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31 Oct 2005, 16:59
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Hello,
I just completed my test so I am a little down. I have been studying for approximately 2 months, so I am a little surprised at my score. Throughout the test, I thought I was doing fine and then the result...
AWA
Both the argument and issue essays were pretty straight forward.
Quat
The quant I believe was similar to the OG level. However, there were probability and combinations questions. I had guess on the last 3 questions as I was almost out of time.
Verbal
This was a bad experience. I received two bold face questions and 4 RCs that were fairly long. The level was about the OG level. So I am was surprised to see my scaled score of 30. I drastically need to improve my verbal skills!
Anyway, I don't feel like writing much.... Anyone have a good ideas how I can improve my verbal? I feel a little lost.
Cheers,
Rigger
I just completed my test so I am a little down. I have been studying for approximately 2 months, so I am a little surprised at my score. Throughout the test, I thought I was doing fine and then the result...
AWA
Both the argument and issue essays were pretty straight forward.
Quat
The quant I believe was similar to the OG level. However, there were probability and combinations questions. I had guess on the last 3 questions as I was almost out of time.
Verbal
This was a bad experience. I received two bold face questions and 4 RCs that were fairly long. The level was about the OG level. So I am was surprised to see my scaled score of 30. I drastically need to improve my verbal skills!
Anyway, I don't feel like writing much.... Anyone have a good ideas how I can improve my verbal? I feel a little lost.
Cheers,
Rigger
31 Oct 2005, 17:15
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Which part of Verbal are you weak in? Do you think you have problems tackling the RC, maybe in the area of reading and understanding the passage in the shortest time?
One of the "idea" is definitely that you have to practice and practice.
Another idea is to work on the reading and understanding of the RC. I had a issues with this before. I noticed that my main problem was that I tried to read and skim thru the passage too fast in order to save time. In the end, I had to spend more time reading thru the passage again. What I did was to train/force myself to read at a slightly slower speed that I can absorb the gist of the passage. Overall, I spent less time tackling the questions. Hence, less haste, more speed.
I also applied this "slower reading" to the other components of the test too.
Hope this help.
One of the "idea" is definitely that you have to practice and practice.
Another idea is to work on the reading and understanding of the RC. I had a issues with this before. I noticed that my main problem was that I tried to read and skim thru the passage too fast in order to save time. In the end, I had to spend more time reading thru the passage again. What I did was to train/force myself to read at a slightly slower speed that I can absorb the gist of the passage. Overall, I spent less time tackling the questions. Hence, less haste, more speed.
I also applied this "slower reading" to the other components of the test too.
Hope this help.
31 Oct 2005, 17:21
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Rigger, you definitely deserve more than this. As it can be seen, verbal is what is pulling you down. My suggestion would be - Try to be more involved in the verbal forum. For every question you attempt, explain why each choice is right/wrong. Keep an error log, track the areas where you need to work, be systematic and that should do the trick. Quant is good - Keep working on it and that should get you only higher. You can easily reach 700+. Good Luck!
