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Dear ar21x

Can you please upload your ESR report.

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I gave my attempts at home so can't get ESR
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Hi ar21x,

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I did all I could in last 6 months to improve my verbal score.
Did only veral questions for last 6 months (from OG 10, OG 2020, Verbal Reasoning 2020) and quant, IR, AWA for around 1hr everyday for 20 days before my last attempt yesterday.
Accuracy while solving OG was
Sub-600
SC - 95% CR - 95% RC 90%
600-700
SC - 90% CR 90% RC 80%
700+
SC - 80% CR 85% RC 70%

Score during mocks was 670-710
Quant 47-50
Verbal 32-38

I don't know what to do. How to improve. Feel totally aimless.Can anyone please guide me.It's been 1.5 years I have studied for GMAT from 2 different coaching. I just feel like I am wasting time and resources after looking at my result.

Results are
12 feb 2021 Q-46 V-17 Overall-530 IR-3
13 Aug 2021 Q -47 V-17 Overall-530 IR-5 AWA-6

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Hi ar21x,

Sorry to hear about how things went with your GMAT. I can understand how it feels to be stuck with a particular thing for a considerable period of time without getting the desired outcome. Let me share my insights on this.

OG may be a great source for solving GMAT like questions, however, it is definitely not the ideal way to prepare in your case. Moreover, you may find that the OG is a good option as a question bank but lacks detailed explanations for you to use for improvement. It’s always better to prepare with a definitive resource to help you learn concepts while formulating a consistent strategy to solve questions before practicing them from the OG. This way, your preparation will be a lot more structured, and the chances of you leaving gaps in your learning will be significantly less. Focus on improving the method you follow to solve questions because that's what stops people from scoring 700+.

You appear to be good with concepts in Quant Section but only need to work a little on the application of concepts. However, your verbal score clearly indicates there are many conceptual gaps and you may need to start from scratch, revisit the concepts and get a clear understanding of them before you solve the questions. Verbal questions on GMAT are very tricky. Let me help you with the right way to approach your Verbal Prep.

How to Ace your Verbal Prep?


For GMAT Verbal, it is very important that you follow the right methodology and the logical approach. Your focus has to be on eliminating four incorrect choices rather than choosing the right one. The key is to develop a solid understanding of the concepts that are typically tested on the GMAT and master the process skills that are required to solve GMAT questions. Only then, you will be able to smartly avoid the traps set by the test makers.

Before you start learning, it's important to understand what is actually tested using the questions. Each module in Verbal (SC, CR and RC) has to be approached in a different way. For example, in case of RC you need to have the right reading strategies to understand the inferences which are not directly stated in the passage.

You can go through this video to understand better:


Similarly,
  • In SC, you have to read the sentence from the meaning standpoint and then start looking at the grammatical errors.
  • In CR, you have to understand the argument, identify the premise and the conclusion and then pre-think the answer before looking at the solutions.

I’d recommend you to follow this order for the verbal part - SC->CR-RC. The reason for this is very specific. Each question type on the GMAT is testing a specific skill. SC tests your comprehension skills. CR tests comprehension & analytical skills. Finally, RC builds on the previous two skills and also tests your ability to be able to grasp the central point of the passage i.e. Your inferential skills. Thus, when you learn in this order, it's much more effective.

The importance of using a standard resource:


The only method to make sure that you invest your time, money and effort in an effective way is to use a standard resource which teaches you the concepts, strategies and also helps you work on your weaker areas. Studying using OG or a few random resources might help you to solve GMAT like questions but I’m afraid that they won’t be able to help you much from a strategy perspective.

I would suggest you to go for some standard course for your Verbal preparation at least which can help you prepare in a structured and efficient manner thereby increasing your productivity. It’s always better to spare some more time on your preparation until you are ready instead of missing out on your dream colleges/ b-schools in hurry.

GMATWhiz helps you with all these things as we follow a structured and methodical way of teaching things, which makes the learning process simpler and efficient. It also helps you to develop an understanding of the test maker’s intention behind asking the question. It uses an AI powered learning platform to provide you with real time improvement modules after every practice quiz. It provides you with additional concept videos and practise quizzes which helps you overcome your weaker areas in a specific topic right away without having to put in additional effort to identify your weaker areas.

You can check out GMATWhiz and go for its Verbal Prep Course.

Here’s a link to our free trial – https://learn.gmatwhiz.com/?page=signup

You can also check out the reviews on this link and decide for yourself:

https://gmatclub.com/reviews/gmatwhiz-345345722?fl=menu

Hope this helped and feel free to contact if you have any further queries.

You can always write back to me here or the better way would be to connect over a call and have a discussion. You can schedule a free consultation call using the below link

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Hi ar21x,

I have an important article I want you to check out.

How to Score High on GMAT Verbal

Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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