Help with Critical Reasoning

Dear texas,

I'm happy to respond.

First of all, congratulations on a strong GMAT experience otherwise. Also, please DO NOT take the Quant or the SC & RC for granted on any retake. Yes, you need to focus on CR, but do not underestimate the challenges of the areas in which you excelled the first time. That is the biggest mistake of people preparing for a GMAT retake.

First of all, I am going to recommend a few blogs:
Introduction to GMAT Critical Reasoning
GMAT Critical Reasoning and Outside Knowledge
Doing GMAT Critical Reasoning Quickly
The first blog has links to other articles discussing each of the CR question types.

As you may surmise from those blogs, part of what I am going to recommend is read. Read business news. Read the Economist magazine. Read the Financial Times and Bloomberg Businessweek. Hunt down the arguments that happen in the real world, and for each one, force yourself to think about the CR question--what are the assumptions? what would strengthen or weaken the argument? what can we infer? what further information would we need to evaluate it?

As you practice CR arguments, certainly read the solution and keep an error log. In addition to that, for any CR question you got wrong, come hear to GMAT Club. Search for the question, read the discussion, and post your own unanswered questions in that thread. You are welcome to ask for my help, using the "mention this user" feature.

Finally, here are a couple free CR practice questions:
ACL injuries
The TJ-700 and
When you submit your answer, the following page will have a complete video explanation of the question. Each Magoosh practice question has its own VE: that kind of immediate feedback is exactly what you need to make big strides on the GMAT CR.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Mike