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16 Nov 2015, 12:08
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Hi,
I took the GMAT exam last friday and got 650. Today, I purchased enhanced score report. Details are below:
Quant >> DS:51 PS:50 >> 50
Verbal >> SC:38 RC:25 CR:16 >> 27
I plan to retake the exam within a month to be able to apply for R2. I would very much welcome to strategies to take my verbal score to 35 or higher (perhaps)
In my practice test I was performing much better, around 35 or higher (in GMAT Preps). For veritas and manhattan practice tests, my verbal score varied between 34 - 39.
Critical Note: During the exam, after I saw the business passage, I felt so confident and foolishly changed my regular RC solving tactic, which involves taking notes in every 2-3 sentence. After reading the passage without taking any note, I jumped to the question, did not remember anything and became nervous. So, I checked the clock and I was already behind, and I decided not to read the passage again, just make sophisticated (!?) guesses. In following passages, I took some notes but could not comprehend even 50% of the passages. That's reading comprehension section
For critical reasoning, I have solved so many questions from all sources (OG, egmat, magoosh, economist, aristotle, kaplan) while I was studying for the exam. My accuracy rates were close to 85% for 600-700 level questions and ~60% for 700 level questions. But in the exam, topics became so familiar to me, I felt like I have seen those questions, and looked for the answers that they were similar to the practiced tests answers. but towards the end of the verbal section, due to pressure of timing, I made guesses for at least 2-3 CR questions.
For SC, I tried to eliminate as many choices as I could, and selected remaining answer choice. For some questions, I left with 2 choices and made guesses.
So, here I have a month to improve my verbal score. It does not have to be above 40. I am ok 35+.
If you think you might offer valuable advice, I would be happy to see them. I, in advance, thank you for reading my message and offering advice.
I took the GMAT exam last friday and got 650. Today, I purchased enhanced score report. Details are below:
Quant >> DS:51 PS:50 >> 50
Verbal >> SC:38 RC:25 CR:16 >> 27
I plan to retake the exam within a month to be able to apply for R2. I would very much welcome to strategies to take my verbal score to 35 or higher (perhaps)
In my practice test I was performing much better, around 35 or higher (in GMAT Preps). For veritas and manhattan practice tests, my verbal score varied between 34 - 39.
Critical Note: During the exam, after I saw the business passage, I felt so confident and foolishly changed my regular RC solving tactic, which involves taking notes in every 2-3 sentence. After reading the passage without taking any note, I jumped to the question, did not remember anything and became nervous. So, I checked the clock and I was already behind, and I decided not to read the passage again, just make sophisticated (!?) guesses. In following passages, I took some notes but could not comprehend even 50% of the passages. That's reading comprehension section
For critical reasoning, I have solved so many questions from all sources (OG, egmat, magoosh, economist, aristotle, kaplan) while I was studying for the exam. My accuracy rates were close to 85% for 600-700 level questions and ~60% for 700 level questions. But in the exam, topics became so familiar to me, I felt like I have seen those questions, and looked for the answers that they were similar to the practiced tests answers. but towards the end of the verbal section, due to pressure of timing, I made guesses for at least 2-3 CR questions.
For SC, I tried to eliminate as many choices as I could, and selected remaining answer choice. For some questions, I left with 2 choices and made guesses.
So, here I have a month to improve my verbal score. It does not have to be above 40. I am ok 35+.
If you think you might offer valuable advice, I would be happy to see them. I, in advance, thank you for reading my message and offering advice.
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17 Nov 2015, 07:51
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Dear alphaseeker,
Sometimes “life happens” and we are not able to get the desired results. You should not think about the last attempt and approach the next one with a positive mindset.
Here is what I recommend
1) To go beyond V35, it is quite clear that you need to work upon your CR and RC (especially CR) since these are two areas hurting your score the most. In SC, you are already at a good level and that is one area that does not require much refinement if you are aiming for V35-V40.
I would suggest you to look at our online individual CR and RC courses (https://goo.gl/CRmMFB). These are self-paced e-learning courses. You can start with it anytime, there is no batch or schedule for the same. You get a study plan as soon as you complete your purchase. The study plan outlines the order in which you approach concepts.
Both our CR and RC courses require about 25 hours each to complete. You can benefit if you put in that effort. So, you can finish them within 15 days.
2) You need to take care that you stick to a standard process for solving questions so that you can do the same on the actual exam. I understand that it's tempting to sometimes leave the process side, but you should avoid doing that as far as possible. When you try something new, you may lose your exam rhythm and something unexpected might happen (like it happened with you in RC in your last attempt).
We teach our students a foolproof process to solve questions and make them follow the same. This is the reason for our high rate of success.
Here are few examples
• Nipun: : This interview (https://goo.gl/P0jeOj) proves that acing the GMAT in 25 days is possible. After scoring 580 in a mock test (V25) Nipun improved to 710 in real GMAT in 4 weeks. Learn how he improved his RC and SC ability tremendously using Verbal Online course.
• Mahesh: Gave his GMAT 3 times, was unable to ace verbal during his first 2 attempts but improved in 10 days using our course. You can view his audio interview here: https://goo.gl/pclEKq.
• Satish: This guy improved by 14 points (Verbal 27 to 41) in 20 days. You can read his review here (https://goo.gl/CINanF). His review is by the name thermacin.
• Santosh Panda (710, V38): He improved 14 points as well to score 710. You can his review here (https://goo.gl/L6H8wb). His review is by the name santu71182.
Free Trial
I would suggest you to go through our Free Trial to understand more about the way of teaching and quality of content we offer. Just log in here (https://e-gmat.com/login/) and start accessing.
Here are a few direct links for you from our Free Trial
1. Premise and Conclusion 1: https://goo.gl/ZnXIVP
2. Premise and Conclusion 2: https://goo.gl/LT2YEK
3. Bold Face: https://goo.gl/uprgDB
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other queries.
Regards,
Rajat Sadana
Sometimes “life happens” and we are not able to get the desired results. You should not think about the last attempt and approach the next one with a positive mindset.
Here is what I recommend
1) To go beyond V35, it is quite clear that you need to work upon your CR and RC (especially CR) since these are two areas hurting your score the most. In SC, you are already at a good level and that is one area that does not require much refinement if you are aiming for V35-V40.
I would suggest you to look at our online individual CR and RC courses (https://goo.gl/CRmMFB). These are self-paced e-learning courses. You can start with it anytime, there is no batch or schedule for the same. You get a study plan as soon as you complete your purchase. The study plan outlines the order in which you approach concepts.
Both our CR and RC courses require about 25 hours each to complete. You can benefit if you put in that effort. So, you can finish them within 15 days.
2) You need to take care that you stick to a standard process for solving questions so that you can do the same on the actual exam. I understand that it's tempting to sometimes leave the process side, but you should avoid doing that as far as possible. When you try something new, you may lose your exam rhythm and something unexpected might happen (like it happened with you in RC in your last attempt).
We teach our students a foolproof process to solve questions and make them follow the same. This is the reason for our high rate of success.
Here are few examples
• Nipun: : This interview (https://goo.gl/P0jeOj) proves that acing the GMAT in 25 days is possible. After scoring 580 in a mock test (V25) Nipun improved to 710 in real GMAT in 4 weeks. Learn how he improved his RC and SC ability tremendously using Verbal Online course.
• Mahesh: Gave his GMAT 3 times, was unable to ace verbal during his first 2 attempts but improved in 10 days using our course. You can view his audio interview here: https://goo.gl/pclEKq.
• Satish: This guy improved by 14 points (Verbal 27 to 41) in 20 days. You can read his review here (https://goo.gl/CINanF). His review is by the name thermacin.
• Santosh Panda (710, V38): He improved 14 points as well to score 710. You can his review here (https://goo.gl/L6H8wb). His review is by the name santu71182.
Free Trial
I would suggest you to go through our Free Trial to understand more about the way of teaching and quality of content we offer. Just log in here (https://e-gmat.com/login/) and start accessing.
Here are a few direct links for you from our Free Trial
1. Premise and Conclusion 1: https://goo.gl/ZnXIVP
2. Premise and Conclusion 2: https://goo.gl/LT2YEK
3. Bold Face: https://goo.gl/uprgDB
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any other queries.
Regards,
Rajat Sadana
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Hi there,
This topic has been closed and archived due to inactivity or violation of community quality standards. No more replies are possible here.
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