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Thanks Rich and Mike for your comment. More info on me below:

I am looking to apply to US PhD Finance programs for 2018. So I am looking for a 700 GMAT at least. I have studied for about 3 months using E-GMAT mainly for both QUANT and VERBAL. I have also used MGMAT for Advanced Quant and Verbal books. I also use PowerScore for Criticial Reasoning. I have also taken two GMAT prep exams

GMAT prep 1: 680 (Q49 V34)
GMAT prep 2: 680 (Q50 V33)

My Quant is around Q49-Q50, whic is where I need it to be. But my ESR showing my SC is 85th percentile (equivalent to 39) and RC being 88th percentile (equivalent to 41) suggests that if I can improve my CR, I could crack a high verbal score too and get above 700.

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I recently took the GMAT and I got 680 (Q49 V34). I was disappointed until I saw my ESR breakdown for verbal. My SC and RC was 88th and 85th percentiles respectively but my CR was 5th percentile! I am normally bad at CR and have practiced but still my score in that is so low it seems to be dragging my verbal down too much. Does anyone have any suggestion on how I can improve this? I need 700, so I just need to improve my verbal to V36 assuming I maintain my quant score.

You can definitely improve your scores! Have you gone through the whole Powerscore CR? I believe it has all the rules required to score high!

Check out this comprehensive CR guide by another member.

https://gmatclub.com/forum/zomg-the-ban ... 00473.html

If you need more resources, check the below link. It has a consolidation of the resources you need to crack the CR section. Best of luck :)

https://gmatclub.com/forum/ultimate-ver ... 33279.html
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Hi texas,

PhD Programs tend to be rather competitive, since there are often a number of high-quality applicants for a relatively small number of 'spots.' In that way, each application tends to be really 'nit-picked.' While a slightly higher GMAT score might help your application(s), you really need to be sure that you have a strong OVERALL application AND that you are properly 'marketing yourself' to each individual Program. You would likely find it beneficial to speak with an Admissions Expert about your overall profile and plans. There's a Forum full of them here:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/ask-admission ... tants-124/

The two CAT scores that you listed are remarkably similar to your Official GMAT score - which means that you're fairly consistent in how you 'see' (and respond to) the GMAT. A score in the V33-V34 range usually means that you're missing points in one of the 3 major Verbal categories (SC, RC and CR). If your analysis is correct - and the CR is your 'weak spot' - then some concentrated study in that area might be all that you need. If you've been approaching this process with a 'book heavy' study approach, then that might be a factor in why your scores have not improved - so investing in some new, non-book study materials would probably be beneficial.

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