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Regarding the GMAT
The format has changed recently, so the good news is that Sentence Correction has actually been removed from the new GMAT Focus Edition. If you’ve been spending a lot of time on SC specifically, you may want to shift that energy toward the newer verbal question types instead.
I’d recommend watching a few YouTube walkthroughs or format overview videos first so you get familiar with how the new exam is structured before diving deeper into prep.

As for admissions consultants
Since I’m not an international applicant myself, I probably can’t give the most reliable advice there.
But my suggestion would be to do some ground-level research: talk to seniors, alumni, or people from your country who recently applied successfully.
Personal referrals are usually much more useful than online reviews alone, especially in MBA admissions consulting.
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Hi everyone! Long time lurker finally posting because I have a couple things I'm trying to figure out, and this community always has good takes.

Regarding GMAT:

I'm sitting at 670 right now and targeting 720+. My quant is okay, but verbal is killing me, specifically sentence correction. I've gone through the OG but feel like I'm pattern matching without actually understanding the underlying rules. Has anyone found a resource that actually explains the grammar logic rather than just drilling questions?

Regarding Consultant:

I'm starting to think about whether to hire an admissions consultant for my MBA apps. I'm an international applicant, so I feel like I need someone who understands how the admission committee reads non-US profiles. Has anyone worked with a consultant specifically as an international student? Was it worth it? And how do you even evaluate whether someone is good before you've paid them?

In the meantime, I've been using a platform called Admit IQ while I figure out the consultant question. The AI interviewer (Dr. Morgan) runs full mock admissions sessions in audio mode, which has been useful for practicing without bothering people in my network. The research tool is the one that surprised me, though, it pulls program-specific data like average post-MBA salary, ROI, employment outcomes, that kind of thing, all in one place instead of hunting across five different sites. Free right now and using as a beta user at getadmitiq dot com.

Appreciate any advice on either front!
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Starting with the most important piece: the current GMAT no longer has Sentence Correction. Verbal is now Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension only. If you're drilling SC out of an older Official Guide, that time is going toward a question type that isn't scored on the live test. Worth confirming the OG you're using is the most recent edition.

The instinct behind your question, wanting to understand underlying logic rather than pattern-match, is exactly the right instinct for CR and RC. Both reward genuine understanding and punish surface-level recognition.

For CR, learn the structure of arguments before you drill questions. Every passage has a few components: background, premises (the evidence presented as fact), the conclusion (the point the author is driving toward), and sometimes an unstated assumption that bridges them. Practice identifying these components untimed until it's automatic. Then work through each question type (Strengthen, Weaken, Assumption, Inference, Paradox, Evaluate, Boldface, and others) in isolation before mixing. For every question, articulate why each wrong answer is wrong and why the correct answer is correct. That's where real skill builds.

For RC, read for structure rather than detail. Your goal during the passage is the architecture: the main point, why each paragraph exists, the author's stance, and where key details are located. Too slow and you lose time. Too fast and you lose accuracy. Read for purpose and organization. Add timing only after the methodology is solid.

This article goes deeper on CR: GMAT Critical Reasoning: 8 Essential Tips

I hope that helps.


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