37
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Hi,

Putting an effort but not getting the results can be quite disappointing. It is just that you are not aware of the actual problem and you are not focusing on that.

How to approach the GMAT test:


First of all, it is not a good idea to guess one of the RC passages because getting a string of questions wrong will greatly affect your score. The idea has to be to reach the 700 level and for that you need to get the initial 15 questions right on Verbal. And once you reach the 700 level, you can solve the questions by taking the time constraint into consideration and at the same time you have to make sure that you don’t get a string of questions wrong. If you got all the 15 initial questions right and guessed the RC questions to save time and got them wrong, all the hard work you did for the first 15 questions would be a waste. So, my suggestion would be to minimise the guesses and even if you have to guess, make sure you do that at the end.

You can go through the following video and understand how the GMAT algorithm works and learn how to approach the GMAT test.


The possible reason for struggling with time management:


And now coming to the reason for struggling with time management, let me share my insights here. Assuming that you are doing fairly well in SC and CR and time is not a major problem in those two, you are likely taking more time to solve RC questions. The reason for this might be you are taking too long to read a passage or you might be going back and forth to the passage for every question. This happens when you don’t use the right reading strategies. Students often read the passage from a detail perspective and stuff themselves with the details. And once they come across an inferential question or a main point question, they cannot answer it and they read the passage again to find the answer. This would often lead to the wastage of time.

The right way of doing it:


The right way of reading a passage is to read it in an inferential manner and make a mental summary of the paragraph. You need to understand what the author is trying to convey. You can always find the answers to the detail questions by going back to the passage but to find the inferences you have understand the reason behind writing the passage. This can be done by using a strategy called “Involved an Evolved reading”. This strategy helps you to think from the perspective of the author and helps you understand his main intention behind writing the passage.

You can understand the gist of the strategy by going through the following webinar.


Hope it helped. If you wish to discuss more about your concerns and want to know more about how to approach the test, you can schedule a free consultation call using the below link.

Click here to schedule a call
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Hi,

Putting an effort but not getting the results can be quite disappointing. It is just that you are not aware of the actual problem and you are not focusing on that.

How to approach the GMAT test:


First of all, it is not a good idea to guess one of the RC passages because getting a string of questions wrong will greatly affect your score. The idea has to be to reach the 700 level and for that you need to get the initial 15 questions right on Verbal. And once you reach the 700 level, you can solve the questions by taking the time constraint into consideration and at the same time you have to make sure that you don’t get a string of questions wrong. If you got all the 15 initial questions right and guessed the RC questions to save time and got them wrong, all the hard work you did for the first 15 questions would be a waste. So, my suggestion would be to minimise the guesses and even if you have to guess, make sure you do that at the end.

You can go through the following video and understand how the GMAT algorithm works and learn how to approach the GMAT test.


The possible reason for struggling with time management:


And now coming to the reason for struggling with time management, let me share my insights here. Assuming that you are doing fairly well in SC and CR and time is not a major problem in those two, you are likely taking more time to solve RC questions. The reason for this might be you are taking too long to read a passage or you might be going back and forth to the passage for every question. This happens when you don’t use the right reading strategies. Students often read the passage from a detail perspective and stuff themselves with the details. And once they come across an inferential question or a main point question, they cannot answer it and they read the passage again to find the answer. This would often lead to the wastage of time.

The right way of doing it:


The right way of reading a passage is to read it in an inferential manner and make a mental summary of the paragraph. You need to understand what the author is trying to convey. You can always find the answers to the detail questions by going back to the passage but to find the inferences you have understand the reason behind writing the passage. This can be done by using a strategy called “Involved an Evolved reading”. This strategy helps you to think from the perspective of the author and helps you understand his main intention behind writing the passage.

You can understand the gist of the strategy by going through the following webinar.


Hope it helped. If you wish to discuss more about your concerns and want to know more about how to approach the test, you can schedule a free consultation call using the below link.

Click here to schedule a call
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Thanks for the useful webinar!

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