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07 Nov 2022, 00:48
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Thanks for your answers on GMAT Club. It has been a great resource to learn. Tagging MartyTargetTestPrep KarishmaB GMATNinja ExpertsGlobal5 Sajjad1994 generis bb mikemcgarry DmitryFarber TommyWallach ReedArnoldMPREP for this.
I am writing this question to seek some help regarding to my GMAT verbal preparation. My previous GMAT scores are below:
Attempt 1: 690 (Q47, V37) - August '22
Attempt 2: 620 (Q50, V24) - November '22 (2 days ago)
After my GMAT attempt 1, I could recognise from my ESR that I lagged behind in SC with a 50% accuracy. I had a good accuracy (80%+) on both CR and RC. I worked on improving my SC skills, solving all the available official questions from GMAC (including verbal review, verbal advance question bank, practice question - 1, and practice question - 2, all 6 official mocks). I prepared untimed, spending at least 5-10 mins with each question. Within 3 months, my SC accuracy, measured untimed, went up to 80%.
I was confident enough to hit a V40 this time and booked my 2nd attempt. During this attempt, it seemed like the questions were way harder than the questions I had practiced. I got nervous, I couldn't manage my time properly, and I ended up with a shocking V24 score! When I skimmed through my ESR, I could see my SC accuracy was again 50% along with a huge drop in my CR and RC accuracy (~75%).
Now, after exhausting all the official materials along with 3 test prep materials (TTP, GMAT Whiz, and MGMAT mocks), which were really helpful in boosting my understanding of the verbal concepts. But, now I am literally clueless on how to boost my verbal score. I am giving my 3rd attempt of GMAT after 2-weeks from now.
I prepared a list of errors, skimming through my previous MGMAT and official mocks and I figured out that I am doing the same mistakes repetitively even after being aware. Doing the same mistakes repeatedly seems like an ongoing self-sabotaging loop, which is going on and on and I am not able to stop the loop. In all of my timed CAT attempts, I am getting a 50% accuracy in SC. In untimed SC attempts I usually get an 80% accuracy. If this can be improved, I believe I can improve my overall verbal performance (V40 is my target score).
It would be extremely helpful if you can please share any advise, suggestion, or resources on how I should approach the next 2-weeks and boost my verbal score.
Thank you so much!
~SP
Thanks for your answers on GMAT Club. It has been a great resource to learn. Tagging MartyTargetTestPrep KarishmaB GMATNinja ExpertsGlobal5 Sajjad1994 generis bb mikemcgarry DmitryFarber TommyWallach ReedArnoldMPREP for this.
I am writing this question to seek some help regarding to my GMAT verbal preparation. My previous GMAT scores are below:
Attempt 1: 690 (Q47, V37) - August '22
Attempt 2: 620 (Q50, V24) - November '22 (2 days ago)
After my GMAT attempt 1, I could recognise from my ESR that I lagged behind in SC with a 50% accuracy. I had a good accuracy (80%+) on both CR and RC. I worked on improving my SC skills, solving all the available official questions from GMAC (including verbal review, verbal advance question bank, practice question - 1, and practice question - 2, all 6 official mocks). I prepared untimed, spending at least 5-10 mins with each question. Within 3 months, my SC accuracy, measured untimed, went up to 80%.
I was confident enough to hit a V40 this time and booked my 2nd attempt. During this attempt, it seemed like the questions were way harder than the questions I had practiced. I got nervous, I couldn't manage my time properly, and I ended up with a shocking V24 score! When I skimmed through my ESR, I could see my SC accuracy was again 50% along with a huge drop in my CR and RC accuracy (~75%).
Now, after exhausting all the official materials along with 3 test prep materials (TTP, GMAT Whiz, and MGMAT mocks), which were really helpful in boosting my understanding of the verbal concepts. But, now I am literally clueless on how to boost my verbal score. I am giving my 3rd attempt of GMAT after 2-weeks from now.
I prepared a list of errors, skimming through my previous MGMAT and official mocks and I figured out that I am doing the same mistakes repetitively even after being aware. Doing the same mistakes repeatedly seems like an ongoing self-sabotaging loop, which is going on and on and I am not able to stop the loop. In all of my timed CAT attempts, I am getting a 50% accuracy in SC. In untimed SC attempts I usually get an 80% accuracy. If this can be improved, I believe I can improve my overall verbal performance (V40 is my target score).
It would be extremely helpful if you can please share any advise, suggestion, or resources on how I should approach the next 2-weeks and boost my verbal score.
Thank you so much!
~SP
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07 Nov 2022, 02:30
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Hi Subham.
I could use a little more information. When you say your SC accuracy is 80% untimed, can you break that down for me into separate untimed accuracies for easy, medium, and hard questions?
Also, I checked your TTP Analytics and saw that, on TTP, your accuracies on all types of verbal questions when you used TTP were in the range of 72% to 75%. Would you say that your verbal skill level is currently about the same as it was when you answered the TTP verbal questions?
I could use a little more information. When you say your SC accuracy is 80% untimed, can you break that down for me into separate untimed accuracies for easy, medium, and hard questions?
Also, I checked your TTP Analytics and saw that, on TTP, your accuracies on all types of verbal questions when you used TTP were in the range of 72% to 75%. Would you say that your verbal skill level is currently about the same as it was when you answered the TTP verbal questions?
07 Nov 2022, 03:15
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Thanks for your response MartyTargetTestPrep
While doing TTP questions, my accuracy in SC was around 72% and modifier was my weak spot as you correctly pointed out. Right after that I worked on boosting my ability to understand the meaning of the sentences and I got better at solving modifier questions, boosting my SC accuracy to ~80% overall. At the same time, I have practiced less RC and CR questions after my first attempt in order to focus more on SC.
I am sharing the data points from my GMAC Practice Question - 1 and 2 untimed attempts. Hopefully it'll be a good enough sample set. I have attempted the OG and Verbal review questions multiple times, so I don't have to correct data available for those.
SC Hard - 78% (40/51)
SC Medium - 81% (45/55)
SC Easy - 77.7% (14/18)
CR Hard - 87% (21/24)
CR Medium - 96% (25/26)
CR Easy - NA
RC Hard - 72%
I didn't practice RC and CR easy questions after my first attempt. Please let me know if anything else.
Thank you!
While doing TTP questions, my accuracy in SC was around 72% and modifier was my weak spot as you correctly pointed out. Right after that I worked on boosting my ability to understand the meaning of the sentences and I got better at solving modifier questions, boosting my SC accuracy to ~80% overall. At the same time, I have practiced less RC and CR questions after my first attempt in order to focus more on SC.
I am sharing the data points from my GMAC Practice Question - 1 and 2 untimed attempts. Hopefully it'll be a good enough sample set. I have attempted the OG and Verbal review questions multiple times, so I don't have to correct data available for those.
SC Hard - 78% (40/51)
SC Medium - 81% (45/55)
SC Easy - 77.7% (14/18)
CR Hard - 87% (21/24)
CR Medium - 96% (25/26)
CR Easy - NA
RC Hard - 72%
I didn't practice RC and CR easy questions after my first attempt. Please let me know if anything else.
Thank you!
