Low accuracy in verbal

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tan_c: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 8; Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:29 pm

by tan_c » Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:44 am

I've started solving OG questions after completing Manhattan rc, Manhattan Sc and powerscore cr bible. i've taken notes and made flashcards. i'm done with sc and cr from the og12 and my accuracy hovered around the 75% mark.

I do time my og questions. almost all mistakes i make are stupid and i get 90% of the incorrect questions the second time i solve the questions. i feel that i'm wasting the OG questions by getting such a low accuracy in them. should i go back to revising concepts and practicing more problems? also, are the OG verbal review(2nd edition) questions as good as the official guide questions? or are they easier compared to them?

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by sam2304 » Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:25 am

Accuracy deteriorates as you go on solving the problems. The questions in the OG are comprised of 3 levels of difficulty with almost same number of questions in each level. Try learning a lot from mistakes. How to avoid the mistakes whatever you have done solving last time. Analyze more, solve less. Read posts by experts on how to go ahead with analysis, how much time to spend on solving and analyzing. Repeat the medium/hard problems again after a week or 10 days. We won't be remembering all the questions in mind. Try to download the OG error log available in the below link and the articles as well. It has topic/difficulty wise split up of OG questions.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/gmat-error-log

OG Verbal is similar to OG 12 with additional 300 questions. Same 3 level difficultly in each section. If you have exhausted all your resources go for it.

tan_c: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 8; Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:29 pm

by tan_c » Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:50 am

Hey! thanks for the quick reply.

i realized that solving too many problems at a stretch has affected my accuracy.

i'm mostly messing up the medium/hard questions with accuracies of 67-75 in them. i guess i'll go through concepts and then as you suggested, will get back to the difficult questions after 10-15 days. i am already using the error log for OG practice. it helps a lot.

i plan to take up the verbal and quant review books towards the end. i want to perfect all concepts and practice additional problems before i solve those books. i think jumping onto them right now will be a waste of official gmat material.

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