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16 Aug 2021, 03:23
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Hi All,
I am planning to take my first GMAT attempt in another 15 days or so.. I have taken 3 official mocks and I am consistently scoring low on verbal.. I am unable to cross the V28 mark.. My quant score is between Q47-Q50. I did write one official mock yesterday and I scored Q50,V25,IR-3 and I am disheartened. Any suggestions to improve the verbal score in 15 days time?
One thing I have observed is I am skimming through the prompts as I am running short of time for the last 6-8 verbal questions... Of the three mocks taken, last 4-5 questions were RC questions..
Any response will be much appreciated.
Thanks!
I am planning to take my first GMAT attempt in another 15 days or so.. I have taken 3 official mocks and I am consistently scoring low on verbal.. I am unable to cross the V28 mark.. My quant score is between Q47-Q50. I did write one official mock yesterday and I scored Q50,V25,IR-3 and I am disheartened. Any suggestions to improve the verbal score in 15 days time?
One thing I have observed is I am skimming through the prompts as I am running short of time for the last 6-8 verbal questions... Of the three mocks taken, last 4-5 questions were RC questions..
Any response will be much appreciated.
Thanks!
16 Aug 2021, 06:58
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Hi Shagufta02,
Let me help you.
Looking at your individual break up of score, you are surely on the wrong path for verbal preparation.
It’s always better to spare some more time on your preparation until you are ready instead of missing out on your dream colleges/ b-schools in hurry. May be you can consider rescheduling your GMAT exam if possible and go for it when you are fully prepared.
Your verbal score clearly indicates there are many conceptual gaps and you may need to start from scratch, revisit the concepts and get a clear understanding of them before you solve the questions. Verbal questions on GMAT are very tricky. Let me help you with the right way to approach your Verbal Prep.
How to Ace your Verbal Prep?
For GMAT Verbal, it is very important that you follow the right methodology and the logical approach. Your focus has to be on eliminating four incorrect choices rather than choosing the right one. The key is to develop a solid understanding of the concepts that are typically tested on the GMAT and master the process skills that are required to solve GMAT questions. Only then, you will be able to smartly avoid the traps set by the test makers.
One of the reasons for struggling through time management in Verbal could be not knowing the right approach to solve the question. Skimming is not at all advisable.
Before you start learning, it's important to understand what is actually tested using the questions. Each module in Verbal (SC, CR and RC) has to be approached in a different way. For example, before you start learning the concepts of SC, you need to understand that 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 link below to understand the process in a better way:
Also, improving in SC alone won’t fetch you the desired score. You need to prepare for RC and CR as well in a structured and efficient manner. You have to follow a methodical and systematic approach while solving the questions in order to work on your accuracy and increase your score. For example,
- In CR, you have to understand the argument, identify the premise and the conclusion and then pre-think the answer before looking at the solutions.
- In RC, you need to have the right reading strategies to understand the inferences which are not directly stated in the passage.
If you consider starting from scratch, I’d recommend you to follow this order for the verbal part - SC->CR-RC. The reason for this is very specific. Each question type on the GMAT is testing a specific skill. SC tests your comprehension skills. CR tests comprehension & analytical skills. Finally, RC builds on the previous two skills and also tests your ability to be able to grasp the central point of the passage i.e. Your inferential skills. Thus, when you learn in this order, it's much more effective.
The importance of using a standard resource:
The only method to make sure that you invest your time, money and effort in an effective way is to use a standard resource which teaches you the concepts, strategies and also helps you work on your weaker areas. Studying using OG or a few random resources might help you to solve GMAT like questions but I’m afraid that they won’t be able to help you much from a strategy perspective.
I would suggest you to go for some standard course for your Verbal preparation at least which can help you prepare in a structured and efficient manner thereby increasing your productivity.
GMATWhiz helps you with all these things as we follow a structured and methodical way of teaching things, which makes the learning process simpler and efficient. It also helps you to develop an understanding of the test maker’s intention behind asking the question. It uses an AI powered learning platform to provide you with real time improvement modules after every practice quiz. It provides you with additional concept videos and practise quizzes which helps you overcome your weaker areas in a specific topic right away without having to put in additional effort to identify your weaker areas.
You can check out GMATWhiz and go for its Verbal Prep Course.
Here’s a link to our free trial – https://learn.gmatwhiz.com/?page=signup
Hope this helped and feel free to contact if you have any further queries.
You can always write back to me here or the better way would be to connect over a call and have a discussion. You can schedule a free consultation call using the below link.
16 Aug 2021, 08:47
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Take up a course. Egmat and Gmatwhiz are really good for verbal prep.
