Hey Guys,
I have THE Gmat exam this coming Wednesday. I had only about a week to study and 4 days are almost over. I have a 3.9 GPA and I am not targeting top 50 colleges. I only need about 550 to get into University of Houston's MS ACCY program and probably 580 for MS Finance program. I believe I will definitely make 41+ on the Quant section; so i need about 25 in the verbal. Because of the shortage of the time, I won't be able to spend more than 5 hours on the Verbal.
25 verbal is like 36th percentile only... so I feel I can pull that off with just looking at the structure and then few examples. What should I go over in those hours that can prepare me for such low target. I do have access to the OG Verbal, OG (Main) and Manhattan set of 8 books, which includes CR, SC and RC. Should I read the books or should I just go over as many examples as possible from OG? If books, then what topics are most important to cover and if examples, then what questions range from OG should I definitely go over? Basic must know tips to succeed... basically, anything that can be covered in 5 hours.
I have not taken the GMAT practice test so I can't tell where I stand right now. I am just very confident about Maths. I am good at it and I got almost 90% of PS problems in OG right and understood the rest. Tonight, some Sunday and mostly Monday, I will keep working hard on my maths (have not really started on DS yet) - take practice test and go over reviews. I am damn sure 41 to 44 is going to be my score on the Quant section and that means I only need 22 to 25 on the Verbal. 21 is like 23 percentile so 22 to 25 does not sound hard at all for a person who mainly communicates in English. That's the reason why I have not allocated much time to verbal, but a lot of time for Quant.
Anyways, I just want some sort of guidance on how to prepare for a low verbal.
Thanks a lot in advance!
- Arun
I have THE Gmat exam this coming Wednesday. I had only about a week to study and 4 days are almost over. I have a 3.9 GPA and I am not targeting top 50 colleges. I only need about 550 to get into University of Houston's MS ACCY program and probably 580 for MS Finance program. I believe I will definitely make 41+ on the Quant section; so i need about 25 in the verbal. Because of the shortage of the time, I won't be able to spend more than 5 hours on the Verbal.
25 verbal is like 36th percentile only... so I feel I can pull that off with just looking at the structure and then few examples. What should I go over in those hours that can prepare me for such low target. I do have access to the OG Verbal, OG (Main) and Manhattan set of 8 books, which includes CR, SC and RC. Should I read the books or should I just go over as many examples as possible from OG? If books, then what topics are most important to cover and if examples, then what questions range from OG should I definitely go over? Basic must know tips to succeed... basically, anything that can be covered in 5 hours.
I have not taken the GMAT practice test so I can't tell where I stand right now. I am just very confident about Maths. I am good at it and I got almost 90% of PS problems in OG right and understood the rest. Tonight, some Sunday and mostly Monday, I will keep working hard on my maths (have not really started on DS yet) - take practice test and go over reviews. I am damn sure 41 to 44 is going to be my score on the Quant section and that means I only need 22 to 25 on the Verbal. 21 is like 23 percentile so 22 to 25 does not sound hard at all for a person who mainly communicates in English. That's the reason why I have not allocated much time to verbal, but a lot of time for Quant.
Anyways, I just want some sort of guidance on how to prepare for a low verbal.
Thanks a lot in advance!
- Arun
