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23 Sep 2015, 23:36
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I would really appreciate if someone could guide me regarding my strategy to study. I have been preparing for GMAT for almost couple of months now and like most of the students I am facing problem with my verbal. Although I started from level 0, I have improved to some extent. I gave the Kaplan CAT last week scoring Q49, V25(I have hardly spent 8-10 hrs on quant till now, so happy with my quant score), I gave a GC Verbal CAT and scored V30.
SC:
I read MGMAT SC, concentrating primarily on first 10 chapters, which include the core concepts of SC. Then I started solving questions on GC along with OG 15. In order to rectify my mistakes, very fundamental grammar related, I then read section 1 of Ultimate Grammar Book by GC. Continuing my habit of solving questions on GC, I improved my SC. I usually get 80-90% of easy and medium questions correct. The only ones I get wrong are either because of being careless or because of some new concept. But my main problem is with those hard questions, having only 40-50%, maybe even less, accuracy. Sometimes I go blank regarding certain questions.
My strategy to cope up with this problem is to continue practicing more and more problems and rectify the errors I make. I think I should read MGMAT SC once again.
CR
Again, I used MGMAT CR for my CR preparation. CR is one section in which I feel to have more confidence. When I am focused while doing CR questions, I hit about 90% accuracy on easy questions, and about 50-80% accuracy with medium and difficult question. Problem with CR is that the questions which I get wrong I happen to have a completely different perspective, and only understand the right one when I read the answer. Also under anxiety, or when I am unable to concentrate, my accuracy goes down to less than 20-30 percent.
My strategy with CR is to only keep practicing. I have no clue regarding my mistakes and ways to improve them.
RC
I have just begun with my RC preparations, finished the MGMAT RC and started solving some questions. My accuracy is just about 20%. I just hope that I improve it with time.
Main problem being I am unable to recollect all of the content. I dont prefer taking notes as it is time consuming and breaks a continuity while reading.
Meanwhile I have started reading THE ECONOMIST.
PS: I am not sure whether my problems were clear, but I guess you would get a better clue from the level of my English used above
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SC:
I read MGMAT SC, concentrating primarily on first 10 chapters, which include the core concepts of SC. Then I started solving questions on GC along with OG 15. In order to rectify my mistakes, very fundamental grammar related, I then read section 1 of Ultimate Grammar Book by GC. Continuing my habit of solving questions on GC, I improved my SC. I usually get 80-90% of easy and medium questions correct. The only ones I get wrong are either because of being careless or because of some new concept. But my main problem is with those hard questions, having only 40-50%, maybe even less, accuracy. Sometimes I go blank regarding certain questions.
My strategy to cope up with this problem is to continue practicing more and more problems and rectify the errors I make. I think I should read MGMAT SC once again.
CR
Again, I used MGMAT CR for my CR preparation. CR is one section in which I feel to have more confidence. When I am focused while doing CR questions, I hit about 90% accuracy on easy questions, and about 50-80% accuracy with medium and difficult question. Problem with CR is that the questions which I get wrong I happen to have a completely different perspective, and only understand the right one when I read the answer. Also under anxiety, or when I am unable to concentrate, my accuracy goes down to less than 20-30 percent.
My strategy with CR is to only keep practicing. I have no clue regarding my mistakes and ways to improve them.
RC
I have just begun with my RC preparations, finished the MGMAT RC and started solving some questions. My accuracy is just about 20%. I just hope that I improve it with time.
Main problem being I am unable to recollect all of the content. I dont prefer taking notes as it is time consuming and breaks a continuity while reading.
Meanwhile I have started reading THE ECONOMIST.
PS: I am not sure whether my problems were clear, but I guess you would get a better clue from the level of my English used above
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24 Sep 2015, 00:50
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Hey sarthaknav,
Just some recommendations that may help you:
SC - have you tried e-gmat's SC course? It's meant for non-native speakers, but I took the course as a native speaker and found it incredibly helpful.
CR - what helped the most for me was focusing on the conclusion and getting very good at POE. If MGMAT CR isn't clicking for you, try Powerscore CR Bible. It's a little more complicated, but it does a great job at really breaking down each question and what you should look for.
RC - check out Stacey Koprince's RC articles from Manhattan. They were really helpful for me. I think the key for RC is to not get caught up in trying to fully comprehend everything. Trying to fully comprehend everything will bog you down, especially on extremely difficult/long passages. Focus on the first 2 sentences to get a sense of what the passage is about. Take not of key words that would suggest potential challenges or change in tone. Try to read and dissect passages for the meaningful info while tossing out details you don't need. I believe souvik from GMATClub has an awesome write up on this strategy as well.
Amazing quant score by the way. Going from a V30 to V40 isn't as daunting as you may think. Just keep calm. Stay focused in your studying and practice a lot. Best of luck!
Just some recommendations that may help you:
SC - have you tried e-gmat's SC course? It's meant for non-native speakers, but I took the course as a native speaker and found it incredibly helpful.
CR - what helped the most for me was focusing on the conclusion and getting very good at POE. If MGMAT CR isn't clicking for you, try Powerscore CR Bible. It's a little more complicated, but it does a great job at really breaking down each question and what you should look for.
RC - check out Stacey Koprince's RC articles from Manhattan. They were really helpful for me. I think the key for RC is to not get caught up in trying to fully comprehend everything. Trying to fully comprehend everything will bog you down, especially on extremely difficult/long passages. Focus on the first 2 sentences to get a sense of what the passage is about. Take not of key words that would suggest potential challenges or change in tone. Try to read and dissect passages for the meaningful info while tossing out details you don't need. I believe souvik from GMATClub has an awesome write up on this strategy as well.
Amazing quant score by the way. Going from a V30 to V40 isn't as daunting as you may think. Just keep calm. Stay focused in your studying and practice a lot. Best of luck!
25 Sep 2015, 18:02
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Hey sarthaknav
The SC section is the easiest verbal section to make improvements on. Once you understand how to think and approach this question type, there are only so many ways you can be tested. Here at GMAT Pill we developed the 10 core frameworks which detail the 10 ways to approach GMAT sentence corrections.
Here is a sample video detailing one of the core frameworks: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... stion/2184
For CR, we recommend a visual framework approach to help you understand the complex short passages and how each item relates to each other.
Here is a video describing the visual framework approach: https://www.gmatpill.com/criticalreasoni ... Estate.mp4
To improve RC - you really need visual guidance. Don't read articles about how to improve reading. You improve by actually doing or watching someone else do.
That's why you might find these video walkthroughs helpful: https://www.gmatpill.com/practicequestio ... tions.html
Best of luck on your studies!
