Is Manhattan GMAT foundation of verbal enough to score above V30?

Question

Hello everybody,
i was thinking of buying Manhattan foundation of verbal, in order to improve my verbal section on GMAT.
In almost all the mock I took so far I have scored an average of V23-25, and I wanted to know if in your opinion studying 2 weeks( more or less) from foundation of verbal could help me to improve my verbal score from V23 to V30+.

Thank you in advance!

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

I wanted to know if in your opinion studying 2 weeks( more or less) from foundation of verbal could help me to improve my verbal score from V23 to V30+.

Consider checking out Manhattan-Prep's 6th Edition book for Sentence Correction and Critical Reasoning. As far as the improvement a person can make in two weeks, I've had a student who re-took after reaching out and got  9 points in about 30 days (v31 to v40) , who got 4 points in about (exactly?) 10 days (v41 to v45), etc. If your V23ish score was when you were very new to the GMAT, for example, I wouldn't be surprised if you saw a significant jump in a short amount of time.

A quick suggestion for SC would be to learn the common idioms tested on the GMAT.

All the best.

Russ19 · Answer

Hi  Enrik 
The Manhattan foundation of the verbal book is not enough to secure the above-mentioned score. You need all the verbal books too. 
Thanks!

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  Enrik . Although I agree with an earlier poster that a lower baseline Verbal score will allow you to make more significant score increases in a shorter timeframe than would a score that might already be in the upper 30s, two weeks is not a lot of time, especially under pressure, to necessarily turn things around. Many students find the Manhattan Prep guides useful in their preparation. However, I do not read too many debriefs in which people praise these guides as the miracles they needed to go from "rags to riches in 10 days" or some such. Developing a sound method to tackle Verbal questions of all types takes a lot of effort and practice, and both of those investments typically take a corresponding amount of time. In all likelihood, you will need to spend more than two weeks to make demonstrable progress, with or without the right materials, e-courses, or tutors. I say this not to discourage you, but to urge you to seek to gain a legitimate understanding of what the Verbal section tests, rather than look for a quick fix to prop up your score.

Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

AjiteshArun · Answer

Hi  Enrik ,

To add to the points made in the posts above, I think you should go ahead and give it a shot, without worrying too much about the delta. You'll be in a better position to check how close you are to your target score once you start solving some questions and taking practice tests.

EDIT: After reading  this post , I think my advice may not be the best. You don't have much time, and may need a more targeted approach if the V17 score was not just a case of underperformance.

vv65 · Answer

Could your score improve from V23 to V30+? The realistic answer is that such an improvement is unlikely in two weeks, whatever resources you use and whatever tutoring you receive.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi Enrik,

I think that two weeks is gonna be tight but if you want some general advice on how to improve your GMAT verbal skills, feel free to check out this article:

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