RC passage occurrences in verbal section

Question

Is it a general scenario in GMAT main exam - if you start with verbal section first you are bombarded with back to back 3 RC, rather than you start Verbal section second?

I have faced it in both the official practice tests, I chose verbal section to start with and faced 3 RC, which actually distorts my time management.

Can anyone help on this?

GmatKnightTutor · Answer

Consider adding your time management method in your post. Whether you are using time markers, for example.

3 Reading Comprehension tips

MartyTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi SohiniSengupta.

The order of the questions in the Verbal section has nothing to with the order in which the Quant and Verbal sections appear in your test. So, you just happened to get three RC passages toward the beginning of your tests. They did not appear there because of the section order you selected.

For some tips on how to time the Verbal section, see this post.

GMAT Verbal Timing Strategy

EducationAisle · Answer

Hmm...interesting..since you have given only two official practice tests and on  both  occasions, chose verbal section to start with, I am not sure how you can arrive at the conclusion you did.

If you had also given (say) two other  official  practice tests in which you had started with quant and then had not encountered 3 RCs at the beginning of the verbal section, there might have been  some  reason for you to infer what you did. Isn't it?

In any case Ms. Sengupta, as people have mentioned above, choice of section sequence does not really affect the distribution of questions within a section.

SohiniSengupta · Answer

I have given the 2 test exams 3 times, the first time I have given, chose quant first and then verbal. The next 2 times (after resetting the exams) I chose verbal first and get 3 RC passages back to back. Hence this conclusion.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi SohiniSengupta,

While it is mathematically possible to see back-to-back RC passages on the Official GMAT, it's not likely to happen (meaning that what you saw while taking the two free Official CATs/mocks is just a fluke of how they were designed). That all having been said, if you have honed all of the necessary skills needed to deal with the Verbal section, then the 'order' of the questions shouldn't matter; you'll work efficiently through everything that you face and spend your time accordingly. If you have any 'weak spots' though - and you end up spending too much time on certain prompts and/or make little mistakes, then THOSE are the issues that you need to focus on fixing.

Before I can offer you any additional advice for your studies, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

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