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07 Aug 2022, 00:44
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I've GMAT slated for 22nd August and target score is north of 720.
This will be my second attempt, score for my first attempt was 620 (Q48, V27)
My preparation took the back seat due to personal and professional commitments. Though I started the preparation again 1 month back through OG22 and repository of OG questions on GC.
Recent scores of mocks are as follow: -
1. Expert Global 1 - 640 (Q46, V32)
2. SigmaX - 650 (Q48, V32)
3. GMATPrep-1 - 690 (Q50, V32)
4. Expert Global 2 - 680 (Q47, V36)
The issue that's dragging my score down is DS, my accuracy at times is as low as 40% and as high as 70%. I'm fine with PS as my accuracy hovers around 80% and above.
I've started doing good in SC by way of consistency and focusing more on OG questions.
Struggling with CR; however, my average accuracy in CR is 70%
I believe I can improve my RC bit more and take it past 90% accuracy from my current 75% accuracy.
I request the experts to guide me on future course of action, since I've two weeks to go for retake.
I'm yet to attempt GMATPrep 3-6 and Expert Globals 13 Mocks. Shall I focus more on mock giving or practice from OG?
How many mocks are recommended to given in next 14 days?
This will be my second attempt, score for my first attempt was 620 (Q48, V27)
My preparation took the back seat due to personal and professional commitments. Though I started the preparation again 1 month back through OG22 and repository of OG questions on GC.
Recent scores of mocks are as follow: -
1. Expert Global 1 - 640 (Q46, V32)
2. SigmaX - 650 (Q48, V32)
3. GMATPrep-1 - 690 (Q50, V32)
4. Expert Global 2 - 680 (Q47, V36)
The issue that's dragging my score down is DS, my accuracy at times is as low as 40% and as high as 70%. I'm fine with PS as my accuracy hovers around 80% and above.
I've started doing good in SC by way of consistency and focusing more on OG questions.
Struggling with CR; however, my average accuracy in CR is 70%
I believe I can improve my RC bit more and take it past 90% accuracy from my current 75% accuracy.
I request the experts to guide me on future course of action, since I've two weeks to go for retake.
I'm yet to attempt GMATPrep 3-6 and Expert Globals 13 Mocks. Shall I focus more on mock giving or practice from OG?
How many mocks are recommended to given in next 14 days?
07 Aug 2022, 04:53
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Hi Abhinay66.
DS and CR are pretty closely related in that getting both types of questions correct requires seeing various angles and avoiding trap choices. So, the same type of practice approach will get you to higher DS and CR accuracy.
That approach is to do more practice questions and spend all the time you need to very carefully analyze each question and achieve super high accuracy. Then, once you are achieving accuracy close to 100 percent untimed, you can seek to work the time per question down to test pace.
For more on how to practice GMAT verbal for best results, see the following post.
Three Key Practice Tips for Mastering GMAT Verbal
DS and CR are pretty closely related in that getting both types of questions correct requires seeing various angles and avoiding trap choices. So, the same type of practice approach will get you to higher DS and CR accuracy.
That approach is to do more practice questions and spend all the time you need to very carefully analyze each question and achieve super high accuracy. Then, once you are achieving accuracy close to 100 percent untimed, you can seek to work the time per question down to test pace.
For more on how to practice GMAT verbal for best results, see the following post.
Three Key Practice Tips for Mastering GMAT Verbal
07 Aug 2022, 08:10
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Your situation is common. The truth of the matter is that every struggles with Data Sufficiency (DS) questions at first, and it can take a while to master the wide variety of DS strategies. It just takes time for the concepts and strategies to become secondary, at which point you may come to find that DS questions are actually easier than Problem Solving questions.
I could start listing dozens of DS strategies (e.g., rephrasing the target question, mentally moving geometric figures,) and common mistakes (e.g., confusing the answer to sufficiency question with the answer to the target question), but it's easier to just direct you to our set of 16 (free) videos that cover everything you need to know to tackle DS questions: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat-data-sufficiency
Cheers,
Brent
I could start listing dozens of DS strategies (e.g., rephrasing the target question, mentally moving geometric figures,) and common mistakes (e.g., confusing the answer to sufficiency question with the answer to the target question), but it's easier to just direct you to our set of 16 (free) videos that cover everything you need to know to tackle DS questions: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat-data-sufficiency
Cheers,
Brent
