Hi Rich,

Thanks for the response. In regards to your questions:

1) I studied for about 3 months, and the with demands of work I definitely had a week or two where I didn't have time to really focus on the GMAT at all (i.e. working to 10pm-midnight).

2)My pacing has been rather consistent and I didn't feel rushed to finish either section However, I do tend to speed up a little towards the end to make sure I can address the last question.

3) I anticipate applying to R1 and R2 this coming fall. I would like to take another shot at the GMAT this summer.

chillidawg wrote:Hello,

Long time lurker looking for some help. I have searched the forums but wasn't able to completely pin down a good choice. I took the GMAT today and had the following breakout:

Score: 650
Quant: 47 Verbal: 34

I have also taken 6 GMAC practice tests, I bought the extra test prep software with the following break out in the attached picture.

I am looking for advice on how to get consistency in my verbal section, specifically SC and CR, because if I could just lock that into a high 30s low 40s I would have achieved my goal and got close to a 700. I used MGMAT books and the OG to self-study. I went through my mistakes in the error log. I often feel like being a native English speaker, I might be getting to technical on my SC approach.

Any ideas?

Here's my verbal crash course:

- Read voraciously everyday for two weeks. (Anything challenging will do.) There's research suggesting that the physiology of our brains changes when we read more: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/ar ... in/282952/

- Consider incorporating some mindfulness meditation. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archi ... on/275564/

Afterwards, review the official material you've worked through and see if there are patterns to the questions you've missed. Anything unclear, post here. Jot a few notes to yourself about simple adjustments you can make. Remember that for all the strategies/grammar rules we teach, the verbal section is primarily about logic and focus. Practice boiling everything down to its essence. Always ask yourself, before you select an answer in sentence correction, if the sentence, when read literally, is clear and logical. Before you select an answer in Critical Reasoning always take another moment and ask if your answer really does impact the conclusion. Before you select an answer in Reading Comp ask yourself if there's textual support for that answer. Be relentless. Then hit some fresh official tests: https://www.mba.com/us/store/store-catal ... ack-1.aspx

One more thing - check out this article about test-day hacks to boost performance:

https://creatingpositivefutures.com/3-re ... t-anxiety/

1) I usually get 10-15 hours a week.

I am looking for new verbal and quant resources and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions? I am looking at e-gmat verbal, but wanted to know if any native speakers had any experience with it, as most reviews seem like they are non-native speakers? In addition, I am considering Target Test Prep to get quant in the 49-51 range. Does this seem like overkill?