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Thanks!

I will attribute my verbal increase to 3 things:

Volume - this was the main factor in my score increase. Especially for verbal, only use official material. After I exhausted the OG, OG Supp, and about half of Qpack 1, I was pretty much on verbal autopilot. The GMAT tests the same concepts over and over, just uses different types of confusing topics to muddle the questions. I am to the point that I could practically guess CR answers before even reading the answer choices.

Powerscore CR bible - this was an absolute game changer for me and took my CR accuracy from 60% to 95%+. I knew I was crushing CR on the real test because I was getting really difficult questions (boldface, evaluate, method of reasoning, etc.)

Practice RC - a lot of people "practice" RC. That was me around V38. I did 1 RC passage a day - you start noticing patterns just like with the rest of verbal. They ask the same questions over and over, and use the same traps on all questions.

My main focus now is to keep my score that high. I am going to focus on more difficult problems while maintaining my skills on the easier ones. I also need to slow the hell down - I was way too far ahead on the exam, by about 15 minutes.

well that's really good grip on verbal. rarely someone can do CR that fast. 15 mints to spare is just wow. keep it up :)
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Took my third GMAT exam yesterday, scored a Q38/V41 = 650

I am very proud of my score - I was able to raise it from 480 to 650 in 3 months. Unfortunately, I am not quite there yet. I really want to get my quant score up to a 44+. I am going to keep plugging away at quant and retake in about 4-6 weeks. The good news is that I feel pretty good about applying to my target schools with a 650 so I can always reinstate that score if needed.

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I definitely liked the option of Quant - Verbal - Essay - IR, but I don't think it made that much of a difference for me. Fatigue has never really bothered me that much - I have taken a ton of mock exams under real conditions.

I hope that GMAC adopts it permanently.

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My Hearty Congratulations for your score especially verbal part.
All the best for your next attempt.
D update us regarding the same.
Waiting for your success debrief and tips.
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Gave Veritas GMAT practise test on 20 Mar 2016. Shockingly scored the lowest in Recent times.
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Some connection b/w us? :wink: Our last GMAT scores and veritas prep scores are the same? What do we make of this? Also-when are you planning to take the next attempt?
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Guys. Is there a way to make a search with multipe tags at the same time. For instance I want to solve Inference questions from gmatprep source. Can I find such questions using gmatclub tags?

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Guys. Is there a way to make a search with multipe tags at the same time. For instance I want to solve Inference questions from gmatprep source. Can I find such questions using gmatclub tags?

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IMO, that's not possible. we may simply, click on GMATPrep , GmatPrepEP1 , GmatPrepEP2 , GmatPrepQP1 and ctrl+f (to search inference) and click on the highlighted questions. Just a little effort but yeah, we get what we need. :)
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Guys. Is there a way to make a search with multipe tags at the same time. For instance I want to solve Inference questions from gmatprep source. Can I find such questions using gmatclub tags?

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Yes, we can do it. :)
    Go to Verbal section
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    select tags as per your requirement. :)
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Thanks Nevernevergiveup for that question. BUT can you please send questions that tests the supposed difficulty level of someone on the doorstep his gmat exam? IMO the questions are not even up to 650 level. Eerrm.. i think that helps us less.
Thanks for the post still. It's great.
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Thanks Nevernevergiveup for that question. BUT can you please send questions that tests the supposed difficulty level of someone on the doorstep his gmat exam? IMO the questions are not even up to 650 level. Eerrm.. i think that helps us less.
Thanks for the post still. It's great.

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One of the methods to improve the score as per many success reviews is to ensure the perfection at easy and mdeium levels.
Many times due to negligence or timing issues, I'm still making mistakes at those levels, derailing my verbal score.
Here I'm posting the seemingly challenging questions that I come across while practicing them.
If you want to go for higher level questions, you can find them at below link as per your choice in Gmat club.
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Hope this helps. :)
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Obviously.
The posts are great.
I observed some experienced club members struggling to give wrong answers.
It all depends on ones strength and weakness areas.

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I would apreciate a sensible explanation for this. Click on the link and tag Nez if you comment. Kudos awaits you.
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I would apreciate a sensible explanation for this. Click on the link and tag Nez if you comment. Kudos awaits you.
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Please explain your doubt regarding the question. Then only it serves the purpose. :)
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