[email protected] wrote:Hi danyfeghali,

Critical Reasoning questions, much like every other category on the GMAT, is a consistent and predictable subset of questions on the GMAT. There are patterns in the logic, the questions types and even in the wrong answers to each question. As such, speed should improve as you become more familiar with the question types and the Tactics that you can use to answer them.

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you're looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?
6) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
7) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

I did not do any CAT till now

[email protected] wrote:Hi Dany,

Since you have not taken any FULL-LENGTH CATs yet, we don't have a reasonable sense of your current skills, strengths and weaknesses. You've self-defined CR as a 'weak area', but there could be a variety of other areas that you need to improve on. Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) of consistent study time before they hit their 'peak' scores, so considering your score goal (720) and the fact that you've studied for just 1.5 months, you likely still have a lot of work to do before you hit your goal score. This is all meant to say that you should consider pushing back your Test Date (and you would have to make that choice at least 7 full days before your scheduled Exam).

In addition, it would be a good idea to take a FULL-LENGTH practice CAT Test; you can download 2 for free from www.mba.com (and they come with some additional practice materials). A FULL CAT takes about 4 hours to complete, so make sure that you've set aside enough time to take it in one sitting. Once you have those scores, you should report back here and we can discuss how best to proceed.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

[email protected] wrote:Hi Dany,

If your schedule allows you to study for the next couple of months, then it's possible that you could continue to study, take the GMAT and 'lock in' a competitive score now. If that's something that you want to try to pursue, then you should start by paying to push back your current Test Date - in that way, you can save some money (it costs $50 to reschedule, as opposed to $250 to pay to retake the GMAT).

Once you've taken that first CAT, we can use that score result to assess what you should be working on.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich