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20 May 2015, 20:58
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Hi Experts
I have my GMAT scheduled on 20th June and I have been trying a lot of verbal sets of late to try and increase my stamina.
I am seeing a usual pattern with my verbal sets. Whenever I read any CR question and if I understand the argument correctly then I am pretty sure that I will nail that question any given day, but if I do not understand the argument in one go then followings things happen to me :
1) I am for sure going to take more than 2.5 minutes on that
2) My chances of getting it right are very very low
3) As a result of this I mess up my future questions.
So my point is if I get 3-4 CR questions in actual GMAt that I do not understand, then there is a very high probability of me messing up my verbal section.
Please help me any specific pointers that I can include/improve to increase my CR accuracy.
Some history about me :
I kicked of my prep one month ago and I have tried GMAT PREP 1 and 2 yet.
Took GMAT prep 1 before starting my prep and scored 620()
Last week took GMAT prep 2 and scored 680(Q50 and V31).
I could not finish my verbal in time because of this issue , otherwise I am confident that I could have scored more in verbal.
Thanks in advance. Looking forward for some Verbal(life) saving tips.
I have my GMAT scheduled on 20th June and I have been trying a lot of verbal sets of late to try and increase my stamina.
I am seeing a usual pattern with my verbal sets. Whenever I read any CR question and if I understand the argument correctly then I am pretty sure that I will nail that question any given day, but if I do not understand the argument in one go then followings things happen to me :
1) I am for sure going to take more than 2.5 minutes on that
2) My chances of getting it right are very very low
3) As a result of this I mess up my future questions.
So my point is if I get 3-4 CR questions in actual GMAt that I do not understand, then there is a very high probability of me messing up my verbal section.
Please help me any specific pointers that I can include/improve to increase my CR accuracy.
Some history about me :
I kicked of my prep one month ago and I have tried GMAT PREP 1 and 2 yet.
Took GMAT prep 1 before starting my prep and scored 620()
Last week took GMAT prep 2 and scored 680(Q50 and V31).
I could not finish my verbal in time because of this issue , otherwise I am confident that I could have scored more in verbal.
Thanks in advance. Looking forward for some Verbal(life) saving tips.
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20 May 2015, 21:58
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Hey manihar,
The best resolution to your problem is pretty simple. While I am unable to diagnose your primary issues with critical reasoning given the limited information that I have, I can certainly diagnose a testing problem that you have. The GMAT is a game, and one to be played strategically. You do not want to view this test like you would a test in high school or college -> take your best shot at every problem until the end. If you know upon reading a critical reasoning question that you do not understand it and are highly unlikely to get it correct, then you should be spending less time on that question than average, not more. As soon as you come to the realization that you are highly unlikely to understand and correctly answer a question, you need to immediately begin thinking about how you can get rid of some of the answer choices with logic in order to increase your odds. If you really don't understand the argument, then your best bet here is to probably try to pick 1 or 2 answer choices that seem very out of scope, scrap them, and then guess from the remaining answer choices and move on.
Devoting an excessive amount of time to any one problem on the gmat is never worth it, period. The test is very holistic, and no one problem really matters that much...unless you let it. You let it by taking a disproportionate amount of time on it, and ultimately missing a bunch of other questions later on during the test because you are low on time. You are scoring high already, so if you clean up this habit that should help increase your verbal score and push you into the 700's.
I hope this helps!
The best resolution to your problem is pretty simple. While I am unable to diagnose your primary issues with critical reasoning given the limited information that I have, I can certainly diagnose a testing problem that you have. The GMAT is a game, and one to be played strategically. You do not want to view this test like you would a test in high school or college -> take your best shot at every problem until the end. If you know upon reading a critical reasoning question that you do not understand it and are highly unlikely to get it correct, then you should be spending less time on that question than average, not more. As soon as you come to the realization that you are highly unlikely to understand and correctly answer a question, you need to immediately begin thinking about how you can get rid of some of the answer choices with logic in order to increase your odds. If you really don't understand the argument, then your best bet here is to probably try to pick 1 or 2 answer choices that seem very out of scope, scrap them, and then guess from the remaining answer choices and move on.
Devoting an excessive amount of time to any one problem on the gmat is never worth it, period. The test is very holistic, and no one problem really matters that much...unless you let it. You let it by taking a disproportionate amount of time on it, and ultimately missing a bunch of other questions later on during the test because you are low on time. You are scoring high already, so if you clean up this habit that should help increase your verbal score and push you into the 700's.
I hope this helps!
21 May 2015, 23:33
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Hi 282552,
You mentioned some VERY telling signals that we can explore a little further:
“Whenever I read any CR question and if I understand the argument correctly then I am pretty sure that I will nail that question any given day, but if I do not understand the argument [I take too long, and am likely to miss it]
Think about what you’re saying (and doing) here. You know that understanding the argument is both essential and powerful in getting these questions correct. So what you need to do is TRAIN to better understand. Brandon raises one of the universal truths about GMAT prep: You can’t just study for the GMAT, you need to train for it. We see this a lot with new Score Booster clients who’ve either been self-prepping or used other resources, and are stuck. The reason why so many get stuck is that they’re treating GMAT weaknesses as a study problem rather than a training problem.
You can only resolve your understanding gap if you train to change. This is not something that you can study away by doing endless volumes of questions.
Let’s get more specific. I’ve got a few questions for you:
1) What are some of the differences in the prompts between the ones you understand, and the ones you don’t (question type, topic, length, etc.)
2) Try to reflect on what you’re doing differently on prompts you understand vs. those you don’t understand as well.
3) What have you been doing on your own to try to address your variation in understanding?
4) On a question that you don’t understand as well, what fraction of the time do you spend prodding around in the options?
You also raised another issue altogether that falls under the psychological/tactical sphere of the GMAT: “As a result of this I mess up my future questions.”
You know that saying, “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”? That’s also true of GMAT questions. What happened on the last question, stays in the last question. Each GMAT question is a fresh slate. Operate with that mindset ALWAYS. Staying “fresh” on each question, will get you more points.
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