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sdewan22
Joined: 16 Jul 2015
Last visit: 05 Jan 2017
Posts: 3
Location: India
Schools: McCombs '19
GMAT 1: 740 Q50 V40
GPA: 3.2
25 Jun 2016, 05:07
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Hi everyone!
I am writing this to seek your help in planning my Gmat Verbal strategy.
For the sake of background, I am an Indian female with almost 3 years of experience in digital Marketing and I am aiming a 720+ in GMAT.
I have appeared GMAT twice before - first, when I was in the final year of my engineering and second, around this time last year.
I scored 660 in my first attempt, screwed up my second attempt with 590 and so decided to cancel the score rather than ruin my score card.
I started preparing again in the middle of May, this year. Please have a look at my status below:
Maths: sort of comfortable (I am scoring 49-50 in almost all my practice tests, so far)
RC: I struggle with complex passages but deal with them if I have enough time in hand. I need almost 7-8 mins to read a passage and answer all related questions.
CR: I would rate this above average. My accuracy rate for CR section is close to 70% and increase further if I have enough time in hand.
SC: Accuracy rate is close to 50%, though I love solving these questions the most on verbal section of GMAT. I know this sounds strange
Almost after 10-12 days of preparation, I realized I need to work hard on SC problems. I planned to achieve 80%+ accuracy in this section.
I read through many articles and posts on Gmat club and realized this is one section on which one can achieve maximum accuracy and which can buy me time to solve other questions in this section.
I therefore concentrated only on SC (about 70% of my preparation time) for about last 3 weeks. I took SC e-gmat course and followed the guidelines - point by point. I personally feel I have learned a lot of new concepts and in fact I have a good accuracy rate when I am doing OG problems or any other quiz set (new problems). However, I am still not seeing any improvement in my verbal score. Accuracy rate in SC is still the lowest and there is no improvement at all.
I have my test scheduled on 19th July and I have need your immediate assistance.
Also have a look at my scores in all the practice tests, so far.
Gmat Prep: May 15 -> 680 (49,34)
Veritas Free -> 680 (50, 33)
Manhatten Free test ->
Veritas Test 2 -> 650 (50, 29)
Veritas Test 3 -> 650 (50, 30)
Veritas Test 4 -> 650 (50, 30)
Gmat club Verbal Test 1: 29
Gmat club Verbal Test 2: 32
Gmat club Verbal Test 3: 27
Gmat Prep test 2 -> 680 (50, 32)
Awaiting a reply! I need to change my strategy right away as I have less than 25 days in hand.
I am writing this to seek your help in planning my Gmat Verbal strategy.
For the sake of background, I am an Indian female with almost 3 years of experience in digital Marketing and I am aiming a 720+ in GMAT.
I have appeared GMAT twice before - first, when I was in the final year of my engineering and second, around this time last year.
I scored 660 in my first attempt, screwed up my second attempt with 590 and so decided to cancel the score rather than ruin my score card.
I started preparing again in the middle of May, this year. Please have a look at my status below:
Maths: sort of comfortable (I am scoring 49-50 in almost all my practice tests, so far)
RC: I struggle with complex passages but deal with them if I have enough time in hand. I need almost 7-8 mins to read a passage and answer all related questions.
CR: I would rate this above average. My accuracy rate for CR section is close to 70% and increase further if I have enough time in hand.
SC: Accuracy rate is close to 50%, though I love solving these questions the most on verbal section of GMAT. I know this sounds strange
Almost after 10-12 days of preparation, I realized I need to work hard on SC problems. I planned to achieve 80%+ accuracy in this section.
I read through many articles and posts on Gmat club and realized this is one section on which one can achieve maximum accuracy and which can buy me time to solve other questions in this section.
I therefore concentrated only on SC (about 70% of my preparation time) for about last 3 weeks. I took SC e-gmat course and followed the guidelines - point by point. I personally feel I have learned a lot of new concepts and in fact I have a good accuracy rate when I am doing OG problems or any other quiz set (new problems). However, I am still not seeing any improvement in my verbal score. Accuracy rate in SC is still the lowest and there is no improvement at all.
I have my test scheduled on 19th July and I have need your immediate assistance.
Also have a look at my scores in all the practice tests, so far.
Gmat Prep: May 15 -> 680 (49,34)
Veritas Free -> 680 (50, 33)
Manhatten Free test ->
Veritas Test 2 -> 650 (50, 29)
Veritas Test 3 -> 650 (50, 30)
Veritas Test 4 -> 650 (50, 30)
Gmat club Verbal Test 1: 29
Gmat club Verbal Test 2: 32
Gmat club Verbal Test 3: 27
Gmat Prep test 2 -> 680 (50, 32)
Awaiting a reply! I need to change my strategy right away as I have less than 25 days in hand.
25 Jun 2016, 15:48
Kudos
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Hey sdewan22,
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!
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!
25 Jun 2016, 19:07
Kudos
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Hi sdewan22,
Your CAT results are all remarkably similar to one another (and to your first Official GMAT), which means that you're likely approaching each Test in the exact same ways. To earn a higher score, you're going to have to make some adjustments to how you "see" (and respond to) the Verbal section of the Test. Since you've studied previously, I have a few questions about how you took these recent CATs.
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Your CAT results are all remarkably similar to one another (and to your first Official GMAT), which means that you're likely approaching each Test in the exact same ways. To earn a higher score, you're going to have to make some adjustments to how you "see" (and respond to) the Verbal section of the Test. Since you've studied previously, I have a few questions about how you took these recent CATs.
When you took your CATs:
1) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT each time (including the Essay and IR sections)?
2) Did you take them at home?
3) Did you take them at the same time of day as your Official GMAT?
4) Did you ever do ANYTHING during your CATs that you couldn't do on Test Day (pause the CAT, skip sections, take longer breaks, etc.)?
5) Did you ever take a CAT more than once? Had you seen any of the questions BEFORE?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
