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Dear Gurus, need your advice for my verbal strategy.

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by im37 » Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:30 pm
I have taken the gmat 2 weeks ago and scored 620 Q49 V26 AWA 5.0

I have used Princeton Review so far and only the OG11 for the quantitative. Non-native speaker.

Of cosz I am happy to boost my quantitative to 51, but I am more willing to improve my verbal score to around 35.

Is there any good suggesstions and books for me to start with?
I have got
Manhattan SC Guide 2003 ed
Powerscore Critical Reasoning Bible

In the Gmat I was really lost when I was reading the comprehension passage. Seems that I failed to acknowledge the main point the passages tries to make.

I am going to retake my gmat in early January. Any advice will be helpful thx.
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by bacali » Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:51 pm
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by MarsellusW » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:25 am
I'm not a native speaker either and have problems with the verbal section.

For reading comps, strange as it may seem, taking the TOEFL iBT was tremendous help. TOEFL reading comps are easier than GMAT reading comps but you can get the idea behind reading comps and the "magic" inference questions become mush easier than before. Assumption questions get easier with CR practice. Now, I get about 95% of straight RC questions and about 60-70% of assumption/inference questions right.

For Critical Reasoning the only advice is to practice, practice and practice from the OG and the OG Verbal book. Kaplan 800 contains a lot of tricky CR questions but the explanations are just great and it helps you a lot. I started with 3/10 a month ago and it improved to 8-9/10. I usually solve 15-20 CR problems a day.

Many people say that Sentence Correction is the "easiest" part, if such a thing exists on the GMAT. The Princeton Review's methodology used with the OG and OG Verbal can make wonders. Nevertheless, for me, SC is still the hardest part of the exam, as I get only 4-5 out of 10 right. Yet, it's better than a month ago, when I got only 15-20% of the SC questions right.

My Verbal score improved from 25 to 33 in a month and actually I am sorry now that I took the test last week, I should have waited and studied more. I think that 40 is not impossible for a non-native speaker.

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by cramya » Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:45 am
I have got
Manhattan SC Guide 2003 ed
Powerscore Critical Reasoning Bible
IMO, this +OG 11 is all u need for sentence correction and critical reasoning. If possible try to get the latest sentence correction book(3rd edition I think) published by MGMAT (I have heard that this better than the 2003 and 2007 edition)

Princeton should do for reading comprehension.
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critical reasoning power score bible

by LEMAGICIEN » Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:09 am
Hey Gents,
I've been looking for this guide for so long!
Could you help me to download it?
And by the way, your verbal and SC section deep enhancement is just by the manhattan verbal guides away!
Best of luck!
ALEXANDRE N'DJORE
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by aim-wsc » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:20 am
I agree with MarsellusW,

Here is books review from BeatTheGMAT

@LEMAGICIEN you can purchase ManhattanGMAT book from amazon.com or visit the official site.
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