Verbal crash course needed

Question

I am looking to give one last GMAT attempt in a hope to go past V37 from V29-31 mark. Quant is not an issue as scored consistently between 49-50.

I started preparing around a year back using Veritas Prep videos for SC and CR and Manhattan book for SC & lecture video for CR.
I have exhausted plenty (almost all) of official gmat questions available on gmatclub forum (used timers). Exhausted Veritas Mocks, manhattan prep Mocks, and Offical 1-6 practice tests.

Can anyone suggest some  verbal expert from India for crash course of 1 week   or suggest some innovative strategy to achieve my target verbal score.

ScottTargetTestPrep · Answer

Hi samco.me,

Since you have been studying for some time and are still scoring around V31, I think that it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to improve by 6+ verbal points in just one week. In any case, would you like some general advice on how to improve your GMAT verbal skills?

EducationAisle · Answer

Hi  samco.me , unfortunately there are no silver bullets that can catapult your score by 8 points, within  a week .

Self-introspection to identify your weak points and systematically working on those weaknesses, is pretty much the only way out.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi samco.me,

In another post, you mentioned that you had already scored a 660/Q49 - and that is a strong Score, so it could be enough to get you into your first-choice School. As such, another retest might not be necessary. There's no harm in continuing to study though - and you could potentially pick up a bunch of points in the Verbal section. Based on your ESRs, there are a number of similarities in your 3 performances - and it's likely that you've gotten "stuck" in a certain way of thinking about the Verbal section that is keeping you from scoring higher.

I understand why you might be looking for a 1-week 'crash course' in the Verbal section, but you will likely need closer to a month of consistent, guided study to get to the point that you can consistently score at that higher level. You've likely developed some 'bad habits' during your prior studies that will take time to fix (and replace with new 'good habits'). Thankfully, the GMAT is the same consistent, predictable Exam that it's always been, so you CAN train to score at a higher level.

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you're looking for, I have a few questions about your prior studies and your goals:

1) Over the last 3 months, how many hours did you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used during that time?
3) On what dates did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
4) What are the exact application deadlines that you are facing?

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

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