Can someone suggest ways to improve my GMAT score or the Verbal Score? I took my test last week and got a 660 (Q48 V33). My target is to get a 700-710+. Please feel free to ask questions, make comments or point out errors that you may see. I work full-time so I can't spare much time to study so the time I spend on it has to be extremely productive. This is the reason I am asking others to critic my style of preparation. I must be doing something wrong or not doing something right.
First, I took the GMAC Prep test without studying any other books just to see where I stand.
06/08 GMAC I: 560(Q39 V28)
I fished the OG-11 after taking the first demoralizing GMAC I CAT. It took me about 3 months because there were unavoidable breaks in between periods of continuous studying. Then I took the GMAC II.
09/05 GMAC II: 630 (Q44 V32)
I went through the Quantitative Review, Verbal Review and MGMAT SC. Then I took started taking the MGMAT CATs. The scores are as follows.
09/25 MGMAT I: 590 (Q43 V29)
10/02 MGMAT II: 620 (Q37 V37)
10/03 MGMAT III: 640 (Q43 V34)
10/03 MGMAT IV: 640 (Q38 V38)
10/04 MGMAT V: 640 (Q42 V35)
10/06 MGMAT VI: 650 (Q45 V34)
While doing the MGMAT CATs, I was reviewing and revising topics I had difficulties with. I also finished Kaplan 800 while doing the MGMAT CATs. However, I totally skipped out the RC portions from Verbal review and Kaplan 800. I felt pretty strong in CR while doing OG-11 and felt strong about SC after doing the MGMAT SC however after taking the 6 CATs by MGMAT, the assessment report showed that the average accuracy of three sections in the Verbal were all between 57 to 58%.
I know if I can improve my Verbal score I can improve my overall score by quite a bit. My plan was to go over the Aristotle SC Grail and then MGMAT SC again while practicing the problems from OG-11 and Verbal Review. Then I was going to go over Powerscore CR Bible and do the problems from OG-11 and Verbal review. Then for RC: do Aristotle's RC-99 and of course OG-11 and Verbal Review.
For some reason, after taking the test, I felt like I did not go over the explanations to answers of the verbal questions thoroughly. I feel like I cannot apply what I learned from the questions I got correct or incorrect, to problems I do later on. Can you please make some suggestions on that?
Any advice will be highly appreciated.
First, I took the GMAC Prep test without studying any other books just to see where I stand.
06/08 GMAC I: 560(Q39 V28)
I fished the OG-11 after taking the first demoralizing GMAC I CAT. It took me about 3 months because there were unavoidable breaks in between periods of continuous studying. Then I took the GMAC II.
09/05 GMAC II: 630 (Q44 V32)
I went through the Quantitative Review, Verbal Review and MGMAT SC. Then I took started taking the MGMAT CATs. The scores are as follows.
09/25 MGMAT I: 590 (Q43 V29)
10/02 MGMAT II: 620 (Q37 V37)
10/03 MGMAT III: 640 (Q43 V34)
10/03 MGMAT IV: 640 (Q38 V38)
10/04 MGMAT V: 640 (Q42 V35)
10/06 MGMAT VI: 650 (Q45 V34)
While doing the MGMAT CATs, I was reviewing and revising topics I had difficulties with. I also finished Kaplan 800 while doing the MGMAT CATs. However, I totally skipped out the RC portions from Verbal review and Kaplan 800. I felt pretty strong in CR while doing OG-11 and felt strong about SC after doing the MGMAT SC however after taking the 6 CATs by MGMAT, the assessment report showed that the average accuracy of three sections in the Verbal were all between 57 to 58%.
I know if I can improve my Verbal score I can improve my overall score by quite a bit. My plan was to go over the Aristotle SC Grail and then MGMAT SC again while practicing the problems from OG-11 and Verbal Review. Then I was going to go over Powerscore CR Bible and do the problems from OG-11 and Verbal review. Then for RC: do Aristotle's RC-99 and of course OG-11 and Verbal Review.
For some reason, after taking the test, I felt like I did not go over the explanations to answers of the verbal questions thoroughly. I feel like I cannot apply what I learned from the questions I got correct or incorrect, to problems I do later on. Can you please make some suggestions on that?
Any advice will be highly appreciated.
considering my south asian origin. I know someone got a 49/33 as compared with my 48/33, and he had a 690 whereas I had a 660! I wish I could get that 49 in Quant and a little better in the Verbal....
