GMAT Prep (1) [Q47,V25]590.. Help. Looking forward to Score +700

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Hello All,

I have been following GMAT club for long and find it very useful and trustworthy community.
I just gave my first GMAT prep test and scored 590 (Q47,V25).
I am planning to give GMAT in June. I have at max 45 days to prepare myself for the final war.
I am looking forward to score +700. I can improve my quant, this i know, but my verbal is very weak.
please guide me and advise me how to improve Verbal section (Specially SC, my weakest part :cry:

, i think).
Please, i need your help, also suggest me what resources should i follow for better verbal score.
I can put average 3hrs/weekday and 5hrs/sat-sun fr this cause. may be more, if needed.

Thanks

, i think). Please, i need your help, also suggest me what resources should i follow for better verbal score. I can put average 3hrs/weekday and 5hrs/sat-sun fr this cause. may be more, if needed. Thanks

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi dkumar2012,

Improving your GMAT score 110+ points in 45 days is doable, but it's going to require some significant work and you'll have to learn/practice some new tactics. I'd like to know a bit more about how you've studied so far and your overall plans:

1) How long have you studied?
2) What resources have you used?

3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
4) Why do you have 45 days at most before you have to take the GMAT?
5) If you are not able to hit your score goal in 45 days, then what will you do then?

6) When you took the GMAT, did you finish any of the sections early? Did you run out of time in any section and have to guess on questions just to finish?

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

D3N0 · Answer

Hi EmpowerGmat,
Thank you for your response. here are the answers of your questions.

1)How long have you studied?
  about 1 month

2) What resources have you used?
  For Quant = OG and few practice material, sample CAT papers specifically for quant.
 For Verbal = OG only, read MGMAT SC once.

3) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
  This September- R1

4) Why do you have 45 days at most before you have to take the GMAT?
  I have to take the TOFEL too after the GMAT, and i want to apply this year in any how.

5) If you are not able to hit your score goal in 45 days, then what will you do then?
  I am not thinking about it yet, but i think i will have to apply with lower score then. which i don't want to

6) When you took the GMAT, did you finish any of the sections early? Did you run out of time in any section and have to guess on questions just to finish?
  I finished Quant Early but i had rushed 4-5 question in verbal and still wasn't able to select ans for the last Question,41.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi dkumar2012,

Most Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) on their GMAT studies, so you've done pretty well so far considering that it's just been 1 month. With your current Scaled Scores, the missing points that you're looking for will come primarily from the Verbal section, so you're going to have to spend most of your remaining time on that section.

You've been working primarily from books, which tends to 'limit' most Test Takers. The books that you have are fine for practice problems, but you'll likely need to invest in some new "non-book" materials to hit your score goals.

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

D3N0 · Answer

Hi EmpowerGmat,

I have been studying for GMAT for about 2 months but only the theory, specially for Verbal, and started doing OG question from past month. before that i did not do anything on verbal as such i can call practice. I believe, i am good with Quant and if i remove my silly mistakes i can reach 49 in quant but i have always been weak in verbal.

With your current Scaled Scores, the missing points that you're looking for will come primarily from the Verbal section, so you're going to have to spend most of your remaining time on that section.
 I am Looking forward to it

You've been working primarily from books, which tends to 'limit' most Test Takers. The books that you have are fine for practice problems, but you'll likely need to invest in some new "non-book" materials to hit your score goals.
 What non-book materials? are you talking about GMAT equivalent tests. if not then please suggest which practice material should i go for. I have OG Q review and OG Verbal Review. i am looking forward to work on them. i also have GMATPREP COMPREHENSIVE SC file which i downloaded from GMAT Club itself. along with these, I have Veritas SC,CR, and RC books, 1000- SC,CR and RC files and few tests from different sources which i got from my friends. anything else you want to suggest?

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi dkumar2012,

Working out of books and printouts does NOT properly simulate what you'll have to do on Test Day. The physical challenges of working on a computer for 4+ hours cannot be matched by any book, so while some book practice is fine, a proper training program will make you do most of the work online (re: on a computer). Beyond doing practice problems though, you really need to learn the tactics, patterns and secrets to the GMAT (and there are LOTS of them), so investing in a resource that will TEACH you these concepts and train you to use them would also be a good idea.

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

D3N0 · Answer

Hi EmpowerGmat,

The Point you mentioned is really good. I will buy tests from GMAC itself and practice on them. addition to this i will use GMAT CAT from different resources to improve my Examination skills.

Thank You.

meekalona · Answer

I'd recommend you study the MGMAT SC very carefully and also take a handful of practice tests (MGMAT, GMAT Club, Economist...) to find your weaknesses/strengths and see the patterns they have in the tests. For RC, I recommend reading WSJ/NY Times/The Economist articles daily, you dont need to read a lot, maybe 10-15 mins a day but this has to be consistent. I was able to improve my Verbal score by 10 points in three weeks just by taking a lot of practice exams and reading articles daily.

meekalona · Answer

Also familiarize yourself with a timing strategy when taking the GMAT. Mine was (Question - Minutes left):
Quant: 9 - 58, 18 - 40, 27 - 22
Verbal: 10 - 58, 20 - 40, 30 - 22
I found this benchmark works relatively well for me. Since they tend to throw harder questions towards the end of the test, this should allow you some extra time to deal with more difficult questions. Good luck!

D3N0 · Answer

Hi meekalona,

Thank you for your suggestions, I am following the same rule, Questions-time left,
and I will do the MGMAT SC book, and required reading for the RC,daily.
Is there anything specific for CR also?

Thank You !

meekalona · Answer

For CR, I went through the Critical Reasoning Bible (twice) - best thing ever. I did not really fully understand the patterns in CR before reading this book. I think it's very helpful. Just practice a lot you should be fine. Again don't forget to do a practice test every once in a while. I did about 10 tests from March 22 to April 12 and was able to improve my total GMAT score by 60 (10 points up for Verbal section) as I just retook it 2 days ago!

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