Hi, I have my GMAT in 15 days and I am hoping to score 680+. I took the GMAT Prep 2 today, including the AWA and IR and I scored 610 (V-28, Q-46). I am consistently scoring 28 in verbal and need some guidance on ways to improve my score. After reviewing the test, I realized that I fall short of time when I reach Q#28-Q#30 in the verbal section. I try to rush and then all my answers are incorrect. I noticed that I am facing some challenges with SC (Parallelism and Modifiers), CR (Assumption Questions) and RC (Main Point Questions). Any suggestion/ feedback is highly appreciated. Thanks.

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How to improve Verbal score from 28 to 35+ in 15 days?

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Hi mysterygirl,

With your current GMAT score, you have the potential to pick up a few more points in BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections; all things being equal, I think that you'll find it easier to pick up those points in the Quant section though. With your Quant Scaled Scores, you're clearly strong on the 'math-centric' questions that you face, but you're missing out on a bunch of 'strategy-based' points (including a bunch in DS). So a focus on tactics and 'precision' will be a must.

Have you scheduled your next Test Date yet?

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Hi Rich,

I took your advice and concentrated on my Quant strategies. I just gave my second GMAT and scored 7 in IR and 49 in Quant. But my verbal score dropped to 28. I was consistently scoring 710 in all my mocks. I gave the followin mocks - GMAT Prep 1 and Kaplan - 690 each, GMAT Prep 2 - 710. I am not sure what went wron with my verbal scores, since I was consistently scoring more than 35 in all mocks.

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Hi mysterygirl,

Are the gmat prep scores from the default software engine package where you have taken your practice tests couple of months back? If yes, then probably your verbal scores are inflated as you might encounter some questions which you already know on top of your head. You could have tried gmat exam pack1 for assessing the true score range on your real exam. I am sorry to hear your disappointment that your score went down from 36 to 28, but you should know the answer and in fact its you can only assess what went wrong on exam day especially for verbal.

I am still not able to break the barricade the 25 and I have exam in a week, your help on the perspective in regards to your first attempt what strategies made your verbal score to get above 30 would be much appreciated.

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Hi,

Concentrate on solving questions on the following areas:
- SC: Work on parallelism
- CR: Strengthen, Weaken, Assumption and Evaluate questions
- RC: Solve minimum 3 passages every day

Hope this helps. Good luck for your exam.

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Hi Mystery girl,

Hope you are doing great and well. Just want to touch base with you in regards to how's your preparation going towards GMAT exam. I recently took my exam and I doomed my exam especially on verbal. I wonder if you are interested in online study just in case if you are still preparing for your exam. My desire score is to get 40+ in verbal and I do know that it requires a lot of effort and hardwork, and I am willing to do it. Please let me know if you are interested. Here is my email id for further communication : [email protected]
BTW do you live in US? I live in US just in case for study timing.

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Hi All,

I am planning to take my first GMAT attempt in another 15 days or so.. I have taken 3 official mocks and I am consistently scoring low on verbal.. I am unable to cross the V28 mark.. My quant score is between Q47-Q50. I did write one official mock yesterday and I scored Q50,V25,IR-3 and I am disheartened. Any suggestions to improve the verbal score in 15 days time?

One thing I have observed is I am skimming through the prompts as I am running short of time for the last 6-8 verbal questions... Of the three mocks taken, last 4-5 questions were RC questions..

Any response will be much appreciated.

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Hi Shagufta02,

To start, you will likely receive more of a response if you start your own post-thread (instead of piggy-backing on this one, which is almost 6 years old). Many GMATers face pacing issues in the Quant section, the Verbal section or both – so you are not alone. However, it's important to remember that pacing problems do NOT exist on their own - they're the results of OTHER problems. Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, 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?
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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Hi Rich,

Thanks for your response! I just stumbled upon this post and couldn't resist to hit the reply.. Anyway I have started a new thread.

Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
-- I have started preparing from Mid May.. I put 15 hours a week until July end. In Aug, I could not study in the last week(Approx 8-10 days) because of personal reasons..

2) What study materials have you used so far?
-- So far I have completed the OG 2021(RCs still in progress) Also, I have exhausted all the questions from Magoosh Premium. I currently do work on questions from GMAT club. I do not have any other materials apart from these..

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)
--I wrote my mocks in a duration of 1 month..
Mock 1- 620(Q49, V28)--Taken on 16th July
Mock 2- 600(Q47, V25)--Taken on 21st July
Mock 3- 610(Q50, V25)--Taken on 14th Aug( Didnt prepare for a week before writing this one)

Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
-- To cross 700
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
-- Just for background, I have 9.08/10 CGPA, I am an engineer and currently working in IT Project Management. I have 3 years of Java developer experience and almost a year and half of IT Project Management experience.
I am targeting for Rotman, IE and Imperial in ambitious category. ESADE,UBC Sauder, Manchester, SMU.. Trying to go for Round 1 at the moment..

Thanks in Advance!