Devastating blow. 650 ===> The abyss

Well, i just came back from the test centre, where I had an aboslute disaster. I took my first test in May and was slightly disappointed with my 650, so decided to go at it again. I have been studying for 3 months, 15 hours a week on average. This time around i used the OG and both supplements, i th...

Too busy fighting quant; blind sided by verbal (650)

Hi Everyone, First of all, thanks to everyone on the forum; it has been a source of great motivation and reassurance - it really keeps me going. I took the GMAT last week and scored 650 (Q42 V38). My target score is >700. I took a practice test several months back and scored around 48 on the verbal ...

Thanks Brian. Your explanation really helps. I can definitely see the logical conflict between 'had been known' coming before 'was the ancestral home'. Thinking about your comment on the emphatic timeline (and sorry for straying from the question slightly), I guess it would be ok to say: "Befor...