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Hi All,

I have been studying for GMAT for about 3 months now. I have been practicing questions in magoosh and have completed all the questions in the Verbal Review. I am kind of saving the OG for the last as i want to deal with those questions just before i take up the GMAT. I was wondering if there were other practice books or workbooks where I could hone my skills of tackling verbal questions. I am specifically looking for the tougher section of the Verbal Questions as I need more practice in that area.

Thank you ..!!

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi Sumit Kumar,

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you're looking for, I'd like to know a bit more about how you've studied so far:

1) Can you list all of the materials that you've used?
2) How have you scored on each of your practice CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

3) What is your goal score?
4) When are you planning to take the GMAT?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

AjiteshArun · Answer

It'd probably be better if you kept something like the question pack for the end. The OG should really be a part of your preparation right from the beginning. I'm not saying that your strategy can't work, but you're likely to end up with a list of "action points" after going through your OG, and you'll need time to work on all of them.

By the way, by "Verbal Review", do you mean the (verbal)  OG ?

dabral · Answer

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Sumit Kumar · Answer

It'd probably be better if you kept something like the question pack for the end. The OG should really be a part of your preparation right from the beginning. I'm not saying that your strategy can't work, but you're likely to end up with a list of "action points" after going through your OG, and you'll need time to work on all of them.

By the way, by "Verbal Review", do you mean the (verbal)

The primary reason I was saving the OG for the end was for the OG to serve the purpose of a question pack with quite a number of GMAT like questions which would help me stay on track. If I am to dive into the OG now, I would need a similar replacement with the same quantity and quality of questions. I would really appreciate it if any such books would be suggested!!

By saying "Verbal Review" , I refer to the Official Verbal Review

Sumit Kumar · Answer

Hi Dabral.

I am done with the Quant and Verbal Reviews (2nd Edition). And I am using the OG 13th Edition as of now. Please suggest an alternate set of GMAT practice workbooks which can serve the purpose of a Question bank for me to hone my skills, the ones i acquire after I am done with the OG.

Sumit

Sumit Kumar · Answer

Hi,

1. Magoosh, Princeton Review, Official Verbal and Quant Review(2nd Edition), Diagnostic Test in Barron's
2. I scored a 610 on the diagnostic I gave around 6 months (Q48 V 26)
3. 760+
4. May 15th to 22nd

Regards,
Sumit

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi Sumit,

You listed a practice test score from 6 MONTHS ago. Have you taken any other practice CATs since then? If you have, then how did you score (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)? If you have not, then you should absolutely plan to take one soon. Make sure that you take the FULL CAT (with the Essay and IR sections) so that we can get a sense of your current strengths and weaknesses. Until we have that information, there's no way to know how effectively you've been studying or what adjustments you should make to your study plan. On you have those scores, you should report back here.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

dabral · Answer

I am no longer active on this forum.

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

Hi Sumit, It is definitely wise to start off with the Official guide 2016 way early in your prep rather than keeping it for the last few days before your actual GMAT. Practice using "official material" only! You may be tempted to download these PDFs that promise you tons of GMAT practice questions, but refrain yourself from doing so! The reason being this: You need to train your mind to identify patterns on the GMAT

More about GMAT patterns here: https://gmat.crackverbal.com/identifying ... -patterns/ And honestly don't worry about exhausting practice questions. As mentioned above, you can use the Verbal review, Quant review and the GMAT prep software that contain retired GMAT questions. You will have plenty of questions to "practice" per say but really the key to a 760 GMAT score is when you sit down to analyse your mistakes. Don't focus on getting the right answer, focus on how easily and how quickly you are able to spot the 4 wrong answer choices and eliminate them! Analysis is the key my friend. Maintain a detailed tracker where you capture all your errors and also the reasoning behind them. Practicing 1000s of questions, but not analyzing them would not be the best GMAT strategy to follow. Take an Official GMAT practice test soon (GMAT prep software) including IR and AWA. Once you have your test scores, you will have a direction towards the areas you may want to spend more time practicing. All the Best!

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