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09 Aug 2012, 09:12
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I took GMAT after 4 months of rigorous study 640 (Q47, V31).
I (non native) have started preparing in March 2012 and started with a GMATPrep1 of 540.
I will have around 20 free days from my work in Dec around Christmas and planning to give GMAT a second try with a target is to move to Q49/50 and V40+
Need your valuable suggestions to help me with my Verbal strategy:
This is what happened in the exam while taking verbal:
1. Have no clue in most of the SC Q's. have to Guess many to keep up with the pace.
2. Able to solve most of the CR Q's confidently, took notes and applied PoE. But ended up spending more than 2 minutes in the CR Q's, leading to guesses at each milestone to keep up with the time.
3. I didn't took notes in RC and was not confident of answering Q's but managed to solve few.
Spend more than 100 seconds in most of the RC Q's. Didn't guess any RC Q though but i was not confident in few Q's.
I have studied from following sources:
MGMAT SC/RC/CR guides (4th Edition)
MGMAT Verbal Foundation
Powerscore LR Bible
MGMAT LSAT CR Guide
MGMAT LSAT RC Guide
Verbal Practice Questions from many forums and OG11/OG12/OG13/VR2 and QP1.
Suggestions for improving verbal score?
How is eGMAT's Verbal course?
Will it be helpful if i go through the GMATClub grammar book?
What can be the best reading resource to improve Natural Reading in 3-4 months time?
I (non native) have started preparing in March 2012 and started with a GMATPrep1 of 540.
I will have around 20 free days from my work in Dec around Christmas and planning to give GMAT a second try with a target is to move to Q49/50 and V40+
Need your valuable suggestions to help me with my Verbal strategy:
This is what happened in the exam while taking verbal:
1. Have no clue in most of the SC Q's. have to Guess many to keep up with the pace.
2. Able to solve most of the CR Q's confidently, took notes and applied PoE. But ended up spending more than 2 minutes in the CR Q's, leading to guesses at each milestone to keep up with the time.
3. I didn't took notes in RC and was not confident of answering Q's but managed to solve few.
Spend more than 100 seconds in most of the RC Q's. Didn't guess any RC Q though but i was not confident in few Q's.
I have studied from following sources:
MGMAT SC/RC/CR guides (4th Edition)
MGMAT Verbal Foundation
Powerscore LR Bible
MGMAT LSAT CR Guide
MGMAT LSAT RC Guide
Verbal Practice Questions from many forums and OG11/OG12/OG13/VR2 and QP1.
Suggestions for improving verbal score?
How is eGMAT's Verbal course?
Will it be helpful if i go through the GMATClub grammar book?
What can be the best reading resource to improve Natural Reading in 3-4 months time?
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09 Aug 2012, 11:00
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Well, to start with, it looks like you might need to increase your overall reading speed. If you're looking to do this in a "natural" way, then might I suggest English-language newspapers? Fiction might work, too; it'd probably be more interesting, but it might also result in you picking up a few bad habits re: the English language. Stay away from Twilight, certainly.
You can skim through RC passages, spending no more than a minute or so reading 'em. You will typically be asked to refer to the passage when you are answering the questions, anyway, so a close scan of the reading material will probably be wasted.
You're already on the right track with the CR questions applying PoE to solve 'em; it just looks like you might need even more practice. Take note of which particular kinds of CR questions you have the most trouble with, or spend the most time on, and concentrate your practice sessions on tackling those subtypes.
What sort of trouble are you having, exactly, with the SC questions? There are only so many different kinds of SC questions, and most of them come in certain types of formats; with enough practice, you should be familiar enough with the questions to tackle whatever comes out. The MGMAT books should contain a list of the different types of questions; once again, take note of which subtypes you perform well on, and which you have more difficulty handling, and then focus your efforts on the types which are giving you more trouble.
The GMAT Pill has an SC-only option available, if you feel that the MGMAT resources are insufficient. It's certainly not necessary to pick it up if you think that the MGMAT SC guide is enough, and in all honesty it probably is. It all depends on what works for you
You can skim through RC passages, spending no more than a minute or so reading 'em. You will typically be asked to refer to the passage when you are answering the questions, anyway, so a close scan of the reading material will probably be wasted.
You're already on the right track with the CR questions applying PoE to solve 'em; it just looks like you might need even more practice. Take note of which particular kinds of CR questions you have the most trouble with, or spend the most time on, and concentrate your practice sessions on tackling those subtypes.
What sort of trouble are you having, exactly, with the SC questions? There are only so many different kinds of SC questions, and most of them come in certain types of formats; with enough practice, you should be familiar enough with the questions to tackle whatever comes out. The MGMAT books should contain a list of the different types of questions; once again, take note of which subtypes you perform well on, and which you have more difficulty handling, and then focus your efforts on the types which are giving you more trouble.
The GMAT Pill has an SC-only option available, if you feel that the MGMAT resources are insufficient. It's certainly not necessary to pick it up if you think that the MGMAT SC guide is enough, and in all honesty it probably is. It all depends on what works for you
09 Aug 2012, 12:17
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DonQuixote
Thanks a lot for suggestions dear.
I have started reading Scientific American/The Economist etc it did indeed helped me in my RC in the real exam. But i failed to answer Q's confidently. May i was worried about keeping up the pace
How to i go about reading the fiction any other non-GMAT stuff to improve my reading skills? Any guidelines?DonQuixote
I am still not clear about the RC reading strategy. What has worked for me while practicing RC Q's:
1. Read each paragraph and take a one line short hand note. Pause and understand it as suggested by LSAT CR guide. Do so for each paragraph of the passage.
2. After reading the full passage understand the main idea and tone etc
3. Answer the Q's. Go back to the passage for any Inference or Explicit Detail Q's
What i did in exam:
1. I was not able to follow the exact strategy in exam due to fear of loosing time.
2. I read and took mental notes for the passage.
So, the problem is if want to maintain accuracy i am loosing on time and if i care about time i compromise on accuracy
What to do with RC Reading?
DonQuixote
I agree with you
But i am not able to reduce the time to solve for CR. It is 120-130 seconds on an average.
DonQuixote
There are two issues:
1. First is with time, i need at least 90 seconds to solve any SC problems. It move into 110-120 seconds for a Brutal SC problem.
2. Second is with accuracy in multiple concepts Q's. I have a good understanding of most of the concepts tested in the GMAT but while solving SC problems in testing condition, I inadvertently miss the one concept in the complex (multiple concept) SC Q's. Also more than normal time to solve SC Question (100+ seconds) is eating my time in Practice tests and leading to errors in RC and CR
I noticed that if an SC Q tests only one or two grammatical concept i am good with it. But when logical comparison, Parallelism, and Meaning Clarity join together, It is tough for me to solve the Q (end up spending more time or a wrong guess DonQuixote
My current Verbal timing on an average are close to:
100+ seconds for SC
120-150 seconds for CR
6-7 minutes for Short Passages with 3Q
8-10 minutes for Long Passages with 4Q
Which is certainly a recipe for disaster
1. 15 SC Q ~ 23 minutes
2. 13 CR Q ~ 28 minutes
3. 13 RC Q ~ 31 minutes (3 * 7 + 1*10 = 31 minutes)
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Total 83 minutes
SO it ends up at 8-9 minuts over
How to reduce these 8-9 minutes without compromising on accuracy?
Also where do i get fresh verbal practice material specially for SC?
I have done OG problems so many time that i can not judge myself on these Q's
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