GMAT 650(Q51V25) -- Target 700+

Question

Hi,

I gave GMAT yesterday and got 650 (Q51V25).
My verbal score is only 40%ile and as per the ESR report, I got only 29th and 37th %ile in RC and sentence correction respectively.

Can anyone please advice on a good prep course for verbal for non natives. My target is to get atleast 80%ile --V37+.

I also gave 3 GMAT prep exam:

1) GMAT prep 1: 650 (Q50V27)
2) Exam Pack 1 :720 (Q50V38)
 720 (Q51V35)

Regards,
Shashank

mgcon · Answer

Bumping in to this thread. Even I'd require some help. Planning to retake on/around Nov 22.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi Shashank,

First off, a 650/Q51 is a strong score (it's right around the 80th percentile overall), so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice School. As such, a retest might not be necessary. Depending on which Schools you plan to apply to, you would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile. There's a Forum full of them here:

ask-admission-consultants-124/

While the ESR doesn't provide much information, I'd need to see your full ESR before I can offer you the specific advice that you're looking for. Beyond that, I have a few questions about your studies so far and your goals:

1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) What is your overall goal score?
4) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
5) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

shashank1313 · Answer

Hi EMPOWERgmatRichC , Attached ESR report. I have modified it to remove my personal details. Please find my response below: 1) How long have you studied? It has been 3-4 months, while studying for GMAT. Though I believe it was never concrete, I just referred materials here and there on internet and practiced. 2) What materials have you used? I basically used Official guide and official guide Verbal review to practice RC,CR, and SC. For sentence correction I referred Manhattan SC guide to brush up my grammar skills . For Quant I directly bumped into problem solving

and used Manhattan mobile app. It has very good collection of advance quant problem. 3) What is your overall goal score? My goal is to achieve 700+ 4) When are you planning to apply to Business School? I m planning to apply for round 2 (early January deadlines). 5) What Schools are you planning to apply to? My target schools are MIT, Tuck, Berkeley's, and Kellogg and I believe GMAT is the major obstacle in achieving that. Regards, Shashank

egmat · Answer

Hi Shashank,

First of all, congratulations on scoring a perfect 51 in Quant. This basically proves that  given the right strategy you should do well in the Verbal section  as well.
Now, I have gone through your ESR and read above about your preparation methodology for the Verbal section. You have taken a book focussed approach and have referred to multiple resources for your preparation due to which you haven’t been able to form a strategy / uniform way to approach questions in the Verbal section. While you have done that in Quant and you have seen the results, you haven't been able to replicate the same process for the Verbal section. This is where you need guidance and we can help you here.

How much do you need to score to get to 700+ 
Given a 50 in Quant (although you are at 51 right now), you would need at least a 37 in the Verbal section. Seeing your current performance, you need to improve in all the 3 sections to get to a V37. Go through the  GMAT Planner tool  to check how much you need to improve in the 3 sections(SC/CR/RC) to get to a score of 37+ in Verbal.

Course Recommended 
The  Verbal Online  course perfectly suits your requirement. It is  self-paced ,  available on demand ,  includes all our e-Learning courses in SC, CR, RC  and is the  most successful course  on the GMAT Club.
The best part about the course is its data driven approach. Apart from a highly interactive platform on which the course is based, which provides you feedback for every 30 minutes of learning, you also get access to  Scholaranium ( highest rated test tool ). This tool provides you excellent analytics helping you find your core strengths and weaknesses and also tell you why you falter in a particular area – is it because of the conceptual knowledge or a gap application of concept/process. GMAT Planner along with Scholaranium can help save you  50+ hours  in your overall prep time and help you  score 70 points higher. 
Verbal Online requires  80 hours  of effort and most people complete the course in about  30 days .

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Hope this helps.

Regards,

sachin0890 · Answer

Joining this thread to get notified,

Same situation! I am planning to retake in first week of December.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi Shashank,

I've sent you some notes/suggestions based on your ESR:

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

EducationAisle · Answer

Hi Sachin and Shashank, congratulations on a perfect Q51 for both of you!

Since SC comes out as an area of improvement, thought I would highlight that our sentence correction book  Sentence Correction Nirvana  is perhaps the  only  book that offers a score improvement  guarantee , and is especially designed for  non-native  speakers.

After reading the book  twice  (yes! it's an  academic  book, and so must be read twice in all seriousness, to  reinforce  the concepts), you will start looking forward to solving SC questions!

The book is available on  Flipkart  and  Amazon.in . You might want to refer to these sites, to also read testimonials of how readers have benefited.

See  here  how Mohit, who scored 750 on GMAT, vouches for our book.

If you want to  sample  a chapter before deciding to go ahead with our book, please PM me your mail-id (along with the chapter that you would like to sample) and I will be happy to send that chapter to you by mail. In addition, the entire Grammar section of the book is also available for free preview at  pothi .

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