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26 Jun 2007, 07:53
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hey guys, well i posted after my initial diag. which was 440.. i have taken a GMAT prep since then and scored 36Q 30V=550.
i found that i am getting 90% of the CR and RC right, but only 30-40% of the SC right.. i have gone thru the manhattan book twice so this score is kind of disappointing!
on the Quant i find the time limit freaks me out!! i think i just need to remain calm. my success rate for DS and PS are comparable.. i also ran out of time on the last 7 and had to guess!
do u guys think i could bring this up to 600 in a month, or should i postpone my test?? my application period begins august 1st bc the program i am aiming for begins in january!
does anyone have tips for SC that will dramatically incraese my results! such as, words that are automatic traps!
thanks, and good luck to u all!
i found that i am getting 90% of the CR and RC right, but only 30-40% of the SC right.. i have gone thru the manhattan book twice so this score is kind of disappointing!
on the Quant i find the time limit freaks me out!! i think i just need to remain calm. my success rate for DS and PS are comparable.. i also ran out of time on the last 7 and had to guess!
do u guys think i could bring this up to 600 in a month, or should i postpone my test?? my application period begins august 1st bc the program i am aiming for begins in january!
does anyone have tips for SC that will dramatically incraese my results! such as, words that are automatic traps!
thanks, and good luck to u all!
26 Jun 2007, 08:10
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andrea,
jumping from 550 to 600 in a month is quite achievable.
For SC, i would suggest you to go through the appendices of kaplan's verbal workout and ofcourse Manhattan, which is considered as SC GOD by many. Just reading or going through manhattan sc will not help, you need to practice the problems in OG and read the explainations throughly. you should understand why you got a question right or wrong.
I believe with lots of practice and some smart preparation you can easily achieve 600.. best of luck
jumping from 550 to 600 in a month is quite achievable.
For SC, i would suggest you to go through the appendices of kaplan's verbal workout and ofcourse Manhattan, which is considered as SC GOD by many. Just reading or going through manhattan sc will not help, you need to practice the problems in OG and read the explainations throughly. you should understand why you got a question right or wrong.
I believe with lots of practice and some smart preparation you can easily achieve 600.. best of luck
28 Jun 2007, 13:27
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I also faced same problem but I was able to increase my SC score upto 80%. Focus on these two points:-
1) read and remember each explanation given in OG for SC
2) once you read a SC question stem, see in answer choices what is varying. I mean generally SC breaks its choices between 2 type of Idioms out of which one is correct. Then from all choices with correct Idioms, see subject -verb relationship. Once Idioms and subject-verb relation are OK then, check for typical GMAT liking-disliking (i.e. Active voice is preferred, smaller sentence is prefer ed, that/which, etc). This approach, if you could develop along with doing SC with OG can help you a lot. I bet you would need hardly a week this way to improve your accuracy.
I can give you some examples with this approach if you want.
In last remember few SC questions (say 1-2 in 14) are tricky and no approach works on them. There experience and luck works.
1) read and remember each explanation given in OG for SC
2) once you read a SC question stem, see in answer choices what is varying. I mean generally SC breaks its choices between 2 type of Idioms out of which one is correct. Then from all choices with correct Idioms, see subject -verb relationship. Once Idioms and subject-verb relation are OK then, check for typical GMAT liking-disliking (i.e. Active voice is preferred, smaller sentence is prefer ed, that/which, etc). This approach, if you could develop along with doing SC with OG can help you a lot. I bet you would need hardly a week this way to improve your accuracy.
I can give you some examples with this approach if you want.
In last remember few SC questions (say 1-2 in 14) are tricky and no approach works on them. There experience and luck works.
