I need a strategy to reach a score of 700+ in 3 weeks.
For the past few weeks, I have been giving practise test on every weekend and my scores have been as follows:
Manhattan GMAT tests:
MGMAT CAT-3 : 530 (16th Jan)
MGMAT CAT-5 : 590(23rd Jan)
GMATPREP1: 600 (31st Jan)
GMATPREP1 details are as follows:
Score: 600 Q46 (11 Incorrect),V27 (14 Incorrect)
I was surprised to see a scaled scored of only “27” on Verbal? I was happy with my Quant scaled score and am now quite confident about doing well (scaled scored of 45-50) in Quant on the real test.
Verbal has been my weakness.
I further analysed my verbal performance. It is as follows:
SC- 12(Correct)/17(Total)
CR- 10(C)/11(T)
RC-5(C)/13(T)
My RC performance was dismal. RC has been my weakest link since the time i started studying. While attempting GMATPREP1 , I had decided that I will spend more time with CR and SC questions, trying to get as many of them as possible. I will spend time on RC only if I fully understand the passage. Otherwise , I will quickly do the “process of elimination” and move on. So , my targets were as follows :
SC & CR – 100% correct , RC – 50% correct. (Is it right to have such a strategy and targets?)
For SC questions, I was not able to follow the approach that I had decided on. I did not apply the rules learnt such as parallelism,misplaced modifier etc. and depended mostly on “my ears” to choose the answer. Thus, I ended up spending more than 1.5 minutes on each SC question. Also, I was unsure of my answers , not helping my confidence during the test!
Could you please advise me on the step-wise approach for SC and RC questions?
How do I go about studying for the next 3 weeks?
I have the Official Guide – all 3 books and Manhattan SC guide. I have been practising questions from official guides in sets of 20 everyday and then analysing answers, making flashcards etc.
How do I make best use of Manhattan SC guide to help me be more confident in solving SC questions? I have done the first 4 chapters thoroughly and only gone over the rest of them briefly. Given the time constraint, how do I make best use of MGMAT SC guide?
What kind of strategy do I need to adopt to score 700+ on the real GMAT. Iam targeting a scaled score of 45-50 on Quant and 40-45 on Verbal.
For the past few weeks, I have been giving practise test on every weekend and my scores have been as follows:
Manhattan GMAT tests:
MGMAT CAT-3 : 530 (16th Jan)
MGMAT CAT-5 : 590(23rd Jan)
GMATPREP1: 600 (31st Jan)
GMATPREP1 details are as follows:
Score: 600 Q46 (11 Incorrect),V27 (14 Incorrect)
I was surprised to see a scaled scored of only “27” on Verbal? I was happy with my Quant scaled score and am now quite confident about doing well (scaled scored of 45-50) in Quant on the real test.
Verbal has been my weakness.
I further analysed my verbal performance. It is as follows:
SC- 12(Correct)/17(Total)
CR- 10(C)/11(T)
RC-5(C)/13(T)
My RC performance was dismal. RC has been my weakest link since the time i started studying. While attempting GMATPREP1 , I had decided that I will spend more time with CR and SC questions, trying to get as many of them as possible. I will spend time on RC only if I fully understand the passage. Otherwise , I will quickly do the “process of elimination” and move on. So , my targets were as follows :
SC & CR – 100% correct , RC – 50% correct. (Is it right to have such a strategy and targets?)
For SC questions, I was not able to follow the approach that I had decided on. I did not apply the rules learnt such as parallelism,misplaced modifier etc. and depended mostly on “my ears” to choose the answer. Thus, I ended up spending more than 1.5 minutes on each SC question. Also, I was unsure of my answers , not helping my confidence during the test!
Could you please advise me on the step-wise approach for SC and RC questions?
How do I go about studying for the next 3 weeks?
I have the Official Guide – all 3 books and Manhattan SC guide. I have been practising questions from official guides in sets of 20 everyday and then analysing answers, making flashcards etc.
How do I make best use of Manhattan SC guide to help me be more confident in solving SC questions? I have done the first 4 chapters thoroughly and only gone over the rest of them briefly. Given the time constraint, how do I make best use of MGMAT SC guide?
What kind of strategy do I need to adopt to score 700+ on the real GMAT. Iam targeting a scaled score of 45-50 on Quant and 40-45 on Verbal.
