Length of RCs in GMAT

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Hii Experts,

I have given 3 MGMAT mocks,2 official mocks. In both I have reached 650+ level.

My query is in MGMAT I get 3 long passages (really brutal and long with 4 dense paragraphs) out of 4, and those passages have only 3 questions. While in Official mocks I seldom received one long and that too has 4 questions.

In real GMAT If someone score beyond 700, How many long passages we can expect?

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rakana · Answer

Hey

As far as I am aware, the length of passages is not dependent on difficulty. The questions are. So even if you get a high verbal score, you may get just 1 long passage. That said, usually you can expect at least 1 long passage upto two on the Official exam. Don't focus on the length, because even the shorter ones can be really tough. Focus on a strategy and attack the passages.
As they say - Size doesn't matter

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Thelionking1234 · Answer

Yes, You are right sometimes short passages are harder than longer one but my reason of asking is because of timing problems, long passage eat up so much time.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi Thelionking1234

There are a number of different factors that go into determining the overall difficulty of an RC passage (and while length can SOMETIMES be a factor, it's not always a significant factor - and certainly not the only factor). You will likely see at least one long passage on Test Day (and you might see two). Keep in mind that what YOU think of as a 'long' passage might not actually be considered to be long (it might actually be 'medium length'). I certainly agree that a longer passage would likely take longer to read, but the overall Verbal section is something that you can complete in the time allotted - so if you are having difficulty properly pacing yourself in that section, then your pacing issues may or may not be RC-related (re: you might have pacing issues in SC and/or CR).

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?
3) On what 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 take the GMAT?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi Thelionking1234,

As has been said, there is no way, for sure, to know how many long passages you’ll actually see on the GMAT. If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out.

Good luck!

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