Need a strategy for next 26 days.

Hey!

Considering that you need to improve your score in Verbal to reach your target score, my suggestion would be to check out e-GMAT's verbal online course. Live may not fit your timeline, but the online certainly can considering you can take it up per your pace and for any questions you may have during your prep, you can ask in GMAT Club or e-GMAT's Q&A forum. Speak to the folks in the company and they can even help you chalk out a study plan. All the best!

It's good to see that you seem to have improved your verbal score, but I'd really recommend that you take another official practice test soon. This is because we can't directly compare test scores across providers.

It's (normally) not easy to get from the low 600s to the 700s in just 26 days. I think it'd be a good idea to plan for a retake (just in case you need to take the exam again). The major concern here is the verbal, of course. Your quant was good even before you started preparing.

Hi iamArjuna,

GMAC has publicly stated that the Official Score that you earn on Test Day is within +/- 30 points of actual ability. Assuming a similar 'swing' in how your CATs function, your 2 CAT score results show that you essentially performed the same each time (about 600 +/- a few points). You handle certain aspects of the GMAT consistently well, but you also make certain consistent mistakes. Considering that your first Score (from 3 months ago) is so similar to your more recent Score, it's likely that you have gotten "stuck" at this particular score level (re: in the low-600s).

Raising a 620 to the point that you can consistently score 730+ will likely require at least another 2-3 months of consistent, guided study - and you'll have to make significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. Thankfully, the GMAT is a consistent, predictable Exam, so you CAN train to score at a higher level. However, with just 26 days of potential study time, there will likely be a limit to how much you can improve. There's no harm in taking the GMAT as scheduled, but you will likely end up having to take it again, so you can save some time, money and aggravation by pushing back your Test Date.

1) What are the exact application deadlines for each of the Programs that you plan to apply to?

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rohan2345,

Thank you for the suggestion about e-gmat course, practice tests and LSAT questions. I will definitely apply these in the coming days. Your suggestion is highly valuable.?

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GmatWizard,

I have found some really helpful stuff from the links you shared. Thank you for the support.

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AjiteshArun


Thank you I will take the practice test tomorrow. And I will work more and more on my verbal, to get the score I need.

I need to practice some more mocks. And if still there are things, I will always turn up to the forum for help.

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EMPOWERgmatRichC

Thank you for the suggestion Rich.
I am leaving no stone unturned to get the score. I will make significant improvements in both the Quant and the Verbal. I will take the test on the same date as scheduled and I will score good.

I don't have option to push back the dates.

Thank you for making me more serious about this. :-)

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For CR and RC and in fact you Quant You try EmpowerGmat.

Its content is crisp and straight. I had taken its trial and it was laudable.

Egmat Sc is really good but apart from all this one main advise its not the companies and books(they are fine at their place) .You need to dig
deeper into every problem and precisely know what is wrong in your approach..

One piece of advise if you are a non native(which I am as well) .You need to comprehend 100% in verbal .
So try learning how to read effectively...Say ..Imagine verbal Crs as jargons...Cut quickly through those words and pick exactly the logic of
the argument..break it down in simple words or anything so that you can sink them properly and quickly..the more you practice the better you
will get.Its helping me ...

Hope it will help you!!Good luck!!

prabsahi

Thank you for the tips. I will go through E-gmat and EmpowerGMAT both and will practice the way you mentioned.

Best wishes to you too friend!

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I suggest that you do not pay too much attention to scores on these unofficial tests. If you keep taking these tests and continue to perform badly in verbal, it is likely you may go in sour mood to the actual test. And that state of mind can ruin your performance in all sections. Don't risk it.

Instead, use the remaining 26 days wisely. Keep expectations realistic. Don't focus on large target scores. Focus only on ways to improve your current verbal performance. Dissect sub-sections, use timers, analyze all answers.

You will make huge mistake if you focus on a final score. Wrong approach.

I do not advise that you distract yourself in final weeks by taking all sorts of new courses. You already have everything in front of you. Just make better use of them. I am not a fan of crash courses or those that promise miracles on such tests. Cheers.

gmatpd,

Thanks for the cheer up and the valuable suggestions, friend.
I have started working individually on SC,CR AND RC in detail. I am not loosing hope anytime soon.

I have good resources from my tutor and the GMAT club as well. I will use those and practice a lot.

But also I feel that I have yet not given a justified try to the CATs I attempted.

Please help me know , whether I can try 1 or 2, from good sources? The scores I recieved in the previous ones are less than my potential. i know it can have and affect both ways , it can discourage me but can also encourage if I get otherwise.

Thankyou again.

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Why don't you take an official test again, by again I don't mean repeating the same test that you gave earlier. Buy the exam pack or take a subscription of any institute that offers the tests for free, or Premium membership to get discount. Anyhow, All I'm saying is Veritas tests are too hard compared with GMAT. Even I got a 650, but my GMAT score was much better than that. And didn't give it seriously? I mean, look, if you're giving a test give it seriously, the resources are limited as it is.
Follow this link and develop a momentum phase https://gmatclub.com/forum/beginner-to- ... s#p2313182

Hi iamArjuna,

First off, great work with quant. Q49 is fantastic. Regarding verbal, since you scored 26, you clearly lack the GMAT verbal fundamentals you need for a high score, right? Thus, moving forward, you should follow a study plan that allows you to individually learn each verbal topic and practice each topic until you’ve gained mastery. Keep in mind that you likely will need longer than just one month to improve your verbal skills, so you may consider taking your GMAT at a later date. In any case, here is some advice you can follow to improve your verbal skills. Let’s start with Critical Reasoning.

When studying Critical Reasoning, you need to ensure that you fully understand the essence of the various question types. Do you know the importance of an assumption within an argument? Can you easily spot a conclusion? Do you know how to resolve a paradox? Do you know how to properly evaluate cause and effect? Do you know how to properly weaken or strengthen an argument? These are just a few examples; you really need to take a deep dive into the individual Critical Reasoning topics to develop the necessary skills to properly attack any Critical Reasoning questions that you encounter.

As you learn each Critical Reasoning problem type, do focused practice so that you can track your skill in answering each type. If, for example, you incorrectly answered a Weaken the Argument question, ask yourself why. Did you make a careless mistake? Did you not recognize the specific question type? Were you doing too much analysis in your head? Did you skip over a keyword in an answer choice? You must thoroughly analyze your mistakes and seek to turn weaknesses into strengths by focusing on the question types you dread seeing and the questions you take a long time to answer correctly.

When practicing Reading Comprehension, you need to develop a reading strategy that is both efficient and thorough. Reading too fast and not understanding what you have read are equally as harmful as reading too slow and using up too much time. When attacking Reading Comprehension passages, you must have one clear goal in mind: to understand the context of what you are reading. However, you must do so efficiently, so you need to avoid getting bogged down in the details of each paragraph and focus on understanding the main point of each paragraph. That being said, do not fall into the trap of thinking that you can just read the intro and the conclusion and comprehend the main idea of a paragraph. As you read a paragraph, consider how the context of the paragraph relates to previous paragraphs, so you can continue developing your overall understanding of the passage. Furthermore, as you practice, focus on the exact types of questions with which you struggle: Find the Main Idea, Inference, Author’s Tone, etc. As with Critical Reasoning, analyze your incorrect answers to better determine why you tend to get a particular question type wrong, and then improve upon your weaknesses. You can perfect your reading strategy with a lot of practice, but keep in mind that GMAT Reading Comprehension passages are not meant to be stimulating. So, to better prepare yourself to tackle such bland passages, read magazines with similar content and style, such as The Economist, Scientific American, and Smithsonian.

Sentence Correction is a bit of a different animal compared to Reading Comprehension and Critical Reasoning. There are three aspects to getting correct answers to GMAT Sentence Correction questions: what you know, such as grammar rules, what you see, such as violations of grammar rules and the logic of sentence structure, and what you do, such as carefully considering each answer choice in the context of the non-underlined portion of the sentence. To drive up your Sentence Correction score, you likely will have to work on all three of those aspects. Furthermore, the likely reason that your Sentence Correction performance has not improved is that you have not been working on all three of those aspects.

Regarding what you know, first and foremost, you MUST know your grammar rules. Let's be clear, though: GMAT Sentence Correction is not just a test of knowledge of grammar rules. The reason for learning grammar rules is so that you can determine what sentences convey and whether sentences are well-constructed. In fact, in many cases, incorrect answers to Sentence Correction questions are grammatically flawless. Thus, often your task is to use your knowledge of grammar rules to determine which answer choice creates the most logical sentence meaning and structure.

This determination of whether sentences are well-constructed and logical is the second aspect of finding correct answers to Sentence Correction questions, what you see. To develop this skill, you probably have to slow way down. You won't develop this skill by spending less than two minutes per question. For a while, anyway, you have to spend time with each question, maybe even ten or fifteen minutes on one question sometimes, analyzing every answer choice until you see the details that you have to see in order to choose the correct answer. As you go through the answer choices, consider the meaning conveyed by each version of the sentence. Does the meaning make sense? Even if you can tell what the version is SUPPOSED to convey, does the version really convey that meaning? Is there a verb to go with the subject? Do all pronouns clearly refer to nouns? By slowing way down and looking for these details, you learn to see what you have to see in order to clearly understand which answer to a Sentence Correction question is correct.

There is only one correct answer to any Sentence Correction question, there are clear reasons why that choice is correct and the others are not, and none of those reasons are that the correct version simply "sounds right." In fact, the correct version often sounds a little off at first. That correct answers may sound a little off is not surprising. If the correct answers were always the ones that sounded right, then most people most of the time would get Sentence Correction questions correct, without really knowing why the wrong answers were wrong and the correct answers were correct. So, you have to go beyond choosing what "sounds right" and learn to clearly see the logical reasons why one choice is better than all of the others.

As for the third aspect of getting Sentence Correction questions correct, what you do, the main thing you have to do is be very careful. You have to make sure that you are truly considering the structures of sentences and the meanings conveyed rather than allowing yourself to be tricked into choosing trap answers that sound right but don't convey meanings that make sense. You also have to make sure that you put some real energy into finding the correct answers. Finding the correct answer to a Sentence Correction question may take bouncing from choice to choice repeatedly until you start to see the differences between the choices that make all choices wrong except for one. Often, when you first look at the choices, only one or two seem obviously incorrect. Getting the right answers takes a certain work ethic. You have to put in the necessary time to see the differences between answers and to figure out the precise reasons that one choice is correct.

To improve what you do when you answer Sentence Correction questions, seek to become aware of how you are going about answering them. Are you being careful and looking for logic and details, or are you quickly eliminating choices that sound a little off and then choosing the best of the rest? If you choose an incorrect answer, consider what you did to arrive at that answer and what you could do differently to arrive at correct answers more consistently. Furthermore, see how many questions you can get correct in a row as you practice. If you break your streak by missing one, consider what you could do differently to extend your streak.

As with your Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension regimens, after learning a particular Sentence Correction topic, engage in focused practice with 30 questions or more that involve that topic. As your skills improve, you’ll then want to practice with questions that test you on skills from multiple SC topics.

Ultimately, if you are unable to learn and practice in the manner described above, you may consider looking for additional verbal prep resources. If you are unsure of which resources to choose, check out some reviews here on GMAT Club. You also may find my article with more information regarding
how to score a 700+ on the GMAT helpful.

Feel free to reach out with any questions. Good luck!

ScottTargetTestPrep,

Thank you so much for so much information. I went through all the suggestions and am definitely going to apply them further. I will devote a dedicated time to individual sections and practice as well.

Your words are really valuable to me.

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Hello iamArjuna,

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