GMAT Verbal Strategy Help

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maruthisandeep: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 28; Joined: Mon May 30, 2011 1:09 pm

by maruthisandeep » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:15 pm

Hi,

I have prepared for GMAT for about 2 months. I did cover all areas. I started giving mocks tests from MGMAT and GMATPrep . Here are my scores:

MGMAT 1 (June 2nd): 590 (Q42,V28)
MGMAT 2 (June7th): 600 (Q45,V29)
MGMAT 3 (June 29th): 630 (Q44,Q32)
GMATPrep 1 (July 1st): 660 (Q49,V32)
MGMAT 4 (July 4th): 670 (Q45,V36)
MGMAT 5 (July 6th): 600 (Q42,V32)
GMATPrep 2 (July 17th): 660 (Q50,V31)
MGMAT 6 (July 21st): 690 (Q45,V38)
GMATPrep 3 (July 24th):710 (Q 50,V35)
GMATPrep 4 (July 30th): 770 (Q50,V44)

GMAT (July 31st): 660 (Q49,V32,IR-7)

I am completely disappointed looking at 660 on the screen. After the last GMATPrep I was confident that I am in the 730+ range. But I am not able to understand what went wrong on real GMAT in verbal section. I finished my verbal section with right timing and I was at 32nd question with 18minutes left. To my knowledge I fumbled in 2-3 SC questions and 3 RC questions where I could not make right judgement between the two options I am left with after POE, completely dejected looking at 32 verbal score.

I am planning to give GMAT again in 2 months time can any one suggest me some strategies on cracking verbal (I mean getting a score of 40+).

Cheers
Maruthi Sandeep

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by [email protected] » Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:35 pm

Hi maruthisandeep,

First off, a 660/Q49 is a solid score; it's right around the 80th percentile, so you could very easily get into a top Business School with this score.

Based on the information you've provided, here are some things that I think are note-worthy (and might help explain your Official Test Day performance):

1) Taking a CAT the day before your GMAT was a mistake. You likely "burned out" a little bit, even if you didn't realize it.
2) Your last CAT score is a real "outlier" to your other scores. It makes me think that something about this result is unreliable (maybe you just got lucky).
3) Since you've been visiting these forums for awhile now, I'm curious if you had seen any of the questions from your last 2 CATs in these forums? Did you know the answers to any of the questions without having to do any of the work? Even if it were just a few questions, then your score results would have likely been inflated and unrealistic.
4) Other than that 1 CAT score, your Official GMAT score is in range of all of your practice CATs. To score in the 730+ range, you're going to have to make some significant changes to how you approach the Verbal section. Tips won't be enough, you need new training.

The good news is that retaking the GMAT won't affect your applications. You probably won't need 2 months of additional study time either (you could probably improve in less time).

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

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maruthisandeep: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 28; Joined: Mon May 30, 2011 1:09 pm

by maruthisandeep » Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:04 pm

[email protected] wrote:Hi maruthisandeep,

First off, a 660/Q49 is a solid score; it's right around the 80th percentile, so you could very easily get into a top Business School with this score.

Based on the information you've provided, here are some things that I think are note-worthy (and might help explain your Official Test Day performance):

1) Taking a CAT the day before your GMAT was a mistake. You likely "burned out" a little bit, even if you didn't realize it.
2) Your last CAT score is a real "outlier" to your other scores. It makes me think that something about this result is unreliable (maybe you just got lucky).
3) Since you've been visiting these forums for awhile now, I'm curious if you had seen any of the questions from your last 2 CATs in these forums? Did you know the answers to any of the questions without having to do any of the work? Even if it were just a few questions, then your score results would have likely been inflated and unrealistic.
4) Other than that 1 CAT score, your Official GMAT score is in range of all of your practice CATs. To score in the 730+ range, you're going to have to make some significant changes to how you approach the Verbal section. Tips won't be enough, you need new training.

The good news is that retaking the GMAT won't affect your applications. You probably won't need 2 months of additional study time either (you could probably improve in less time).

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

Hi Rich,

I have sent you a private message can you check and revert.

Thanks

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