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24 May 2020, 00:20
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Wondering if you guys would advise that I do anything specific to help improve my Verbal scores from range 34 - 36 to being consistently in the high 40s.
My Quant is more or less "sorted" and is quite consistently in the range of 49-51.
Just to share some background. I took the GMAT in '17 and managed a 690. (V49 Q34) and after a hiatus of 3 years, I resumed preps again in March this year and have taken 8 practice tests so far and my scores herewith, with the Verbal breakdown indicated by the side.
GMAT official 650 Q49 V25. (taken on March 28)
Veritas 1 680 Q48 V35 (April 10) [RC - 50%, CR - 60%, SC - 71%]
Veritas 2 710 Q51 V36 (April 18) [RC - 100%, CR - 63%, SC - 75%]
Veritas 3 680 Q50 V34 (April 25) [RC - 58%, CR - 82%, SC - 31%]
Veritas 4 650 Q50 V30 (May 1) [RC - 58%, CR - 58%, SC - 42%]
Veritas 5 690 Q51 V34 (May 2) [RC - 58%, CR - 50%, SC - 42%]
Veritas 6 710 Q50 V37 (May 12) [RC - 58%, CR - 54%, SC - 77%]
Experts' 1 700 Q49 V35 (May 17) [RC - 38%, CR - 70%, SC - 62%]
Thank you! Stay well...
My Quant is more or less "sorted" and is quite consistently in the range of 49-51.
Just to share some background. I took the GMAT in '17 and managed a 690. (V49 Q34) and after a hiatus of 3 years, I resumed preps again in March this year and have taken 8 practice tests so far and my scores herewith, with the Verbal breakdown indicated by the side.
GMAT official 650 Q49 V25. (taken on March 28)
Veritas 1 680 Q48 V35 (April 10) [RC - 50%, CR - 60%, SC - 71%]
Veritas 2 710 Q51 V36 (April 18) [RC - 100%, CR - 63%, SC - 75%]
Veritas 3 680 Q50 V34 (April 25) [RC - 58%, CR - 82%, SC - 31%]
Veritas 4 650 Q50 V30 (May 1) [RC - 58%, CR - 58%, SC - 42%]
Veritas 5 690 Q51 V34 (May 2) [RC - 58%, CR - 50%, SC - 42%]
Veritas 6 710 Q50 V37 (May 12) [RC - 58%, CR - 54%, SC - 77%]
Experts' 1 700 Q49 V35 (May 17) [RC - 38%, CR - 70%, SC - 62%]
Thank you! Stay well...
24 May 2020, 06:57
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vishalgan - You seemed to have crossed the first hurdle: maintaining the previous score level after a significant gap. Congratulation! Pat your back. 
At a 690 level, you are hardly left to master any new concepts. At this point, you just need to practice more and review each and every question. Focus a lot of your prep time on doing test review by voraciously looking for weak areas and then improving on them one-by-one. The more you look, the more weaknesses you will find. For instance, you should be getting a lot of Probability questions incorrect, or taking too long to solve RC questions. Perhaps you may have gotten a string of incorrect questions, resulting in a steep drop in score. In short, you need to review your tests and find patterns. The path from 690 to the mid-700 level is going to be rough and hence brace yourself; you have to aim for perfection and not commit any silly mistakes.
At a 690 level, you are hardly left to master any new concepts. At this point, you just need to practice more and review each and every question. Focus a lot of your prep time on doing test review by voraciously looking for weak areas and then improving on them one-by-one. The more you look, the more weaknesses you will find. For instance, you should be getting a lot of Probability questions incorrect, or taking too long to solve RC questions. Perhaps you may have gotten a string of incorrect questions, resulting in a steep drop in score. In short, you need to review your tests and find patterns. The path from 690 to the mid-700 level is going to be rough and hence brace yourself; you have to aim for perfection and not commit any silly mistakes.
29 May 2020, 19:05
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Thank you so much for the patient and thoughtful response
(And you are right on both counts... I do struggle a bit with probability questions and take more than 2 minutes per RC question.)
(And you are right on both counts... I do struggle a bit with probability questions and take more than 2 minutes per RC question.)
