shanek wrote:
I have a hit rate of 80% for
OG and
OG QP 1 designated "Hard" questions, but 70% for Easy/Medium. Yes, even the "easy" questions trip me up.. they also take me
longer to do!
A bit about me:
I am a native speaker. My quant is 46-48. My last GMATPrep was a 740 (48Q 44V) (first take). I had not studied SC as my V scores were plenty high, and I hated the thought of grammar. I sat to write the real exam a week ago and scored a disappointing 660 (Q47 V35). This test started with 7 SC
in a row, and only had 3 RC passages (= additional SC). I am dedicating the 31 days between my first attempt and my second attempt to SC. My first week of prep has told me this: I am solid in the "hard" range. It's the "easy" questions that I get wrong!
Has anyone else encountered this? I just completed Vertitas Sentence Correction. Any guidance is much appreciated.
Simple solution: Get to the "difficult question" zone of the GMAT and stay there!
Ok ok I guess that advice is akin to "get all 41 questions right"... I'd say you're probably overthinking the easier questions. Try and approach things in a more straight-forward manner to see what the mistakes are. You say you completed the Veritas Sentence Correction problems, so you assuredly learned how to look for common mistakes and such? Meaning, Modifiers, Pronouns, Verbs, Comparisons, Tenses, etc? Stick with the basics and look for each type of error in the original statement. Hopefully this back-to-basics approach will get you back up to the same success level you're having with harder SC questions.
Best of luck!
-Ron