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huekhiemtran
Joined: 25 Aug 2010
Last visit: 16 May 2012
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Location: Gainesivlle, Florida, USA
Concentration: International Business
Schools:University of Florida
27 Feb 2012, 11:48
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Hi everyone,
I took GMAT last week but verbal score was too low ( Q43, V12, total 460)
. I had been studying for over half of a year, and now I am disoriented. I took Kaplan online class, I studied OG12 as well.
I need to take the test again in this Apr. Please suggest me what kind of books to improve my verbal and whether I need a tutor. Anyway, I live in Gainesville, Florida. Please help!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks.
I took GMAT last week but verbal score was too low ( Q43, V12, total 460)
. I had been studying for over half of a year, and now I am disoriented. I took Kaplan online class, I studied OG12 as well. I need to take the test again in this Apr. Please suggest me what kind of books to improve my verbal and whether I need a tutor. Anyway, I live in Gainesville, Florida. Please help!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks.
27 Feb 2012, 12:59
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Hi Huekhiemtran,
Do not despair
. There can be many reasons for your score, from prep strategies to the proverbial bad day. The key is identifying how you prepped and to help identify the areas in which you could tweak your approach.
So a few important questions:
1. Did you take any practice tests before the real exam, and, if so, which ones and what were you scores?
2. How did you structure your practice sessions with the Official Guide? For instance, did you ever do timed drills? Did you mix up question types?
3. When you missed questions how did you follow up on them?
4. How did you go about learning new concepts? How often did you apply what you learn to actual practice questions? Did you go back and review or did you always move on to new material?
I know this is quite the flurry of questions! However, knowing the answer to them will definitely help me figure out in which area you could improve.
Of course there is always the question of not how you used materials but which materials you used. The OG is the bible of GMAT prep -at least for questions (explanations often are mystifying than illuminating). I haven't heard too much about the Kaplan on-line course so I can't speak to that. As far as the Holy Grail of prep goes in terms of learning fundamentals, nobody can beat Manhattan GMAT.
If you are more disposed to video learning, I recommend Magoosh. We have lesson videos covering all of the fundamentals and 700+ practice questions to help you apply the concepts you've learnt.
Anyhow, I'd love to get your responses to the questions above so I can provide a targeted plan to help you get the score you need.
Hope that was helpful.
Do not despair
. There can be many reasons for your score, from prep strategies to the proverbial bad day. The key is identifying how you prepped and to help identify the areas in which you could tweak your approach. So a few important questions:
1. Did you take any practice tests before the real exam, and, if so, which ones and what were you scores?
2. How did you structure your practice sessions with the Official Guide? For instance, did you ever do timed drills? Did you mix up question types?
3. When you missed questions how did you follow up on them?
4. How did you go about learning new concepts? How often did you apply what you learn to actual practice questions? Did you go back and review or did you always move on to new material?
I know this is quite the flurry of questions! However, knowing the answer to them will definitely help me figure out in which area you could improve.
Of course there is always the question of not how you used materials but which materials you used. The OG is the bible of GMAT prep -at least for questions (explanations often are mystifying than illuminating). I haven't heard too much about the Kaplan on-line course so I can't speak to that. As far as the Holy Grail of prep goes in terms of learning fundamentals, nobody can beat Manhattan GMAT.
If you are more disposed to video learning, I recommend Magoosh. We have lesson videos covering all of the fundamentals and 700+ practice questions to help you apply the concepts you've learnt.
Anyhow, I'd love to get your responses to the questions above so I can provide a targeted plan to help you get the score you need.
Hope that was helpful
. 
27 Feb 2012, 22:54
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huekhiemtran
I see that last time you got a V19 and this time you got V12 (though there has been improvement in Q). If you took an online course and did OG12 too, my suggestion would be to look for a tutor asap. There is certainly something wrong in the way you are approaching Verbal and trying to work on it yourself isn't really working. In case finances are tight, take a package of only 8-10 hrs and split it into 2 parts. Spend 4-5 hrs with the tutor on 'what you are doing', 'how you are doing it', 'where you are going wrong' etc. He will make a study plan for you and tell you how to go about it. He should be able to figure out why things are going wrong with you. Thereafter, work on your own for the next 1 month and do as suggested by your tutor. Then spend another 4-5 hrs with him ironing out the wrinkles.
Irrespective of whether you take a Kaplan, Manhattan (owned by Kaplan), Veritas or any other standard test prep company's course, you should be able to manage V25-30 at least. (The difference in the courses lies in the strategies offered to get higher range scores but they all tackle the fundamentals quite well). You need some personalized attention to quickly figure out why and then work on it.
