Need suggestions on Verbal Courses

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I'm planning to go for a verbal course as my performance is pathetic on verbal in my first attempt (580 with Q-44 & V-25). I may take the test again in either the last week of May or the first week of June which ever is possible. :roll:

I'm confused in choosing a course and it is freaking me out completely. Please suggest some good courses which can ace my prep on verbal and give a boost to my score. :roll:

I'm a non-native by the way :roll:

mikemcgarry · Answer

Dear lohith , I'm happy to respond to this as well. Here's a free GMAT idioms ebook: https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-idiom-ebook/ Here's a post discussing CR strategies, with links to articles discussing strategies for individual question types: https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/save-time- ... questions/ Here's a post discussing SC grammar, with links to articles discussing individual grammar topics: https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-grammar/ Here's a three-month study plan designed for someone in your circumstances: https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-gm ... l-focused/ Perhaps the most important recommendation I have is: READ . Read at least an hour a day every day --- that's over and above any GMAT preparation. Read hard challenging material in English. Here are some recommendations about what to read: https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-reading-list/ Finally, I think joining Magoosh could really help you. We have verbal lessons that cover all the content and strategy you need. Here's a sample grammar lesson: https://gmat.magoosh.com/lessons/1046-in ... of-purpose Here's a free SC question: https://gmat.magoosh.com/questions/3219 Here's a free CR question: https://gmat.magoosh.com/questions/3746 When you submit your answers, the following page will have a complete video explanation. Each one of our 800+ GMAT practice questions is followed by its own video explanation ---- this immediate reinforcement is tremendously helpful for non-native speakers seeking to strengthen their understanding of sophisticated material in English. Even if you decide not to purchase Magoosh, please take advantage of all the articles on that free blog: there's a great deal there that can help you. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Mike :-)

bb · Answer

Hi Lohith - welcome to GMAT Club! Have you see this post? best-gmat-course-how-to-choose-167728.html Let me know if any questions and good luck!

lohith · Answer

Thanks bb that really helped me in shortlisting my course. Kudos for the great work. :-D

VerbalHow · Answer

I think you should first figure out whether you want to go for online coaching, classroom coaching or thru books. I am thinking that you have perhaps already tried books.

So, you can take some free trial by few reputed online companies and few classroom instructions (depending upon where you are, classroom coaching may or may not be an option for you).

Hopefully this should help you figure out which format/class suits you best. Basically please invest some time in finalizing this. After all, you would not want to get it wrong the second time...

I am also looking at various options, but progress is going very slow. Please do share if you finalize something. Will help a lot of people like us.

lohith · Answer

Hey VerbalHow, I decided to go for e-gmat verbal online course. I think I can't spend my time going for classroom training as I can only afford somewhere around 2-3 hours a day. I can't even spend it going through books as I did it on my first attempt and feel I need more organized format. So, I felt it's better to go for an online course on the verbal. 
The e-gmat course have a lot of positive feedback from non-natives and one of my senior who went to e-gmat also gave some good feedback on that. So, I am going for it. 
Hope this helps you in finalizing your course.

VerbalHow · Answer

Thanks Lohith. This indeed helps. Will also try this in the demo mode first.

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