How to improve verbal (and cross the 600 barrier?)

Hey Mel,

Congratulations on some great score improvements! That's a ton of progress and a great testament to the work you've done thus far.

My take on further improvement - my guess is that you've spent a lot of time on the "what" (knowledge: facts, rules, formulas, etc.) and can still improve quite a bit on the "how" (strategy, cues that let you know when to use each rule, etc.).

You mentioned that you "studied MGMAT SC twice", and that's one indicator to me that you're still on the "what" level. That's a great study resource, but reading it twice is akin to reading a book on skiing twice. It gives you some great information about skiing, but in order to become a better skier you have to...ski! And then think about what you're doing while you do it - it's one thing to know about modifiers and verb tenses, but another to get a feel for "decision points" (there are three different forms of the same verb in the answer choices - I need to check it for singular/plural accuracy and for a logical verb tense for the timing of the sentence) and strategy.

I'd do a lot more self-analysis on problems - what error did you miss, why did you select the answer that you chose, why did you know to make a decision at that point, etc. Think more this time through about how to do the problems and not just what they're about.

Hello Brian

Thanks a lot for your feedback!

Please allow me to clarify

SC - I have improved in my SC ten times and I give 100% credit to your assistance in the past and especially "use it or loose it" tip. It changed the whole game of SC in a good way! I am a lot confident in SC that I will do well if i keep my eyes and ears open and dont do silly mistakes.

CR - This time i mostly used no strategy as such. I have started studying power score now. I would appreciate if you could please add any strategy if not already included for SC or anything else i should be reading.

RC - This time was approach was mostly to understand the structure of the passage (not the minute details (dates / names). i dint get too busy with details and only the structure and main ideas of the passage. That strategy dint gain much marks but it dint loose much too so i guess it was a good starting point. Is there any books / source you could plz recommend for RC.

Thanks a lot again!