Need advice on further preparation!!!

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Today, I canceled my GMAT appointment and lost 250$, because I could not sleep last night and felt that I was not in the clear mind in the morning

(((. So I decided not to spoil my attempt and improve my verbal a bit further!!! So I am back to my preparation:(((!!! My CATs results (in chronological order): GMATPrep1: 640 (Q46;V32) GMATprep2: 620 (Q48;V27) GMATPrep1 (reinstalled): 720 (Q50;V37) PopwerPrep1 (most verbal staff from the OG, so consider it urepresentative): 730 (Q48;V42) PopwerPrep2 (most verbal staff from the OG, so consider it urepresentative): 730 (Q49;V41) GMATPrep2 (reinstalled): 660 (Q46;V35) I need to improve all verbal parts till 42+. What materials would you recommend to use (except for Kaplan GMAT800, SC1000, MGMAT SC): SETS, GMATTER,...??? What CATs would you recommend to do which are most close to GMATPrep and PowerPrep?

trahul4 · Answer

Go for Manhattan materials. Also you can find loads of verbal study materials on this forum. Use those well. 
Refrain from taking CATs untill you are fully prepared.

Calamity Jane · Answer

If you are ready for really hard questions, then I would do Manhattan GMAT. Some reviews on here and another forum say their tests are killer, but then they're not that much like the real test because the questions are overly complicated.

I have also read that Princeton Review tests are the next closest to GMAT. I am just getting started with them and they seem pretty good.

Vlad77 · Answer

Thanks!!! You mean that the first CAT closest to GMAT is MGMAT CAT and the second Princeton Review CAT???

raptr · Answer

I am not a big fan of Powerprep, the verbal part is good, assuming you haven't seen the questions before. I think GMATPrep is way better (again if you are not familiar with the questions). MGMAT CATs are good for building stamina and for making yourself feel miserable and useless when you think you are good at Quant :) Their quant section just asks for cumbersome calculations, something I really doubt that you would encounter on the real GMAT.

Anyway, I do recommend that you take 1-2 MGMAT cats but don't pay so much attention to the score you get. Imo, MGMAT gives you a lower Q score and a higher V score.

Have you considered the Challenges, the Sets and LSAT CR & RC?

Vlad77 · Answer

Thanks for your advice:)!!! I do challenges, I will try sets and LSAT RC. As for LSAT CR I find it not so comparable with GMAT CR.

raptr · Answer

To a certain extent. LSAT's CR is just more difficult than GMAT's. If you have time go over Powerscore's Logical Reasoning Bible.

Vlad77 · Answer

Thanks:)) I have already read it (all). I suppose that CR is the last part I need to improve now!!! Will try another approach to RC (rephrase each passage and write down key elements - mostly names - associated with each passage). I think that the best key in LSAT CR bible lays in must be true, strengthen, weaken and assumption sections (especially in assumption)!!!

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