SC make me go crazy.... :)

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SC make me go crazy.... :)

by sumidi » Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:12 am
So I did all the SC questions in the orange book and you will be surprised to hear that I got about 70-75 % right without any preparation or anything. I did 10-15 question blocks, looked at what I got wrong read the explanations and they all made sense and moved on. I almost always just read the whole sentence out 5 times and knocked off the ones which didnt sound right and looked for patterns and then the best sounding one.

After coming to this website I realised I should probably ante up my grammar and therefore bought MGMAT SC, read Spidey's Notes, and read Sahil's Notes.

I went back through all the questions even though I had done them all.

After completing my first 50 questions (as a block) I got 25 wrong. :(

I was so upset. I gave it a break and went to bed.

But I woke up this morning and I think I know what it is. I read too much. I am all confused, when I look at a question, rather then using my gut feeling and what sounds right I spent way too much time analysing the different things. I think I should be using my new learned knowledge when it comes down to picking it between two or three choices as opposed to apply from the outset. I am going to try this tonight.

Anyone run into this?

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by teejayz » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:09 pm
My, so I am not alone in this. I have been getting mid to high 30's in my verbal, I found I was missing a lot of SC (I also now realize I need to work on my RC).

So I spent a week going over and over Manhattan SC and all the other resources. I took a CAT test bristling with confidence at all I have just absorbed. HORROR! my verbal was the lowest ever, I mean EVER. I missed almost all the SC's! 25!!!

I will use my gut for SC and only use all the 'good' stuff I absorbed if I get stuck :lol:

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by sumidi » Tue Oct 14, 2008 2:45 pm
Cool... good luck!

let me know how it goes. I am working through the purple book and will let you know of my results soon.

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SC horror

by smalishah84 » Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:04 am
OMG I gave the GMAT Prep software from mba.com today and scored a 700 on it. 48Q,38V. The raw scores were 25/37Q and 23/41V. In verbal I made 18 mistakes out of which about 11 were SCs. I have used the Manhattan SC guide. I am not improving much. Somebody please advise.