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Hai experts

Yesterday I took Official Gmat prep test and scored 570(Q-47, V-22). Again, verbal section is killing me. I realized that I am following wrong strategy in verbal so I rescheduled my Gmat test date to April 28. I need your advice for verbal preparation. So far I covered:

power score cr bible( strengthen, weakening, inference, mainpoint, assumption)
manhattan SC (part I only). I read somewhere that to score 600 part I is sufficient. I am very weak in sc in the test. 
Manhattan RC.

Thanks

MSoS · Answer

Hi TomB, even though i can understand that you are not quite happy with the test score - it is still above average.

Your prep materials look fine to me, but to give you a specific advice on what you can change, it is important to know your weaknesses and/or studying behavior. If you take questions for only 30 mins a day and score well but are not able to scale this up to the whole test, you need to improve your stamina.

If you have weaknesses in specific parts (such as CR or SC) it might be good to know what you do wrong. You said, that your scored low in SC, so that might be an indicator for little grammar foundation?!?

TomB · Answer

What i need to do to improve my stamina. you are exactly right, every day I am practicing verbal questions ( cr-15, rc-3passages,sc-15). I am scoring very well in the daily tests. particularly for verbal section, It is very hard for me to stay focused. please advice me

MSoS · Answer

It is one goal of the GMAT to get you unfocused so that you pick wrong answers.

It probably takes you 1.5 hours to finish your daily test, but on a mock test you have at least 75minutes of Q before you start V (if you skip AWA).

Try to focus on your daily preparation for 2.5hours. I know, it is not always possible due to lack of free time, but it is important to get your brain trained to focus again for more than 1h. Use the time on the weekends. I normally do 2.5hours in the morning, have breakfast and do some sport (1.5h) before starting one mock test (without AWA). Next day is completly blocked with reviewing and reading strategies again.

If your fundamentals are strong and you do mostly mistakes due to lack of concentration, you can only force yourself to read uninteresting articles and answer questions even though you do not want. Eat healthy, do sport, and drink water instead of coffee/energy drinks. Practice, Practice, and Practice

GMATPill · Answer

To reach your goals, you're going to need to tweak your attack strategy. Focus on speed and efficiency rather than practice, practice, practice.

Also, use the Official Guide 12th edition. That is the only source of real questions. Other companies sell questions that they write as variations off the original.

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