Improving Verbal Scores from 30s to 40s

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Hope you're having a good weekend. I have been preparing for the GMAT for just over a month now. I finished my e-GMAT verbal course a couple of days back and am feeling directionless now. I gave one Veritas Prep Test 2 weeks back in which I scored Q51, V31

I was pretty devastated by my verbal score but it wasn't entirely unexpected either since I panicked halfway through the test because of (almost wrote due to here) timing issues. My RC seems to be slightly better than SC and CR. I am aiming to get 760 on the GMAT and need to improve my verbal a lot. I am planning to give the GMAT in the last week of July, so that gives me around 2 more months to prepare . I had a couple of questions: 1. Can you give me any advice how I should best utilize these 2 months to ace verbal? 2. Should I jump into the OG (quant, verbal, and verbal review) now, that is 2 months before the test? 3. In quant, sets and probability seem to be a weak spot for me. Any specific tips so I can get 51?

4. Sources for good question banks for Verbal practice? bb , souvik101990 , Bunuel please advise. Thanks in advance. Regards

push12345 · Answer

I would suggest to practice OG questions first.
Then take verbal guide from gmac if required and keep practicing through gmatclub.
Read question and answer, explanation , it will improve you

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pushpitkc · Answer

Hi sandman13

Welcome to GMATClub!

These are two awesome posts which you should find useful for Verbal prep
1. https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-impro ... l#p1643215
2. https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-impro ... 42361.html

Plan to take a GMATPrep test soon in order to understand your current level. The most
realistic CATs available are the 6 tests from GMAC(2 free tests and 4 tests that you can
purchase along with a Question pack)

Hope this helps you!

sandman13 · Answer

push12345 , Should I dive into OG now, that is 2 months before the test? I always thought OG was meant to be kept for the last stages of prep. This premise is something  souvik101990  questions in one of his posts as well. 
I'm currently reviewing e-GMAT SC chapters... still feeling a bit directionless, I guess.

sandman13 · Answer

pushpitkc , Thanks for the reply! 
I have already used one of the GMAT Prep tests before I started my prep as a diagnostic test to evaluate where I need to focus in my prep. I have access to Veritas Prep tests and GMAT club tests as well. Should I use one of these instead of exhausting another official test?

akela · Answer

Hi sandman13,

For SC, there is a huge question bank of official questions:

https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-most-com ... 40372.html

If you're done with both free official CATs, I'd highly recommend to start practicing on these questions.

Hope this helps!

pushpitkc · Answer

Hey sandman13 If you don't intend to buy the other 2 test packs(EP1 and EP2), I wouldn't recommend using the GMATPrep test. In that case, continue using the Veritas tests but don't depend on the score wholeheartedly because the scores may not be a realistic score indicator. I had a friend score a 51 on the Quant section of the Veritas tests(with 14 mistakes out of 37) which, IMO, isn't a realistic score of your ability. You might want to take a look at this link https://gmatclub.com/forum/veritas-prac ... 09814.html Hope that helps you!

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