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by vaivish » Fri May 21, 2010 12:24 pm
Dear All,

I have 30 days left for my D day. I am currently scoring consistently 680(M48-49, V33-34) in my GMat Prep and Kaplan tests (6 in all) without repeat questions. I have already referred following sources:

OG11-12,
Online forums (few times),
Manhattan SC, CR & RC guides
1000 series - around 200 questions of each

I am still lacking in Verbal section and there is a scope of improvement. I am looking for a score of 730-750. I am currently getting 12-16 Qs wrong in verbal and scoring the expected levels would mean getting additional 6-9 questions right. Can anybody provide any additional insight on the tests strategy or prep so that I can reach my target score on D day (24 June 2010).

One more thing, we have been reading about getting all rights in first 10-15 Qs in both sections. I think it is very true because I have been noting that when I make mistakes in first 10 Qs my scores have dropped drastically as against when I have scored all of them correct.

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by Osirus@VeritasPrep » Mon May 24, 2010 5:13 am
Try to get the PowerScore Critical Reasoning Bible and stop going through the Manhattan CR book. The Manhattan CR and RC guides aren't that good in my opinion.
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by money9111 » Mon May 24, 2010 6:09 am
vaivish wrote: One more thing, we have been reading about getting all rights in first 10-15 Qs in both sections. I think it is very true because I have been noting that when I make mistakes in first 10 Qs my scores have dropped drastically as against when I have scored all of them correct.

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It's more about when you do get those questions correct in a row you're in the upper echelon of questions in terms of difficulty... you could get 1/2 questions wrong in the beginning and still do very well - if you make up for it in the end
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by vaivish » Tue May 25, 2010 10:13 am
CAn somebody please ans my Q?