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by hsingh2088 » Tue Nov 12, 2013 1:15 pm
I have been studying this thing for the better part of the last month, and I am sick and tired of the explanations in the MGMAT book on what a present-particple, compound verb, compound noun etc. I don't find these explanations helpful at all

Is there some kind of worksheet, or summary or reference guide to the SC section where it's actually written in terms that non-English majors can understand? I read through this book about 3 times and none of it is sinking in. This stuff is so arbitrary and varied that it is really starting to get to me....
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by [email protected] » Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:59 pm
Hi hsingh2088,

Most books offer SC explanations based on "technical explanations" for grammar rules. Instead of trying to comprehend the "wording" of the explanations, you might find it easier to focus more on the "patterns" behind the grammar. Since the GMAT is built heavily on Quant and Verbal patterns, your memory and ability to spot patterns might be all that you need to earn those missing SC points.

As a separate question, are you using any GMAT resources besides the MGMAT books?

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by dominhtri1995 » Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:49 pm
Practice Practice Practice !!!!

Go to the OG, do it. Then, read the OE , you will see a lot more improvements rather than try to learn by heart " rules" in books.

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by Resp007 » Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:36 pm
HI,
Just cover the first 100 pages of MGMAT-SC till IDIOMS chapter. Skip IDIOMS chapter and rest. Then practice from OG. This should be enough for a decent score in SC and you can improve your verbal score via RC and CR.

Read the story of ngufo
https://www.beatthegmat.com/gmat-720-95- ... t7227.html

Hope it helps.
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by AmitKhattar » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:09 pm
Hi,
I started my prep for GMAT 2 weeks back. I am planning to give the exam in April/May 2015. I got 690 on the 1st prep test. 48 Quant, 34 Verbal. How should I proceed from here? I faced maximum difficulty in sentence correction. Is joining a prep institute recommended or is self study sufficient?
Can someone please recommend some good resources.
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by ilyana » Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:28 am
AmitKhattar wrote:Hi,
I started my prep for GMAT 2 weeks back. I am planning to give the exam in April/May 2015. I got 690 on the 1st prep test. 48 Quant, 34 Verbal. How should I proceed from here? I faced maximum difficulty in sentence correction. Is joining a prep institute recommended or is self study sufficient?
Can someone please recommend some good resources.
Hello!
You already have a decent score and a lot of time ahead to boot. There's only one fly in the ointment: the higher the score, the harder it becomes to improve it. So, it still means a lot of work to do.

With such a great score as a starting point you can prepare yourself, using Manhattan books, Official Guide (not only the main book, but Verbal Review and Quantitative Reviews as well) and this forum. Also it's a good idea to start reading a lot in English, because it can improve your speed of reading (precious thing on the GMAT).
In Quantitative Section there're quite straightforward rules, so you could try any problems from any source you can find. With Verbal Section and especially SC I'd recommend sticking to official problems only (all Official Guides plus GMATPrep problems - it's already quite a lot, but if you feel that's not enough, you can always buy some additional tests).

You need a teacher or courses only if you have trouble organizing your studies.
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by Gowri@CrackVerbal » Tue Dec 03, 2013 11:59 pm
AmitKhattar wrote:Hi,
I started my prep for GMAT 2 weeks back. I am planning to give the exam in April/May 2015. I got 690 on the 1st prep test. 48 Quant, 34 Verbal. How should I proceed from here? I faced maximum difficulty in sentence correction. Is joining a prep institute recommended or is self study sufficient?
Can someone please recommend some good resources.
Hey Amit,
690 is a great score to begin your GMAT prep! :)
You now need to understand the gaps in your performance - what kind of mistakes are you making? What areas are tripping you up?
The first step to understand this is to analyze your test performance.
1. Find out which section(s) you are weak in - SC, CR or RC?
2. Next, identify within each section, what concepts are you weak on - for e.g. assumption questions in CR or modifiers in SC.
3. Also try to pin point what type of mistakes you're making - are you running short of time? where you completely lost at certain questions? or are you making just silly mistakes?
This in-depth analysis will tell you clearly what you need to focus on.

Practice only official questions - from the OG, Verbal and Quant Reviews and the GMAT Qn Pack. Also check out this blog we've written on making GMAT preparation more effective: www.crackverbal.com/effective-gmat-prep/

A lot of material and many diff techniques and strategies are available online - so it is easy to get confused. The last thing you want is to go all over the place learning techniques that may not really help you. This is where a structures training program can help. You will learn only those things that are relevant to your preparation and to your goal of acing the GMAT, nothing more or less.

CrackVerbal has online courses (both live, instructor-led, and recorded) and classroom programs. You can learn more details here: https://www.crackverbal.com/gmat-prep/gmat-courses/

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by pareekbharat86 » Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:48 am
Resp007 wrote:HI,
Just cover the first 100 pages of MGMAT-SC till IDIOMS chapter. Skip IDIOMS chapter and rest. Then practice from OG. This should be enough for a decent score in SC and you can improve your verbal score via RC and CR.

Read the story of ngufo
https://www.beatthegmat.com/gmat-720-95- ... t7227.html

Hope it helps.
Resp007
I agree. I read the entire SC from Manhattan except for the Idioms part and my verbal improved from 33-35 to 42! Idioms chapter is important, but its hard to remember what's written there. Just read the idioms chapter again and again at leisure...something will sink in.
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by AmitKhattar » Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:22 am
That was really helpful. Thank You
ilyana wrote:
AmitKhattar wrote:Hi,
I started my prep for GMAT 2 weeks back. I am planning to give the exam in April/May 2015. I got 690 on the 1st prep test. 48 Quant, 34 Verbal. How should I proceed from here? I faced maximum difficulty in sentence correction. Is joining a prep institute recommended or is self study sufficient?
Can someone please recommend some good resources.
Hello!
You already have a decent score and a lot of time ahead to boot. There's only one fly in the ointment: the higher the score, the harder it becomes to improve it. So, it still means a lot of work to do.

With such a great score as a starting point you can prepare yourself, using Manhattan books, Official Guide (not only the main book, but Verbal Review and Quantitative Reviews as well) and this forum. Also it's a good idea to start reading a lot in English, because it can improve your speed of reading (precious thing on the GMAT).
In Quantitative Section there're quite straightforward rules, so you could try any problems from any source you can find. With Verbal Section and especially SC I'd recommend sticking to official problems only (all Official Guides plus GMATPrep problems - it's already quite a lot, but if you feel that's not enough, you can always buy some additional tests).

You need a teacher or courses only if you have trouble organizing your studies.
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by AmitKhattar » Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:28 am
Thanks.
Your website is amazing.. You have so much free content.
Can you elaborate a bit on the GMAT scholarship test shown on your website?
Gowri@CrackVerbal wrote:
AmitKhattar wrote:Hi,
I started my prep for GMAT 2 weeks back. I am planning to give the exam in April/May 2015. I got 690 on the 1st prep test. 48 Quant, 34 Verbal. How should I proceed from here? I faced maximum difficulty in sentence correction. Is joining a prep institute recommended or is self study sufficient?
Can someone please recommend some good resources.
Hey Amit,
690 is a great score to begin your GMAT prep! :)
You now need to understand the gaps in your performance - what kind of mistakes are you making? What areas are tripping you up?
The first step to understand this is to analyze your test performance.
1. Find out which section(s) you are weak in - SC, CR or RC?
2. Next, identify within each section, what concepts are you weak on - for e.g. assumption questions in CR or modifiers in SC.
3. Also try to pin point what type of mistakes you're making - are you running short of time? where you completely lost at certain questions? or are you making just silly mistakes?
This in-depth analysis will tell you clearly what you need to focus on.

Practice only official questions - from the OG, Verbal and Quant Reviews and the GMAT Qn Pack. Also check out this blog we've written on making GMAT preparation more effective: www.crackverbal.com/effective-gmat-prep/

A lot of material and many diff techniques and strategies are available online - so it is easy to get confused. The last thing you want is to go all over the place learning techniques that may not really help you. This is where a structures training program can help. You will learn only those things that are relevant to your preparation and to your goal of acing the GMAT, nothing more or less.

CrackVerbal has online courses (both live, instructor-led, and recorded) and classroom programs. You can learn more details here: https://www.crackverbal.com/gmat-prep/gmat-courses/

Hope this helps! :)
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