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Take it Higher
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- Joined: Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:37 am
- GMAT Score:650
Hi All,
I gave my GMAT today and got a 650. I studied for about a month, which includes 14 days of dedicated study (took leave from work). My Target is 700.
I got the following section scores : Q44, V34
As you can see, my verbal score is not good.
I am planning a retake in a month and would really appreciate any suggestions you can provide on my plan below or tips you can provide to get this extra 50! Just want to check through your experiences if the below strategy should be enough.
I plan to take a 1 month unpaid leave, starting in a week or two. During this time, I will practice both math and verbal with major focus on verbal. I realize that the major issue with me is speed. If I take enough time for SC, CR and RC, I get correct answers for almost all answers (tested and verified this during OG practice). However, with time pressure I guess I screw up especially in CR and RC.
During the actual GMAT's verbal section, I realised that I was short of time for the last 10 questions (10 questions in 13 minutes). I believe these last 10 minutes caused most errors.
Do you guys think a dedicated, continuous practice for a month will help in the speed issue (bcoz I am already in momentum, I dont want GMAT to take a backseat again) ? Whether this dedicated one month plan will help is what I want to know.
For RC and CR, I practiced the complete OG once. For SC, I did OG and Kaplan 800 twice. I also did the Verbal OG(the purple book). What do you think I can do to improve my verbal score.
I have exhausted all questions in OG, should I keep repractising the OG multiple times or refer to many other books. The problem is if you do a question from a book more than twice, the third time when you see the starting sentence of that question, you would know the answer; its no fun after that. So, how can I practice Official Guide so many times because many forums say OG is the best?
Sorry, too many questions. I am sure many would be facing these issues with verbal section.
Cheers!
~TAKE IT HIGHER~
I gave my GMAT today and got a 650. I studied for about a month, which includes 14 days of dedicated study (took leave from work). My Target is 700.
I got the following section scores : Q44, V34
As you can see, my verbal score is not good.
I am planning a retake in a month and would really appreciate any suggestions you can provide on my plan below or tips you can provide to get this extra 50! Just want to check through your experiences if the below strategy should be enough.
I plan to take a 1 month unpaid leave, starting in a week or two. During this time, I will practice both math and verbal with major focus on verbal. I realize that the major issue with me is speed. If I take enough time for SC, CR and RC, I get correct answers for almost all answers (tested and verified this during OG practice). However, with time pressure I guess I screw up especially in CR and RC.
During the actual GMAT's verbal section, I realised that I was short of time for the last 10 questions (10 questions in 13 minutes). I believe these last 10 minutes caused most errors.
Do you guys think a dedicated, continuous practice for a month will help in the speed issue (bcoz I am already in momentum, I dont want GMAT to take a backseat again) ? Whether this dedicated one month plan will help is what I want to know.
For RC and CR, I practiced the complete OG once. For SC, I did OG and Kaplan 800 twice. I also did the Verbal OG(the purple book). What do you think I can do to improve my verbal score.
I have exhausted all questions in OG, should I keep repractising the OG multiple times or refer to many other books. The problem is if you do a question from a book more than twice, the third time when you see the starting sentence of that question, you would know the answer; its no fun after that. So, how can I practice Official Guide so many times because many forums say OG is the best?
Sorry, too many questions. I am sure many would be facing these issues with verbal section.
Cheers!
~TAKE IT HIGHER~
