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adityag85
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I gave my GMAT today and I ended up scoring a dismal 560 (Q 48, V20). I've been putting efforts to improve my abilities in SC and CR for the last couple of months but sadly it didn't convert to a good verbal score.
I need some specific advice regarding my poor verbal. The materials I used:
1. MGMAT SC guide
2. PowerSCore CR bible
3. OG 12
I invested quite sometime on getting the basics right for SC and CR but somehow I felt that I didn't have enough practice to apply what I learned. I took MGMAT and GMAT Prep tests and following are my scores
MGMAT 1 (Q45, V24)-- Before reading MGMAT SC / PowerScore CR
MGMAT 2 (Q50, V30) -- A month later after doing one round of MGMAT SC (first 8 chapters) and Weaken, strengthen, conclusion, assumption topics in CR
MGMAT 3 (Q48, V34) -- 15 days later, another round of first five chapters of SC
GMAT Prep 2 (Q47, V23) -- This was kind of a shock, I thought I was improving in verbal
Unlike quants, for which I had sufficient practice and good timing (Did OG 12 twice, Kalplan 800, MGMAT Number properties, Equations& VICs, Word problems), I struggled with verbal since I didn't have practice. I was trying to get the concepts right and I mislead myself to believe that I can pull it off on the test day.
Another mistake, I thought Reading Comprehension won't need much of attention and I practiced only few RCs from OG and nothing at all.
I seriously want to reconsider my strategy for verbal and would need some guidance in getting the appropriate practice material for SC and CR as I felt CR bible and MGMAT SC doesn't have enough GMAT like practice problems. Also, any good resource to improve my RC understanding - I got to know that reading passages without a proper strategy won't help much.
Please help me!!
I'm more than committed to improve my verbal in next 45 days, that is when I'm planning to have my next GMAT appointment.
I need some specific advice regarding my poor verbal. The materials I used:
1. MGMAT SC guide
2. PowerSCore CR bible
3. OG 12
I invested quite sometime on getting the basics right for SC and CR but somehow I felt that I didn't have enough practice to apply what I learned. I took MGMAT and GMAT Prep tests and following are my scores
MGMAT 1 (Q45, V24)-- Before reading MGMAT SC / PowerScore CR
MGMAT 2 (Q50, V30) -- A month later after doing one round of MGMAT SC (first 8 chapters) and Weaken, strengthen, conclusion, assumption topics in CR
MGMAT 3 (Q48, V34) -- 15 days later, another round of first five chapters of SC
GMAT Prep 2 (Q47, V23) -- This was kind of a shock, I thought I was improving in verbal
Unlike quants, for which I had sufficient practice and good timing (Did OG 12 twice, Kalplan 800, MGMAT Number properties, Equations& VICs, Word problems), I struggled with verbal since I didn't have practice. I was trying to get the concepts right and I mislead myself to believe that I can pull it off on the test day.
Another mistake, I thought Reading Comprehension won't need much of attention and I practiced only few RCs from OG and nothing at all.
I seriously want to reconsider my strategy for verbal and would need some guidance in getting the appropriate practice material for SC and CR as I felt CR bible and MGMAT SC doesn't have enough GMAT like practice problems. Also, any good resource to improve my RC understanding - I got to know that reading passages without a proper strategy won't help much.
Please help me!!
I'm more than committed to improve my verbal in next 45 days, that is when I'm planning to have my next GMAT appointment.
