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01 Jan 2015, 11:56
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Hi Guys,
I have recently taken GMAT and scored a 650 (Q48,V31). i am not happy with this as my target score is 730.
Although I feel i have under performed in the Quant Section( i already scored a Q49 in my previous attempt ) and i can improve the score on my own,
i think i need some solid guidance as far as my verbal is concerned. Hence i have decided to go with a private tutor. The budget is a problem as the rates
of tutoring provided by the big names are quite high and i don't feel i can afford it. I am ready to pay $125/hour at max. Another problem is that there is
not much of information/reviews available about the good private GMAT verbal tutors( apart from of those from the big companies). Therefore i request you
all to suggest few names of good GMAT verbal tutors, who are also relatively economical and can help me to reach my target verbal score of 40.
Cheers,
I have recently taken GMAT and scored a 650 (Q48,V31). i am not happy with this as my target score is 730.
Although I feel i have under performed in the Quant Section( i already scored a Q49 in my previous attempt ) and i can improve the score on my own,
i think i need some solid guidance as far as my verbal is concerned. Hence i have decided to go with a private tutor. The budget is a problem as the rates
of tutoring provided by the big names are quite high and i don't feel i can afford it. I am ready to pay $125/hour at max. Another problem is that there is
not much of information/reviews available about the good private GMAT verbal tutors( apart from of those from the big companies). Therefore i request you
all to suggest few names of good GMAT verbal tutors, who are also relatively economical and can help me to reach my target verbal score of 40.
Cheers,
01 Jan 2015, 18:21
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Hi Freshstart,
While it's understandable that you might be interested in hiring a GMAT Tutor to help you improve in the Verbal section, it might not be necessary. Since you haven't defined your situation in much detail (other than your recent GMAT score and goal score), I'd like to know a bit more about how you've been studying:
1) How long have you been studying?
2) What resources did you use during your studies?
3) How were you scoring on your practice CATs?
4) Did you take the ENTIRE practice CAT every time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
While it's understandable that you might be interested in hiring a GMAT Tutor to help you improve in the Verbal section, it might not be necessary. Since you haven't defined your situation in much detail (other than your recent GMAT score and goal score), I'd like to know a bit more about how you've been studying:
1) How long have you been studying?
2) What resources did you use during your studies?
3) How were you scoring on your practice CATs?
4) Did you take the ENTIRE practice CAT every time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
05 Jan 2015, 23:49
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Hi Rich,
Thanks for your response. I have tried to answer your questions in detail.Please find them below.
1) How long have you been studying?
I have been studying on and off for GMAT since last 2 years. Because of my hectic work schedule it becomes very difficult to devote time exclusively for GMAT.
But this time around i made few sacrifices to make sure i can provide substantial time for my gmat preparation. My previous score in GMAT was 620(Q49,V26).
This time around i gave almost 3 months to my preparation,giving 2-3 hours on weekdays and 4-5 hours on weekends.
2) What resources did you use during your studies?
I went through almost all the well known resources last time around,hence this time i focused mainly on
1>e-gmat sc course
2>manhattan CR guide 5th edition
3>Aristotle RC grail
4>GMAT prep question pack 1
5>gmat club test and magoosh for Quant
3>How were you scoring on your practice CATs?
I personally think that i was short on practice which was required to achieve a 700+ score. Nevertheless, i took 5 practice tests.
Veritas prep CAT1-720(Q48,V41)
Veritas prep CAT2-710(Q50,V38)
Exampack1 CAT3-690(Q47,V38)
Exampack1 CAT4-680(Q48,V35)
GMAT prep CAT1-710(Q50,V35)
4>Did you take the ENTIRE practice CAT every time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
I did so only for the last 2 CATs mentioned above.
In addition to the above answers i would also like to add few of my observations which might help you to analyse my situation better.
1> My hit rate was quite good in the questions that i solved from the above mentioned resources. for example, In the exam pack 1 in verbal questions my hit rate was around 85-90%,but
i took a little extra time than stipulated. Hence i think i need to know how to solve them faster without affecting the accuracy.
2> I could have taken few more CATs without skiipping the IR and AWA , strengthening my time management,enabling me to solve the quant questions faster, and increasing my stamina
in the real test.
3> I felt that the RCs which i faced in my real test was more difficult than anything i faced in my mock tests or practice questions.
Kindly let me know if you want to know something more about my preparation.
Cheers,
