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Boosting My GMAT Score in a Short Timeframe

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With just over three weeks until my GMAT exam, I've been intensively solving practice problems. I recently completed my third mock test and saw an improvement of 100 points over my initial score. I'm now aiming to increase my score by another 70-80 points. I feel there's significant potential for enhancement in the Verbal section, particularly since English is not my first language. Additionally, time management during the test is proving to be a challenge. I'd welcome any strategies or tips on enhancing verbal skills or overall test tactics.

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With just over three weeks until my GMAT exam, I've been intensively solving practice problems. I recently completed my third mock test and saw an improvement of 100 points over my initial score. I'm now aiming to increase my score by another 70-80 points. I feel there's significant potential for enhancement in the Verbal section, particularly since English is not my first language. Additionally, time management during the test is proving to be a challenge. I'd welcome any strategies or tips on enhancing verbal skills or overall test tactics.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Hi! First of all, Congratulations on a 100 point increase. This is certainly great work. You can use the below test-taking strategy (and use it for time based practice sessions as well). This strategy will certainly help you with time management if you practice it consistently.

DI Strategy - Spend 12 mins on Q1 to Q5 (i.e. when you have 35 mins left, you should be at Q5), spend 10 mins on Q6 to Q10 (when you have 25 mins left, you should be at Q10), spend 10 mins on Q11 to Q15 (when you have 15 mins left, you should be at Q15), spend 13 mins on Q16 to Q20.

Quant Strategy - Spend 11 mins on Q1 to Q5, 10 mins on Q6 to Q10 (you can take 1-2 risks), 10 mins on Q11 to Q15 (you can take 1-2 risks), 14 mins on Q16 to Q21. This also means that (since GMAT clock runs backwards) when you have 36 mins left, you should be at Q5 (considering you need 2 mins to answer that question), when you have 26-27 mins you should be at Q10, when you have 15-16 mins you should be at Q15 (since you will need 1-2 mins to answer that question).

Verbal Strategy: Q1 to Q7: spend 14 mins (when 33 mins are left, you should be at Q7), Q8 to Q14: spend 11 mins (when 22 mins are left, you should be at Q14), Q15 to Q23: spend balance 20 mins.