GMAT Strategy

All,

I would like to seek advice from all the verbal gurus who have mastered the nuances of SC's, the logic variations of CR's and the long passages of RC. I have been trying to prepare very hard on the verbal section but have achieved very less success compared to the amount of work i have put . I would like to detail out " what i had covered so far" and would appreciate responses from all who have taken the test and got a 40+ in the verbal.

# For SC i have gone through the MGMAT SC Guide, did all the action problems and the related OG probs . My hit ratio was 75%. I am in the process of doing the OG again this time starting from begining so that i am not sure of what question type to expect.

# For CR---> Read the Powerprep bible once , made notes from it, but found it too comprehensive to follow and stick to all the patterns which it advocates. Had gone through thr MGMAT CR strategy guide, and again found the diagraming approach time taking . So i have resorted to something which gives me a hit ration of 75 to 80% . here is what i do .

1) Read the question first.
2) Then read the stimulus
3) Paraphrase the extract for complex intriguing passage.
4) Go through the answer choice with the reasoning from the paraphrase at the back of my mind.
5) Eliminate the answer choice which does not fits as per the paraphrase reasoning.

# For RC

Read the MGMAT Strategy guide and practiced the HeadLine List and Skeletal sketch notes taking tips . I do this for some passage not for all, specially at the end of the test i just exhaust my stamina nor i have engh time left to do this . So i read the passage, try to figure out the main point and the structure and then go on to answer the question. I have a hit ratio of 65 -70% and would like to increase it to a notch .

I have prepared an error log which i am attaching and i have promised myself to log each and every error on each section. But the question which i put to myself is "WHY AM I NOT " seeing a progress . What am i dpoing wrong. From an analysis of my error log i could figure out that

My mistakes in SC are categorized under:

1) carelessness, not paying attention to details.
2) Even if know the content , while execution i pick up wrong ans choice.
3) For some of the question type i am not clear what is wrong
4) Being a non native speaker i lack in my knowledge of idioms...which i am trying to work upon.

For CR:
1) Not paying engh attentionon EXTREME words
2) Not paraphrasing the situation corectly.
3) Falling for the tempting answer type
4) Guess between ans choice bcoz of lack of time.

For RC:

1) Not able to figureout the structure and main point of the passage.
2) Not giving engh attention to the details for the specific questions
3) Spending 6-7 minutes for long passages and in turn hurrying out in the end .

I would like to know, given my situtation SC-75%, CR-75%, RC-65%, what is the best which i can improve in 2 weeks . I am planinng to take the exam end of this month . It is worthwhile to spend time and master SC and raise it to 90% or should i pay equal attention to all given the way the verbal scores are calaculated . What if i dont score well in RC and CR but do ace all the SC questions. Can i expect a 40+.

stacey, Cramya, Mals24, DanaJ, STOP@800's, iamcste....and all you intelligent folks ..please advise !!!!!!

thanks
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