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After 50 hrs of preparation, my Verbal has gone down to 10 from 28 in my first mock. I took Princeton review test and scored a measly 10 on mock after my first mock on manhattan where I got 28 on verbal. I improved on Quants from 48 to 51. What should I do now. I want to give GMAT in July end or August first week

My target score for verbal is 45+. I have read Manhattan books of Sentence correction , Critical reasoning and Reading comprehension. I have done Aristotle RC 99 on gmat cclub. I have also solved around 100 questions on each CR and SC on gmatclub (mostly 700+ questions)

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Hi desertEagle

Official mocks are the most reliable ones as they are believed to be the closest to the actual GMAT exam. You should probably consider to take an official mock to analyse your current prep status in a better way and then plan the road ahead accordingly.
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A drop from V28 to V10 suggests something really unusual happened. Based upon your message construction, it seems unlikely that is your representative score. I am happy to discuss it on a call as well.
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After 50 hrs of preparation, my Verbal has gone down to 10 from 28 in my first mock. I took Princeton review test and scored a measly 10 on mock after my first mock on manhattan where I got 28 on verbal. I improved on Quants from 48 to 51. What should I do now. I want to give GMAT in July end or August first week

My target score for verbal is 45+. I have read Manhattan books of Sentence correction , Critical reasoning and Reading comprehension. I have done Aristotle RC 99 on gmat cclub. I have also solved around 100 questions on each CR and SC on gmatclub (mostly 700+ questions)

Kindly suggest.
Nice work on quant.

50 hours and 100 questions is not a lot of verbal prep, although that fact does not explain the score drop you experienced.

A possible explanation for the drop is that the questions you saw on the Princeton Review test may have been flawed. So, that score may not be accurate. If you want to get a more accurate sense of where you stand, you could take an official practice test.

That said, if your score goal is V45+, then you need to get 90+ percent of verbal questions correct to achieve your score goal. So, if you are not getting close to 100 percent of medium and hard verbal questions correct when you practice, then you know you aren't at your score goal. So, taking a practice test may be a waste of time and and a test.

All the same, if you really want to see what kind of progress you have made, take an official practice test. If your score hasn't increased, then you know that you need to change how you have been preparing for verbal.
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Dear desertEagle,
I also read the Manhattan guides, SC Grail, and CR Bible, but these books did not bring me the visible result; the issue is that reading the materials and learn from them are two different points. Thus, to improve my verbal score I have started to employ the TTP service, because its well structured study plan and unique approach already helped me to improve my quant score. I have not consummated the Verbal part yet, but what do I say is that its curriculum, not only covers all general materials but also provides step by step guide to hone the acquired knowledge. Furthermore, I have found answers to some SC questions that were not disclosed in the Manhattan guide such as delayed subject, inter and outer list etc.
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