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Hi all,
I read already tons of posts on this forum and I think it's a great place to be and to reach out for help! Unfortunately, there is something I can not understand and I would need the advice of an experienced member of this forum.
My situation:
I started to learn with the Manhattan GMAT strategy guides. My first attempt was 560 after scoring around 660 in GMATPrep several times. I was devastated so I took a brake from GMAT.
I started learning for my next attempt three months ago and I am retaking the GMAT in 10 days (12.12.2014).
I knew that I had to work on Verbal so I joined the eGMAT course. I made tons of notes on SC and CR and practiced with OG12/13. I could solve over 80% of questions correctly. I understand the concepts and rules as I study them every day (to keep em fresh)!
My problem is the following: I took two CATs (GMATPrep) yesterday and today and could not get out of 600. <-- I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT COMES FROM?!
I am convinced that I have improved my verbal skills, but still I see a V27, V29 on my CATs. Quant is constant around 44-47. I don't put too much presure on myself when doing a CAT. I know what I know and that I only have to apply this. However, now I am very demotivated because it seems that I learned nothing over the last 3 months, especially not in VERBAL.
I need a very good advice on what to do to improve my situation with verbal, because I HAVE NO MORE CLUE ON WHAT TO FOCUS IN THE REMAINING 10 DAYS!
I am very thankful for any piece of advice that would allow to solve my problem.
Regards,
Krutki
I read already tons of posts on this forum and I think it's a great place to be and to reach out for help! Unfortunately, there is something I can not understand and I would need the advice of an experienced member of this forum.
My situation:
I started to learn with the Manhattan GMAT strategy guides. My first attempt was 560 after scoring around 660 in GMATPrep several times. I was devastated so I took a brake from GMAT.
I started learning for my next attempt three months ago and I am retaking the GMAT in 10 days (12.12.2014).
I knew that I had to work on Verbal so I joined the eGMAT course. I made tons of notes on SC and CR and practiced with OG12/13. I could solve over 80% of questions correctly. I understand the concepts and rules as I study them every day (to keep em fresh)!
My problem is the following: I took two CATs (GMATPrep) yesterday and today and could not get out of 600. <-- I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT COMES FROM?!
I am convinced that I have improved my verbal skills, but still I see a V27, V29 on my CATs. Quant is constant around 44-47. I don't put too much presure on myself when doing a CAT. I know what I know and that I only have to apply this. However, now I am very demotivated because it seems that I learned nothing over the last 3 months, especially not in VERBAL.
I need a very good advice on what to do to improve my situation with verbal, because I HAVE NO MORE CLUE ON WHAT TO FOCUS IN THE REMAINING 10 DAYS!
I am very thankful for any piece of advice that would allow to solve my problem.
Regards,
Krutki
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Here is an excerpt from my debrief. This might help
All the best!
All the best!
Sentence Correction:
MGMAT is the best book you can get your hands on to prepare for SC.
Aristotle Grail is a simplified version of MGMAT and is too useful to build the concepts.
Magoosh lessons. Easy, Crisp and Lucid video lessons.
Take down the notes in your notebook and revise them every other day, so that they are embedded in your system.
Start off a SC question by find the subject and then check that the verb agrees with it or not. Check for the parallelism by looking out for words such as and, that etc.
Make sure that there is a verb in the sentence (-ing forms are not verbs by themselves)
To break it in points:
1. Find the subject
2. Make sure the subject agrees with the verb in numbers
3. Make sure the verb is full verb
4. usage of Like (used to compare nouns and express similarities), as(used to compare every thing else and such as used for examples)
5. Parallelism- Pay attention to ""and, that, either or, neither nor etc" as they are the signal words and parts on both sides of these words should be parallel
5. Tense: The parallel parts of the sentences should be in the same tense.
Perfect Tense used only when any event has already happened and is over
Progressive tense is used when the event is in action.
These are some of the things which will enable you solve most of the questions correctly.
Critical Reasoning:
Practice is the key here.
You can go through as many strategies you want, but the most important thing here is practice.
Aristotle Grail had some good techniques.
Read the question stem first and then the premise. Pre thinking will help you get the answer quickly.
In assumption questions, try to negate the left over answer choices and then see if the arguement falls apart. If it does, then you have the correct answer
In the conclusion question, full essence of the premise should be captured.
Reading Comprehension:
Definitely the section which is most underrated by the students and according to me, this is the section which can make or break your score.
I have learned it the hard way. There are a lot many strategies which people recommend.
However making a passage map worked out for me.
I always made a passage map by writing the main points about the paragraph, including some of the details. The usage of short hand is a must for this.
I read the first and the last lines of each paragraph with utmost importance as they are the ones which give you a good idea about the intent of the paragraph.
Practice is again the key here. I believe that even if you are not a voracious reader and do not read "the Washington times", you can crack this section by solving ample number of RCs. Worked for me.
Keep a note of the tone in which the passage is written broadly: positive, negative or neutral.
Specific Details questions: Read one line before and after the specific detail in the passage
Inference Questions: Treat like a normal CR question, look for the information in the passage and you will be able to infer easily
Conclusion and Tone questions: Should be able to capture the whole paragraph and should not contain anything new
Recommended Material:
MGMAT SC
Aristotle SC, CR
Magoosh membership
GMAT Prep and GMAT Prep Extended Pack
GMAT Prep Question Pack1
And finally the big one: The pdfs of everything official compiled by Souvik fir CR SC and RC.
These files contain all the official question out there and help to get a hang about the types of questions which come on the real thing.
But these file come at a cost. I would not recommend these files to anyone who is taking the GMAT for the first time as your test taking experience will be diluted because of the seen questions. However, the re-takers should definitely try to solve these files as much as they can.
The official pdfs can be found at the links below:
CR: the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-everything-official-cr-140375.html#p1129824
SC: the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-everything-official-sc-140372.html#p1129819
RC: the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-everything-official-rc-140373.html#p1129820
Error Log: This has to be in place if someone is preparing sincerely. The methods for recording errors may be different, but one should have this. I simply noted down all the questions I got wrong on three separate pages of my notebook, each page for one section.
MGMAT is the best book you can get your hands on to prepare for SC.
Aristotle Grail is a simplified version of MGMAT and is too useful to build the concepts.
Magoosh lessons. Easy, Crisp and Lucid video lessons.
Take down the notes in your notebook and revise them every other day, so that they are embedded in your system.
Start off a SC question by find the subject and then check that the verb agrees with it or not. Check for the parallelism by looking out for words such as and, that etc.
Make sure that there is a verb in the sentence (-ing forms are not verbs by themselves)
To break it in points:
1. Find the subject
2. Make sure the subject agrees with the verb in numbers
3. Make sure the verb is full verb
4. usage of Like (used to compare nouns and express similarities), as(used to compare every thing else and such as used for examples)
5. Parallelism- Pay attention to ""and, that, either or, neither nor etc" as they are the signal words and parts on both sides of these words should be parallel
5. Tense: The parallel parts of the sentences should be in the same tense.
Perfect Tense used only when any event has already happened and is over
Progressive tense is used when the event is in action.
These are some of the things which will enable you solve most of the questions correctly.
Critical Reasoning:
Practice is the key here.
You can go through as many strategies you want, but the most important thing here is practice.
Aristotle Grail had some good techniques.
Read the question stem first and then the premise. Pre thinking will help you get the answer quickly.
In assumption questions, try to negate the left over answer choices and then see if the arguement falls apart. If it does, then you have the correct answer
In the conclusion question, full essence of the premise should be captured.
Reading Comprehension:
Definitely the section which is most underrated by the students and according to me, this is the section which can make or break your score.
I have learned it the hard way. There are a lot many strategies which people recommend.
However making a passage map worked out for me.
I always made a passage map by writing the main points about the paragraph, including some of the details. The usage of short hand is a must for this.
I read the first and the last lines of each paragraph with utmost importance as they are the ones which give you a good idea about the intent of the paragraph.
Practice is again the key here. I believe that even if you are not a voracious reader and do not read "the Washington times", you can crack this section by solving ample number of RCs. Worked for me.
Keep a note of the tone in which the passage is written broadly: positive, negative or neutral.
Specific Details questions: Read one line before and after the specific detail in the passage
Inference Questions: Treat like a normal CR question, look for the information in the passage and you will be able to infer easily
Conclusion and Tone questions: Should be able to capture the whole paragraph and should not contain anything new
Recommended Material:
MGMAT SC
Aristotle SC, CR
Magoosh membership
GMAT Prep and GMAT Prep Extended Pack
GMAT Prep Question Pack1
And finally the big one: The pdfs of everything official compiled by Souvik fir CR SC and RC.
These files contain all the official question out there and help to get a hang about the types of questions which come on the real thing.
But these file come at a cost. I would not recommend these files to anyone who is taking the GMAT for the first time as your test taking experience will be diluted because of the seen questions. However, the re-takers should definitely try to solve these files as much as they can.
The official pdfs can be found at the links below:
CR: the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-everything-official-cr-140375.html#p1129824
SC: the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-everything-official-sc-140372.html#p1129819
RC: the-most-comprehensive-collection-of-everything-official-rc-140373.html#p1129820
Error Log: This has to be in place if someone is preparing sincerely. The methods for recording errors may be different, but one should have this. I simply noted down all the questions I got wrong on three separate pages of my notebook, each page for one section.
Updated on: 03 Dec 2014, 02:30
Originally posted by aashu4uiit on 03 Dec 2014, 02:25.
Last edited by aashu4uiit on 03 Dec 2014, 02:30, edited 1 time in total.
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I think the most effective at this point for you will be
1. Identify the most common mistakes you are making -- if you have a error log or otherwise.
2. Plug in the gaps needed to avoid these mistakes / weak area.
These 2 points should increase your score by at least 50 points ( my experience )
1. Identify the most common mistakes you are making -- if you have a error log or otherwise.
2. Plug in the gaps needed to avoid these mistakes / weak area.
These 2 points should increase your score by at least 50 points ( my experience )
