Maxprep score-590--Goal is 700+

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prachich1987: Legendary Member; Posts: 752; Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:47 amFollowed by: 10 members; Thanked: 20 times; GMAT Score:700

by prachich1987 » Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:33 am

Hi guys

I am planning to take GMAT in January end
I took GMAT Maxprep yesterday & scored 590 (Q49 & V22)

I really need to work hard on verbal part.
I am done with OG.
I am not a native English speaker
I would be grateful if someone can guide me on which books should I refer taking into consideration that
1) my verbal score is low 2) & I have only a month in hand.

I am quiet sure about my quant part.
My goal is to score 700+
& I think for that I need minimum 36 in verbal
Plz advise which books should I refer to??Plz share your thoughts

Thanks!!!!

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karanrulz4ever: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 358; Joined: Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:47 amFollowed by: 4 members; Location: Mumbai; Thanked: 34 times; GMAT Score:740

by karanrulz4ever » Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:54 am

Do the OG again. Read the explanations thoroughly. Believe me, its the best book and you just cannot do enough of it.

Use the MGMAT SC guide too if you feel SC is your weak area.

My 740 Debrief

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garuhape: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 74; Joined: Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:37 pm; Location: Munich; Thanked: 3 times

by garuhape » Fri Dec 17, 2010 12:42 pm

Hi,

I have about the same problem as Karan. I just finished my first test and scored 570 (Q43; V25)

I definitely have to work hard on the verbal part. So, what is the OG? And how realistic is it to improve significantly in this particular area?

Cheers

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prachich1987: Legendary Member; Posts: 752; Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:47 amFollowed by: 10 members; Thanked: 20 times; GMAT Score:700

by prachich1987 » Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:13 pm

karanrulz4ever wrote:Do the OG again. Read the explanations thoroughly. Believe me, its the best book and you just cannot do enough of it.

Use the MGMAT SC guide too if you feel SC is your weak area.

Thanks Karan for your reply
My SC is still better
But i am weak at RCs.
can u suggest sm good book apart from OG
I think i need to do more practice in this area

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prachich1987: Legendary Member; Posts: 752; Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:47 amFollowed by: 10 members; Thanked: 20 times; GMAT Score:700

by prachich1987 » Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:14 pm

garuhape wrote:Hi,

I have about the same problem as Karan. I just finished my first test and scored 570 (Q43; V25)

I definitely have to work hard on the verbal part. So, what is the OG? And how realistic is it to improve significantly in this particular area?

Cheers

OG -- official guide
if u r planning to take GMAT, it's most important that u go through OG

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by NYCMBA » Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:17 pm

Hi,

I am a Software Professional with 10 years of Experience and not a native English speaker,

took the KAPLAN Diagnostic Test today without any preparation , after 10 years out of college.

scored 510

Quant 34%

Verbal 40% (CR 50% , RC 60% SC 15%, Short Passage 67%)

I have OG 12th edition, Kaplan Course Book, Princeton Review 2005

I am planning to take GMAT in Feb, Goal is 650 and looking for part-time/weekend MBA in and around NYC and DC

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by rishi raj » Sun Dec 19, 2010 10:13 pm

prachich1987 wrote: My SC is still better But i am weak at RCs. can u suggest sm good book apart from OG
I think i need to do more practice in this area

If you're looking for practice material for RC, I'd suggest that you may wanna get RC99. It's probably the best book out there for practicing GMAT type passages. However, make sure that you don't do many passages from the book in a day as it is not gonna be beneficial then. Just keep doing a few passages on a daily passages . Also don't jump the difficulty level of the passages if you really want to see improvement. Start with the passages from the low difficulty category and then you can move on to medium and high difficulty level pasages. If you prepare systematically, I think you should be able to nail RCs.

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