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best book for verbal practice?

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by aishwarya garg » Sat Sep 20, 2014 4:16 am
hello,

I have completed the practice questions set in the OG13 and skimmed through the material and questions in the MGMAT verbal guides.
I need to improve my verbal score dramatically since I managed to score a mere 21 in verbal in my GMAT test. I wish to bring it up to 40. I dont know where I went wrong or what I should change in my preparation to avoid making grave mistakes in my next test.

Can someone suggest some good reference books to practice verbal questions (all CR, SC and RC) so I can target a 700+ score?

Your help is much appreciated.
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by [email protected] » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:29 am
Hi aishwarya garg,

In your other posts, you mentioned that you had studied for a couple of months, so whatever problems you are facing with the Verbal section will probably not be solved by doing more book-work. Something about your approach to the entire Verbal section is "off", so that's not so much about dealing with individual questions as it is about how you "see" and respond to the section as a whole.

There's also the issue of book-practice vs. computer-practice. While certain books are quite valuable to the overall study process (the OG13, for example), book-work does not properly simulate what you'll experience on Test Day. For that, you need to do more computer-based practice (and I'm not just talking about CATs).

To hit a V40 (about the 90th percentile), you're going to need some consistent, professional guidance - you'll also have to train to perform well on all 3 major Verbal categories (SC, RC and CR). This is all meant to explain that you're probably going to have to enroll in a GMAT Course (Self-Study or Classroom) of some kind. There are plenty of options to choose from though.

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by David@VeritasPrep » Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:43 am
I have completed the practice questions set in the OG13 and skimmed through the material and questions in the MGMAT verbal guides.
I am wondering why you "skimmed" those guides. You are looking for recommendations for books on verbal, but you have only skimmed the materials that you have.

A 21 score gives you plenty of opportunity to move that score up. A 40 is the 90th percentile and indicates a real understanding of every area of the verbal section. So you have some work to do. Do you think it would be worthwhile to really go through the materials that you have or did you get everything you could from them the first time?

And when you say you have completed the sets from the OG 13 does that mean that you truly understand each question and that you have adjusted your techniques based on a thorough analysis of your performance?
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