Verbal - Section wise accuracy level required to reach V40 or higher

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Hello,

I am aiming for V40 or higher in Verbal section. I am comfortable with CR and SC and RC is third in terms of comfort level. Having said that I am looking for section wise accuracy level that I should aim for to reach V40.

Can someone help me understand what accuracy level I should aim for individual sections SC, CR and RC to reach V40 or higher.

Regards
Raghu

Mkrishnabdrr · Answer

hi  akadiyan :
TO get V40, make sure not to make incorrect more than 5 questions continually. Basically it all depends on the adaptability of the test. Focus more on the first 20 questions, but do not loose the remaining 20. First 20 questions helps you achieve your target score, remaining 20 is all about maintaining your score.

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AkshdeepS · Answer

Hi,

Focus on RC as it is the most time taking part of Verbal prep. Its all about getting harder questions to reach high score on GMAT. You can't under prepare any section. SC is the easiest to improve as it has set rules to with. Do 3 RC passages a day, and spend enough time to see how the answer choices have been created.

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Tapesh03 · Answer

What is the best resource to practice 3 RC passages daily?

akadiyan · Answer

Tapesh03 
If you are not done with OG, you can start with OG. You have around 140 questions in OG. Then you can use official Verbal Review guide. You can buy Question Pack from GMAC. These are the best materials you can use for RC since all those listed above are official materials. All these 3 materials combined will give roughly 60 to 70 passages.

People also recommend LSAT RC which are considered tougher, you can go for it after you utilized all your official materials.

Also, subscribe to RC Forum in GMAT Club. You will get a list of questions daily in the email.

All the best for your preparation.

AkshdeepS · Answer

OGs are the best resources for RC. OG 18 has around 30 RC passages. You can use verval review after that. After exhausting both, you can go for Exam pack 1 and 2.

Also, use GCs RC forum to your advantage as OGs have restricted explnations to answers. You can find every passage in GC for explanations. Make sure to devote enough time to understand the right as well as wrong answer choices.

After exhausting these resources, if you think you need more material, then you can go for Magoosh or e-gmat.

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akadiyan · Answer

Thanks for all the responses.

I am looking for information about accuracy level to reach in individual sections to reach higher verbal scores. For example, those who are good in CR and SC should aim to get 90% in SC, and CR questions and 70% accuracy in RC. The numbers are just an example used to explain what I am looking for.

Thanks again for inputs.

AkshdeepS · Answer

You should certainly aim more than 90% accuracy in SC as it is easiest to improve relatively. For CR and RC look for 70 to 80% accuracy to reach V40 or higher. Though general accuracy does not directly impact your score, it the accuracy according to the difficulty level of the questions that helps your score. A

Attach file may help you understand, though to an extent, how GMACs algorithm works.

Hope this helps.

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GmatKnightTutor · Answer

For a V40+ score, something to consider, especially if you're hovering around the high V30 score range, is how you're approaching solving the questions themselves. It's not necessarily your conceptual knowledge that may be holding you back.

vv65 · Answer

Your question can't really be answered, and that is because of the way the GMAT is scored.

The verbal section has three question types, not three sections. The scoring is not section-wise.
The scoring algorithm calculates the score according to the question difficulty; the scoring algorithm does not look at the question type.

So, for a 40+ score, aim to get easy and medium questions right for all question types. You need to do well enough in the harder questions too, but you can probably afford to miss some hard questions in your weakest area.

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