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05 May 2010, 08:34
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Hi,
Both of us seem to be sailing in the same boat. I have my Gmat on the 10th of June
My scores are more or less the same as yours, with maths being on the higher side and English stagnant in the 35-40 range.
Improving English is really difficult especially if you have got just a month in hand. But I believe that attacking RC is easier than attacking SC .
I typically give 4 minutes for reading an RC. I begin by reading the first paragraph slowly and taking down notes so that I understand it fully and then improve my speed in the subsequent paragraphs. I try taking down notes after each paragraphs. By notes I mean simple 5-10 important keywords and some sketches to map the para into my brain.
I give roughly 45 seconds for each question.
It has improved my accuracy from 70 percent in RC to 95 percent. Hope it helps you too.
Hey I have a question for you. Dont you think that the QC and DS sections in Kaplan Practice Tests and PR are way too easy ?? I am consistently able to solve all the questions with some 20 minutes to spare ??
How do you practice for difficult problems in Maths ? There seems to be a dearth of tough material when practicing for Maths !
Both of us seem to be sailing in the same boat. I have my Gmat on the 10th of June
My scores are more or less the same as yours, with maths being on the higher side and English stagnant in the 35-40 range.
Improving English is really difficult especially if you have got just a month in hand. But I believe that attacking RC is easier than attacking SC .
I typically give 4 minutes for reading an RC. I begin by reading the first paragraph slowly and taking down notes so that I understand it fully and then improve my speed in the subsequent paragraphs. I try taking down notes after each paragraphs. By notes I mean simple 5-10 important keywords and some sketches to map the para into my brain.
I give roughly 45 seconds for each question.
It has improved my accuracy from 70 percent in RC to 95 percent. Hope it helps you too.
Hey I have a question for you. Dont you think that the QC and DS sections in Kaplan Practice Tests and PR are way too easy ?? I am consistently able to solve all the questions with some 20 minutes to spare ??
How do you practice for difficult problems in Maths ? There seems to be a dearth of tough material when practicing for Maths !
05 May 2010, 09:57
Kudos
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hi,
it sucks that it seems your weakness in verbal is RC. IMO RC is probably the hardest to improve on for verbal since it is so dependent on the passage. SC you have a finite number of questions and grammar rules while CR also depends on passage but there are many techniques to solve it. For RC you pretty much know the type of questions asked - main theme, author's mood, what does XYZ mean on line 40 etc. There are techniques to reading the passage like jogging down main ideas per paragraph or paraphrase what you think the paragraph/passage is talking about. For me I just read the whole thing then go back if necessary. My weakness in RC are those political/history type passages that just get so boring and confusing to read. You could try reading newspaper articles and books to get better grasp of meaning of paragraphs etc.
If you want to get 700+ you need to get ~50 on quant and ~40 on verbal (like my score). It is not too bad for you since you get 35s - see if you can improve CR and SC as well to help out/
it sucks that it seems your weakness in verbal is RC. IMO RC is probably the hardest to improve on for verbal since it is so dependent on the passage. SC you have a finite number of questions and grammar rules while CR also depends on passage but there are many techniques to solve it. For RC you pretty much know the type of questions asked - main theme, author's mood, what does XYZ mean on line 40 etc. There are techniques to reading the passage like jogging down main ideas per paragraph or paraphrase what you think the paragraph/passage is talking about. For me I just read the whole thing then go back if necessary. My weakness in RC are those political/history type passages that just get so boring and confusing to read. You could try reading newspaper articles and books to get better grasp of meaning of paragraphs etc.
If you want to get 700+ you need to get ~50 on quant and ~40 on verbal (like my score). It is not too bad for you since you get 35s - see if you can improve CR and SC as well to help out/
