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GMAT 1: 710 Q49 V39
23 Mar 2015, 05:35
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In my first gmat attempt I scored a 39 on verbal and in my second attempt my score dropped to a 35. I've practiced questions from most resources available. I really need to improve my score to a 42+ as my quant is stuck around 49.
I usually get stuck between to answer options and then depending upon how lucky I'm feeling that day it either works out or doesn't.
On SC I've learn some of the basic grammar rules (without going to in depth). I mostly try to figure out which sentence makes the most logical sense.
In CR I quickly went through the powerscore book and I think I am decent at CR.
In RC I'm very dependent on the topic of the passage. I'm strong in economics, politics, finance, etc but really suffer on technical, medical, etc passages. I don't think I have a clear cut idea of how to deal with difficult passages.
What should I do specifically in each section to improve considering I'm planning to retake the gmat in 3 weeks time.
Thanks
I usually get stuck between to answer options and then depending upon how lucky I'm feeling that day it either works out or doesn't.
On SC I've learn some of the basic grammar rules (without going to in depth). I mostly try to figure out which sentence makes the most logical sense.
In CR I quickly went through the powerscore book and I think I am decent at CR.
In RC I'm very dependent on the topic of the passage. I'm strong in economics, politics, finance, etc but really suffer on technical, medical, etc passages. I don't think I have a clear cut idea of how to deal with difficult passages.
What should I do specifically in each section to improve considering I'm planning to retake the gmat in 3 weeks time.
Thanks
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24 Mar 2015, 18:54
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Hey there !
First of all 39/49 is a decent score and I don't see much reason to improve it unless you lack stuff in other parts of your profile.
Anyways, increasing Quant from 49 -> 51 or 52 can also be one option if you are aiming a total GMAT score.
For Verbal, I think you need to focus on SC and RC. For SC, sometimes logic fails :D, you probably need to drill down and identify which answers went wrong exactly and fix it. Some practice test and a question by question analysis will help I guess.
For RC, there is no other good way apart from practicing more, you already know your weak areas, so just practice those more.
PS : GMAT is just an ability test and it can only be improved by practice and correcting your mistakes and its not a very big deal breaker for an admit in Top 20 league. Please look carefully at other parts of your profile as well.
All the best for your GMAT and MBA endeavor !
Cheers !
Dhiraj
First of all 39/49 is a decent score and I don't see much reason to improve it unless you lack stuff in other parts of your profile.
Anyways, increasing Quant from 49 -> 51 or 52 can also be one option if you are aiming a total GMAT score.
For Verbal, I think you need to focus on SC and RC. For SC, sometimes logic fails :D, you probably need to drill down and identify which answers went wrong exactly and fix it. Some practice test and a question by question analysis will help I guess.
For RC, there is no other good way apart from practicing more, you already know your weak areas, so just practice those more.
PS : GMAT is just an ability test and it can only be improved by practice and correcting your mistakes and its not a very big deal breaker for an admit in Top 20 league. Please look carefully at other parts of your profile as well.
All the best for your GMAT and MBA endeavor !
Cheers !
Dhiraj
ramalo
24 Mar 2015, 21:50
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Well first of all I don't think there is much use in trying to increase the Quant. 49 is excellent and it is usually very difficult to get that to 50 and 51 is the top score and probably very unlikely (unless you can get 1 or 2 wrong on the whole section). And even a 50Q is not going to bring the score up by much.
On Verbal, this may sound a little vague but the one thing I would suggest just based on what you wrote is to understand that you really don't want to narrow it down to 2 answers and just guess. That may seem obvious and it also may sometimes be necessary, but many people don't understand that Verbal questions are much more like Math questions in the sense that they are black and white - one right answer and 4 wrong answers and no grey area in between. When you get it down to 2 answers you DO NOT want to try to pick the "better" answer. That implies that the other answer is not as good but perhaps could be right. The right answer will be right not because it is better but because it is the only acceptable answer - the other answers will just be unacceptable and wrong.
Often on harder questions, especially on RC and SC, the correct answer will really not be that great. But it will be acceptable. And some of the wrong answer may even "sound better" but something about the answer choices will make them definitely wrong. So to the extent that you are able to, try to view Verbal questions more like Quant questions and realize that there will be one and only one correct answer and that the other answers will be technically just wrong for one reason or another.
On Verbal, this may sound a little vague but the one thing I would suggest just based on what you wrote is to understand that you really don't want to narrow it down to 2 answers and just guess. That may seem obvious and it also may sometimes be necessary, but many people don't understand that Verbal questions are much more like Math questions in the sense that they are black and white - one right answer and 4 wrong answers and no grey area in between. When you get it down to 2 answers you DO NOT want to try to pick the "better" answer. That implies that the other answer is not as good but perhaps could be right. The right answer will be right not because it is better but because it is the only acceptable answer - the other answers will just be unacceptable and wrong.
Often on harder questions, especially on RC and SC, the correct answer will really not be that great. But it will be acceptable. And some of the wrong answer may even "sound better" but something about the answer choices will make them definitely wrong. So to the extent that you are able to, try to view Verbal questions more like Quant questions and realize that there will be one and only one correct answer and that the other answers will be technically just wrong for one reason or another.
