Need Help to improve verbal score in Gmat

Question

Hi all This is my first post on this forum. I have been following this forum for some time now and found it really helpful.

I am a non native speaker and grappling with verbal section from past two months. In last few mocks I scored 490, 520, 480 ( Q43 V13) or (Q46 V7) my verbal score is not improving. I have finished official guides , gmac sample questions and expert global video material. But there is no improvement in my verbal score. Please guide me with some good strategies and material. I am feeling really demotivated at this moment. I am planning to give GMAT in mid aug or end august.

coldmass · Answer

your basic in verbal seems to be very weak , first work on basic . you can also try some online courses like egmat to improve your verbal score . in cr and rc the more you practice with right approach better you are .

Russ19 · Answer

You can go through the Manhattan prep strategy guides to master concepts for verbal. Then, you should try OGs with the timer at the GMAT Club and see the solution of experts such as  GMATNinja ,  VeritasKarishma  and @MentorTutoring.The MGMAT official guide companion for sentence correction is extremely useful for SC.

AndrewN · Answer

Hello,  Magg . To piggyback off of what has been said above, I would recommend reading the Beginners' Guides series on Verbal reasoning by  GMATNinja . You can find the SC Guide, for instance,  here , and links to the other two guides are in the signature of any post by Charles (the ninja behind the name). You will also want to spend more time at this phase of your preparation reviewing the material you have already exhausted to see what you can take away from those questions. The responses in the forum for any given question beat out what the OG has any day, and if you do not understand anything about a particular question even after reading such posts, all you have to do is ask for clarification. The community is here to help, trust me. Just do not make the mistake of rushing through a bunch more questions in the belief that more practice automatically yields improved results. It is practice  with purpose  that pays dividends down the road.

If you have any questions as you go, you know how to reach out. Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

Magg · Answer

Hi all, Thank you so much for the help provided in my last post to improve verbal score. It worked I improved V7 to V34. Being a non native English speaker I was to devastated due to my verbal scores. As it wasn’t increasing.

Please guide me with the strategies to improve from V34 to more... I am lacking in RCs now

Please guide me with the strategies to improve from V34 to more... I am lacking in RCs now

AndrewN · Answer

Hello again,  Magg . That is good to hear about your Verbal improvement. Congratulations on coming along so far from where you started. I take your last line to mean that you stand to gain the most by improving your approach to RC passages and questions. If so, and assuming you have already read the Beginners' Guide to RC by  GMATNinja  that I referenced in my earlier post, I would suggest reading over  this post  that I made a little over a month ago to help another person who was in a similar bind. You should also check out the  Ultimate Reading Comprehension Encyclopedia  for additional resources.

Keep at it. Persistence pays off. Ask for guidance at any point if you need further pointers.

- Andrew

vamshikaithi · Answer

Hi Magg,
That's really a great improvement. To solve RC questions, you need to apply the right reading strategies. Instead of stuffing yourself with the details, start reading to understand the purpose of the passage. I personally improved my performance on RC using GMATWhiz. You can understand the gist of the strategy by watching the following video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0VhuzaV6P0

I think there is a free trial of the GMATWhiz course. You can check the RC module of it if interested. All the best!

EducationAisle · Answer

This is incredible! In my recollection, it is the  biggest  verbal improvement that I have come across.

Congratulations!

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