gmat108 wrote:
I have the in center exam planned on 15th of September, and this will be my 3rd attempt. After getting 590 with Q47 V25 on last attempt, I am still on the journey to achieve the 700 mark. I went through
the official guide once again, studied Manhattan guides for CR and SC, and attended several webinars hosted by Gmatclub. The most recent scores I have received in mocks are: On Gmat prep1 the score was 710 Q50 V35 (although it was a retake, I didn't remember the answers to questions.), On LBS Economist mock the score estimate was 710-750 with V39 and Q 50. The other mocks I took were from The Princeton Review, took total of three tests and the scores are: On 1st test V 34, on second V35 and on third V37. I also took one free mock from 800 score, and I got an unexpected V 43 ( I think the questions were rather easy, and the score is inflated for sure).
After analyzing the mocks, the concerning section is RC in which out of total of 13 questions I get 5-6 questions wrong and I think this is what holding my score back.
I have checked the accuracy of the questions from official guides.
On easy questions: 80-90% accuracy.
On medium level questions: 70-75% accuracy.
On hard level: 45-55% accuracy.
I am looking for suggestions from the experts on what strategy to follow in these last 20 days.
Your suggestions are highly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Reading comp is tough. CR as well. After all, there are no *formulas*. No *rules*. It's just... words I can read, and a question. How do they make this difficult???
You have to really dig into how you process language, and the thoughts therein.
In my signature there's a link to a 'verbal study starter kit,' and one of the videos talks about how to review CR and RC. (There are several other RC videos, but I think I'd start there).
There's only *one* line of reasoning for why the right answer to an RC question is right. It's a line of reasoning that starts from a thought explicitly stated in the text. You then either need to find that same thought basically rewritten in new language, or, make logical deductions from that line of text and find an answer that matches one of those logical deductions.