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I am doing SC regularly and i am finding that even in very easy questions, which has difficulty level 5% on gmatclub, i am taking more than 2 minutes. Also I am getting 25% of those easy questions wrong.
I have studied Manhattan SC book (2-3 times) and solved all question in the book and some tips and tricks from here and there (including from gmatNinja), but my score does not seem to improve. Also, I have trouble remembering some rules such as lists (eg. which words will take command subjunctive, which comparison markers are countable or uncountable).
Kindly suggest how to get better at both timing and accuracy in SC
I have studied Manhattan SC book (2-3 times) and solved all question in the book and some tips and tricks from here and there (including from gmatNinja), but my score does not seem to improve. Also, I have trouble remembering some rules such as lists (eg. which words will take command subjunctive, which comparison markers are countable or uncountable).
Kindly suggest how to get better at both timing and accuracy in SC
17 Aug 2022, 18:03
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Consider working on your solving approach. Perhaps working with a study buddy who has strong Verbal skills to see how they go through questions. May boost your score a bit. Had a 6-hour student go from a V41 to a V45 in about 10 days.
18 Aug 2022, 08:48
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Hi there.
As mentioned above, look at how you approach SC. You need to treat SC less like 'reading'--top to bottom, left to right--and more like a 'hunt' for structural pieces. Most people read far too much in SC. You can do a great many questions by looking only at a few important words, and not even looking at, or skimming quickly over, everything else. It's a question about *where are you putting your attention* and how are you deciding that?
This video I recently made talks about what 'clues' you should find in SC and demonstrates how someone who excels at SC will 'hone in' on 'the stuff that matters.'
I also encourage you to watch me take a practice GMAT here:
Skip to the SC questions and pause and try it yourself. Then watch me do the sentence. Compare your approach to mine. What words did I notice? Why did I notice them? Did it help me narrow down answer choices quickly? Notice what words I don't talk about (that doesn't always mean there's not something useful there! Was there? Did I miss something?) Did I ever even read the entire sentence?
When people take too long in SC, it's usually because they're doing too much 'reading' and hoping to 'hear' a mistake, rather than actively 'chasing' the structural puzzle pieces of a sentence.
