Well guys I did not get the score I wanted. I managed to get a 44 on the quant (74%) but I only was able to get a 22 on the verbal section (25%). My total score was a 540. I don't understand how I arrived at such a low score. I was consistantly scoring 650+ on the Manhattan GMAT practice exams (75-80% on the math and 60-75 on the Verbal). But to get a 22 (25%) on the verbal is pathetic.
I felt really great after writing the AWA (non-profit employee motivation vs. for-profit, and "leadership") and completing the quant section. I thought I had it in the bag, but I got bogged down on the verbal section especially on the reading comprehension questions and critical reasoning questions. One passage on the RC was on mathematical probability (I though I was over the math section by then), and the way a group of people choose between three items, I spent 10-15 minutes on four questions that I probably got wrong. The verbal was really tough, the assumption question and strengthening question especially. I had no clue what to answer on many questions between the 10-25 question mark. It went all downhill from then.
I am going to have to write the exam again in one month. I have also decided on taking a course to work out my low verbal score. I think my nerves got the best of me, I really f%$ked up the verbal.
So my question to you guys is: Which classroom course do you guys think I should take? I actually only have the choice with Princeton Review 7 Week course, the Veritas 2 Weekend Course (Quant and Verbal), or the Veritas Verbal Weekend (18 hours of pure verbal). The reason for such a limited choice is because the Kaplan course runs past June (where I will be in India, and the application deadline for all schools is June 1st). Manhattan is not offered in Montreal. The Veritas Verbal Course is this weekend (March 8th-9th), and I would only be able to take my next GMAT official exam on April 5th. With a score of 44 on the quant, do you guys think that I should just take the Veritas Verbal Course ($700) or just pay the extra $400 (total $1100) and take the Veritas Quant and Verbal Weekend course.
Does anyone suggest neither of the two courses mentioned above and suggest something else? I need to improve my Verbal score by 50%. I also need a total score of 630 upwards. Thanks guys.
Kaunteya
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another option you might consider, depending on your budget and timing, is private tutoring. we (mgmat), as you know, don't have any canadian locations, but we do offer online virtual tutoring (through a java platform called elluminate).
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regardless of which course you choose to take, if any, you should concentrate on STRATEGY and EFFICIENCY when you learn to attack the reading-based sections. there is just no way you should be spending anywhere close to the amount of time you've cited for the reading comp section, regardless of whether the topic of the passage is annoyingly quantitative; if you're doing so, then you must have the wrong protocol in mind for how to read the passages.
one baseline hint: you should read the RC passages as if you're a 'professional table-of-contents writer' who is paid per table of contents produced (and not, say, per hour). that approach will lead you to 'read' passages in ways that you may well find appalling - skipping over entire gobs of details entirely, for instance - but is the only approach that is time-efficient enough to ensure success.
good luck with whatever option you decide to take!
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regardless of which course you choose to take, if any, you should concentrate on STRATEGY and EFFICIENCY when you learn to attack the reading-based sections. there is just no way you should be spending anywhere close to the amount of time you've cited for the reading comp section, regardless of whether the topic of the passage is annoyingly quantitative; if you're doing so, then you must have the wrong protocol in mind for how to read the passages.
one baseline hint: you should read the RC passages as if you're a 'professional table-of-contents writer' who is paid per table of contents produced (and not, say, per hour). that approach will lead you to 'read' passages in ways that you may well find appalling - skipping over entire gobs of details entirely, for instance - but is the only approach that is time-efficient enough to ensure success.
good luck with whatever option you decide to take!
Ron has been teaching various standardized tests for 20 years.
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Ron,
I am actually going to sit in on a free Vitual Class this Sunday. I have heard only great things about the Manhattan GMAT program. I do need to completely change my approach to the verbal section on the GMAT. I hope that a Manhattan GMAT Virtual course will just that. Also, learning new strategies and methodologies towards quantitative questions won't hurt. I look foward to taking these online courses. I just wish there were more intensive and shorter time frames online courses. Nine weeks is a significant amount of time, especially when the deadline for MBA applications here in Montreal is June 1st. I will have only finished the MGMAT course early May. Also, I previously purchased, one month ago, the Manhattan GMAT's 6 online CAT exams and own all of the Official GMAT review books that comes with the online program. Would I receive compensation for not requiring those particular items? Thanks.
Kaunteya
I am actually going to sit in on a free Vitual Class this Sunday. I have heard only great things about the Manhattan GMAT program. I do need to completely change my approach to the verbal section on the GMAT. I hope that a Manhattan GMAT Virtual course will just that. Also, learning new strategies and methodologies towards quantitative questions won't hurt. I look foward to taking these online courses. I just wish there were more intensive and shorter time frames online courses. Nine weeks is a significant amount of time, especially when the deadline for MBA applications here in Montreal is June 1st. I will have only finished the MGMAT course early May. Also, I previously purchased, one month ago, the Manhattan GMAT's 6 online CAT exams and own all of the Official GMAT review books that comes with the online program. Would I receive compensation for not requiring those particular items? Thanks.
Kaunteya
