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19 Aug 2016, 13:52
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Hello Everyone,
Big thank you to everyone helping the GMAT aspirants here.
I'm going for my second attempt of GMAT on 15th september (25 daya from now) and I'm focusing on improving my verbal score. I scored V32 last time. This time I want it to increase to atleast V40.
So far I've used only MGMAT study material for all the verbal sections. In addition to this I have read some posts here and there for the theory part.
I gave official gmat prep mock and scored 35 on verbal section. I am going through the OG Verbal 2016 for practice and also through some question bank that I got hold of from my friends.
Here are the major problems that I think are reducing my verbal score:
1. As soon as I start the verbal section in the mock, I start reading so much into the words that I begin losing time. I just get so lost somewhere in the words and the sentence that I have to reread the whole stuff again.
2. In order to increase the pace, I commit silly mistakes by skimming through some questions. When I review them, I realize that I had understood the question wrong.
3. RC is my weakest section. I am never confident of the answers that I'm marking in this section. I am okay with following the SC and CR strategies by Manhattan but I have still not been able to find a good RC strategy. Kindly share something regarding this that will help.
4. The major problem with RC for me is that I do understand the passage but I am not able to interpret the questions properly. When I review them, I find that I had completely misunderstood the questions.
The boldface questions are the most confusing to me.
5. Being said that, my score in SC and CR fluctuates. I have started making error sheet and will share it as soon as possible for better analysis.
I have OG, GMAT free tests and Veritas Practise Test Set for practice. I have downloaded some stuff from GMAT club that addresses some individual topics.
Kindly share a strategy that I can follow from here on for Verbal. Any new study material/question bank that I can follow?
Thank you in advance!
Big thank you to everyone helping the GMAT aspirants here.
I'm going for my second attempt of GMAT on 15th september (25 daya from now) and I'm focusing on improving my verbal score. I scored V32 last time. This time I want it to increase to atleast V40.
So far I've used only MGMAT study material for all the verbal sections. In addition to this I have read some posts here and there for the theory part.
I gave official gmat prep mock and scored 35 on verbal section. I am going through the OG Verbal 2016 for practice and also through some question bank that I got hold of from my friends.
Here are the major problems that I think are reducing my verbal score:
1. As soon as I start the verbal section in the mock, I start reading so much into the words that I begin losing time. I just get so lost somewhere in the words and the sentence that I have to reread the whole stuff again.
2. In order to increase the pace, I commit silly mistakes by skimming through some questions. When I review them, I realize that I had understood the question wrong.
3. RC is my weakest section. I am never confident of the answers that I'm marking in this section. I am okay with following the SC and CR strategies by Manhattan but I have still not been able to find a good RC strategy. Kindly share something regarding this that will help.
4. The major problem with RC for me is that I do understand the passage but I am not able to interpret the questions properly. When I review them, I find that I had completely misunderstood the questions.
The boldface questions are the most confusing to me.
5. Being said that, my score in SC and CR fluctuates. I have started making error sheet and will share it as soon as possible for better analysis.
I have OG, GMAT free tests and Veritas Practise Test Set for practice. I have downloaded some stuff from GMAT club that addresses some individual topics.
Kindly share a strategy that I can follow from here on for Verbal. Any new study material/question bank that I can follow?
Thank you in advance!
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19 Aug 2016, 20:48
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Hi awindersingh,
Looks like your RC score could definitely use some improvement. 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
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
Best of luck on your studies!
Looks like your RC score could definitely use some improvement. 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
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
Best of luck on your studies!
20 Aug 2016, 02:24
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Hello GmatPillBill,
Thank you for responding. You're right! My RC sure needs improvement. I'll go through these videos and get back with some more insight. Thank you again.
I'd love to hear more from others also.
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Thank you for responding. You're right! My RC sure needs improvement. I'll go through these videos and get back with some more insight. Thank you again.
I'd love to hear more from others also.
Sent from my Redmi Note 3 using GMAT Club Forum mobile app
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Hi there,
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