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It's probably clear to most users of this forum that the core user is a highly skilled in Quant, non-native English speaker. As a result, there is a healthy contingent of users on here who are hitting high 40's and maybe 50-51 on Quant while failing to achieve 40 on Verbal (at first). Let's talk about the other side.
For instance, I was hitting mid 40's in my Verbal split in my early practice tests (while hitting high 30's in Quant). After reading the MGMAT books, my Q level increased to low-to-mid 40's while V didn't budge. In theory, the GMAT Club Tests will increase Q level to high 40's. However, there is a lack of information on how to increase Verbal from mid 40's to the 50-51 range. Continuing with my example, I'm not particularly weak in any one area (or even difficulty level), but I'll randomly miss enough questions of varied difficulty to keep a ceiling on the score.
How does one increase V to 50-51 from an already relatively high score (e.g., a 99th percentile 45)?
For instance, I was hitting mid 40's in my Verbal split in my early practice tests (while hitting high 30's in Quant). After reading the MGMAT books, my Q level increased to low-to-mid 40's while V didn't budge. In theory, the GMAT Club Tests will increase Q level to high 40's. However, there is a lack of information on how to increase Verbal from mid 40's to the 50-51 range. Continuing with my example, I'm not particularly weak in any one area (or even difficulty level), but I'll randomly miss enough questions of varied difficulty to keep a ceiling on the score.
How does one increase V to 50-51 from an already relatively high score (e.g., a 99th percentile 45)?
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01 Apr 2013, 19:16
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I personally think high level verbal is more about your natural aptitude and ability to notice subtle differences than having conceptual knowledge of topics (which I guess someone scoring V40+ already has).
Moreover, verbal section penalizes heavily for mistakes, V51 means a perfect strike rate while the same is not true for quant. According to some gmatprep algo analysis difference between V45 and V51 is as little as 2 mistakes.
Moreover, verbal section penalizes heavily for mistakes, V51 means a perfect strike rate while the same is not true for quant. According to some gmatprep algo analysis difference between V45 and V51 is as little as 2 mistakes.
01 Apr 2013, 21:27
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I do not know if this is relevant.. But I don't think going from a V45 to a V51 will have a great impact on your total score if the Quants is constant... I should think at most, it would be a 20 point difference while increasing your quants from 49 to 50 alone could bring about a 20 point difference..
