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Improving my score on Verbal - going from a 26 to a 42/44

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Improving my score on Verbal - going from a 26 to a 42/44

by kriti87 » Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:33 pm
Hi,

I recently gave my GMAT and I scored 26 on the Verbal section. I am quite disappointed. These are the following books I refered to for verbal :

Manhattan GMAT SC
Manhattan GMAT RC,
Powerscore CR
OG 12
Verbal Review, 2nd edition

Plus checking out free resources on BTG and Manhattan GMAT.

Now I am planning retake GMAT in mid-October. But, I don't know where to begin studying.

Since, sentence correction had been my weakness on practice tests, I focused on the basic rules of grammar etc..and I improved. But, my CR and RC fluctuate. Up until the last practice test, i used to get the following incorrect:

CR - 3/4 incorrect
SC - 3/4/5 incorrect
RC - 4/5 incorrect

Please help. I am also considering taking some online course such as Knewton.com or MasterGMAT.com.

Any recommendations anyone?
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by vineeshp » Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:54 pm
There is no such quantifiable solution to improve from 26 to 44. (I learned it the hard way)
If you are getting a max of 10-12 incorrect, your score must be better than 26. am just saying this, there is no such rule.

What you can improve is consistency. Did you try CR Bible? That book is really useful if you can put it to good use. Learn it and practice the lessons every time you work on CR. I learned everything the book had to offer but I waned away and forgot the lessons I learnt. (My final Verbal score is 38.)

RC: Well, I have seen many ppl recommend that you start reading tough passages in the newspaper and try writing out summaries. Over time, you probably will learn to stop missing impt points in the passage and will eventually help your RC skills. Just a suggestion again. I am no expert to recommend anythin.
Vineesh,
Just telling you what I know and think. I am not the expert. :)
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by sunnyjohn » Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:05 am
Hi,

I agree with Vineeshp on certain points. First if you are getting 10-12 questions wrong, chances that you will get 26 are very less. I normally get 10-11 questions wrong on verbal sections, and my average verbal score is 37-39.

Regarding SC section - Can not recommend as I am also working on it. (My own accuracy - 60-75%).
Regarding CR section - I believe nothing can beat power score bible. I improved my accuracy from 60% to 90-95%. (My accuracy - very high, this is my best section ).
Regarding RC section - I think RC will improve with practice. Make some general strategy and learn to implement it. (My own accuracy - varying from 70 - 100%)

I scored 670 on my first attempt of GMAT around 2 years ago. I have been working on my weak areas from last 2 months and have been scoring 720+ in most of the practice tests.

I have only one simple strategy - get my self familiar with every type of question (as GMAT has only few types), and make sure I have a framework to solve every question.

I have found that MasterGMAT is very very good.
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