My GMAT result: Please advise

Well what have you done to study so far?

I suggest starting with basic math and verbal review

THEN do practise questions.

THEN do CATs.

Keep in mind that the verbal section is judging specific rules and their applications. You may think that your verbal abilities are strong, but you may be unaware of fundamental rules in SC, or determining how to weaken an assumption, etc.


What I did to improve my verbal:

1. Read. Read material like Business Week, Economist, Time, etc...You get used to a certain style of writing. Cut out any entertainment magazines, US, People,... Those publications try to present themselves in a personal manner (like how we post on the internet). From a technical standpoint, they make all types of grammatical errors. If you are used to reading that style of writing, you will think that common errors are correct during the Gmat.


2. When you view your errors on SC, or CR, make sure you understand why you were wrong, which choices were irrelevant and why, and finally why the correct answer was so. People make the mistake of just scanning to the right answer and memorizing it. You shouldn't just have an understanding of why one choice is right, but also why the other choices are wrong. You get better at picking things apart to narrow down answer choices.


3. Finally, you may want to cut out other message boards. I noticed when I started preparing for the GMAT I would read typical threads on all types of message boards (Non GMAT related). You get used to reading messages and understanding em even if theyre poorly written. kind of like these were. Staying away from internet jargon/talk helped me get in a certain frame of mind for the verbal section.

Thanks
I have used the OG guides and MGMAT. I did note that my first 4 out 5 questions in Verbal were wrong, which probably made my score tank. I am now doing a detailed review of the Verbal SC questions. Essentially just learning the rules. I think I can follow a formulaic approach in SC, but not sure if the same method can be applied in RC & CR.

Anyone have any views?