gurpreetsingh wrote:
Nitish, I have given many gc tests with good accuracy but the tension of verbal is ruining my quant too. I m quite concerned about the Verbal.
Could you elaborate your study history before and after 1st attempt in context of verbal?
I can very well understand your concern and tension here but don't worry, just hang on and you will come out with flying colours
Disclaimer : I am not an expert
but I can tell you what all mistakes I did at that time
Before 1st attempt, I was using the wrong material, which I have collected from different sites.
I did not even use Manhattan SC and Power Score bible and underestimated RC big time and my step motherly burnt towards RC definitely made me paid.
I started off with
OG 11 and exhausted it without properly understanding the concept.
After my first attempt, I took a break and tried to understand all my mistakes.
I started again with my prep around April this year and this time with all the right material, (
OG 10, 11, 12, Manhattan SC,
Power Score CR Bible)
I learnt concepts from
Power Score CR and Manhattan SC first and then used
OG 10 and
OG 11.
This time I was checking the explanations for all the wrong and correct questions. This helped me in building up my concepts, ( basically this helped me eliminating the wrong answers first instead of finding the correct one - in short my POE got better)
One more thing, which I realised during my first attempt was NOT to underestimate RC, I was doing fine during the test till the time I faced my first RC, it was some BIO related passage and even after reading 3-4 times, spending 15 minutes, I had not clue what was there in the passage -- Mainly due to my low concentration span
So, for RC, I started building my stamina by doing 3 RC passages at stretch, I used to re-read the passage if I am not able to understand and draw a structural map of it.
Then due to work pressure and travel, I lost rhythm and touch with my GMAT prep and could not start it before Aug.
This time again, followed the same approach, used the Manhattan SC, Power Score and then completed all OGs (10,11 and 12) this time.
Rest, apart from all this, I was actively checking all the new posts on PS, DS, CR and SC forums.
That is it, if you have any specific questions or need some material, let me know.
Cheers,