How do I get to 730+ from 700-odd in a month? Help please!

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My GMAT was scheduled to happen on May 1st, but due to the lockdown in India, it has been postponed to June 5th. I am not too disappointed. In fact, this may be a blessing in disguise. No matter how many practice questions I solve, I seem to have hit a stop especially in Verbal ( In Quant, its almost always a Q50). I want to put these 35 odd days into use to get into the V40s. My past few scores on various mock CATs have been 700 , 720 , 730 , 680 and 700. My verbal score wavers in the 30-40 range (40 being the peak). On some days I feel super confident; its as if every option I choose turns out to be right. On other days, I tend to make 5-7 mistakes in a row (irrespective of whether it is a 500-level or a 700-level question), bringing my score down to the low V30s. I have already solved all questions on Magoosh, Verbal Review and GMAT advanced. I have also studied the entire Powerscore CR Bible , which I think is okayish - nothing much in store for someone who wants to get into the V40s.

Can someone suggest the best 30 day plan for Verbal? I'm working towards taking my Quant score to a 51. However, I'll need some help for Verbal. Something affordable though, maybe 100 dollars. I'll be grateful to anyone who'd help! Thank you in advance!

Can someone suggest the best 30 day plan for Verbal? I'm working towards taking my Quant score to a 51. However, I'll need some help for Verbal. Something affordable though, maybe 100 dollars. I'll be grateful to anyone who'd help! Thank you in advance!

EducationAisle · Answer

Which one is your relatively  weaker  area in Verbal Vishal?

Vishalcv · Answer

No specific weak area tbh. Equally weak/strong is what I would say.

amogh8800 · Answer

Hey Vishal I got your problem 
You have problem with your approach to get to the answer. Focus on approach. I was facing similar issue in the past

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Shikhar22 · Answer

In my personal understanding, getting tough questions on verbal right on one day and then bunch of them, wrong, another day has a bit to do with our mental state on the day. Don’t practise too much. Meditate. Read through your own notes. I do much better than when I’m fresh from paying attention on something else than the verbal questions. Verbal questions are designed to totally confuse us, so a meditative clear mind is so essential imo

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Vishalcv · Answer

Hi Amogh,
Can you elaborate on that? What did you do to overcome the problem?

Vishalcv · Answer

Did meditating help you?

Shikhar22 · Answer

Yup. Meditation is magic man. It increases your likelihood of not getting too mystified by the ever confusing verbal questions.

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MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi Vishalcv.

The fact that your verbal score is not increasing and the fact that your verbal performance fluctuates indicate that the nature of the verbal section of the GMAT and how to prepare for it haven't fully clicked for you. This type of experience is pretty common, actually, because it's easy to get the wrong impression about the verbal section of the GMAT and what it tests, especially since many people, including some test prep professionals, have gotten wrong impressions and talk about their impressions as if they were correct. So, we are all constantly bombarded with misinformation about the verbal section of the GMAT.

So, your first move is to figure out what the real deal is the the verbal section and each of the three main types of verbal questions, and your next move is to prepare effectively.

I recently completed a post on these exact topics, and I think you can get a pretty clear picture of what you have to do to master verbal and hit your score goal by reading this post.

How to Score High on GMAT Verbal

siddharthfrancis · Answer

Hi vishal, 
I'm also going to appear for gmat soon. Can we connect on phone/Whatsapp. Just need to discuss a few things. 
Pls pm

GMATWhizTeam · Answer

Hi Vishalcv

If your score keeps varying, it probably means that your approach of solving questions is not consistent. GMAT Verbal is mostly about the methodology and the logical approach. So, the better you are with your approach, the better your performance will be.

Each module in Verbal needs certain skill to be mastered. For example, to solve SC questions you need to master the comprehension skill. Having said that, before you learn the concepts of any module, it's important to understand what is tested using that and the right way to solve them. Let me give you an example of Sentence Correction.

How to solve SC questions?  
SC questions on GMAT test your ability to convey the right meaning without any ambiguity. So, it's important to approach them from a meaning stand-point. You might have often come across answer choices which are both grammatically correct and convey a logical meaning but are indeed incorrect because they do not convey the intended meaning. So, the process to approach SC questions is to:
  Comprehend the original meaning of the sentence 
 Identify errors if any (both grammatical and meaning wise) 
 Eliminate answer choices which either are grammatically incorrect or do not convey the intended meaning

You can go through the recording below to understand the process in a better way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SGA8bwFNJM

And similarly, before solving CR questions, you need to understand that most of the CR questions are based on one of the four frameworks:

Plan - goal 
 Causality 
 Comparison 
 Quantitative

And each framework has a set of guidelines to pre-think. So, once you learn the framework and the guidelines, the process of solving CR questions becomes a lot more structured.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCrobt7hZl8

How to proceed further?  
By now, you must have understood that focusing on the process is more important than focusing on practicing questions. You need to understand where exactly you are making the mistake and then work on that. For example, solving SC questions can include various steps such as:

Reading the sentence 
 Comprehending 
 Identifying the errors (both grammatical and meaning) 
 Eliminating incorrect answer choices

You can do this by going through the detailed solutions of the questions. Identify the exact step at which you are making the mistake, introspect what led you to take that decision at that point of time and then learn the right approach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOFbOXjw2wY

Choose the right resource which can help you with the process and help you to work on your weak areas. You can check out the free trial of GMATWhiz. It is a personalized course which comes with an integrated study plan. I'll DM you the details. You can reach out to me for more details.

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