First attempt 640 - Verbal strategy HELP needed for Retake

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Hi BTGers,

Took the exam about 1.5 weeks back and scored a 640 (Q46, V32) My strategy and schedule during my first attempt was like this:

Study Materials used-
Manhattan set of 8 guides.
OG 12th edition (did not finish practising CR as I ran out of prep time)
OG Quant Review
OG Verbal Review (only SC)
Powerscore CR Bible

Practice tests-
MGMAT #1 650 (Q45, V34)
GMATPrep #1 620 (Q42, V32)
MGMAT #2 640 (Q44, V34)
MGMAT #3 620 (Q41, V34)
GMATPrep #1 650
GMATPrep #2 620 (Q46, V30)
GMATPrep #2 Retake 720 (Q48, V40) [Not very representative]

I have made a new study plan focused on Verbal, as this is the area that needs to be improved a lot:

1. Apart from going over major books again (MGMAT+OGs), I also intend to go over the basics with Kaplan Math & Verbal workbooks since I have the time to prepare.
2. OG 11 and 10
3. GMATClub tests for hard Math questions
4. Retake the 6 MGMAT CATs and GMATPreps
5. Solve the GMATPrep document questions in the end of prep, after exhausting the tests.
6. Concentrate on building my stamina with better food and exercise.
7. Take all CATs with essays and IR if possible.

Please do chip in with your tips and advice on how to go about from 640 to 700+ in about 2 months time. I believe I can do it this time. My main focus will be boosting my Verbal score to a 40.

Thanks!!
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by Jim@StratusPrep » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:20 am
Looks like you had a solid set of materials, make sure you understand why you are getting specific problems wrong, what fundamental areas you need to improve on and what problem solving techniques you can use to be more flexible when approaching problems.
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by hifunda » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:28 am
Thanks Jim, Yes I had a good set of resources, but I guess I couldn't do enough justice to practise more problems. My major pain point is CR, for which accuracy is abysmally low at 40-50%.

What other tests do you suggest I use this time as I have kinda run out of GMATPreps and few MGMAT mocks are remaining? (I intend to also do the old GMATPrep and Powerprep tests this time)

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by hifunda » Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:17 am
Can someone please provide some advice for my retake?

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by sam2304 » Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:46 pm
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