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Need Help , especially in verbal :((

by ahmed.taha » Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:53 am
Hello All,

I took my GMAT last Monday scoring 440 (38Q , 13V), which is very low especially in verbal....

Actually my target score was in mid 600's so i need to improve my Quant score with at least 7 points and my verbal score with at least 20 points :(

So please i need your help desperately.

I think my weakest verbal area is the RC I usually got lost in the middle of the passage and lose the track in the passage, also sometime I have to read the passage again in every question wasting a lot of time and also not answering the questions correctly...

In the exam there were 4 passages (2 long and 2 short) so i totally lost focus in the last one also I
ran out of time..

I solved all OG13 RC questions with accuracy 55%

As for SC I studied MGMAT strategy guide which built the basics for me , then I solved all OG13 SC questions for 2 times ending with 70% accuracy..


for CR I think this is my strongest area, studying MGMAT strategy guide and solving all OG13 Qns with accuracy 80%

my scores on CATs were as following...

GMATprep1 Q33 V13 Total 390
800.com Q25 V22 Total 400
800.com Q30 V18 Total 400
800.com Q33 v25 Total 490
800.com Q24 v30 Total 460
800.com Q38 v30 Total 560
Gmatprep1 (2nd time) Q13 v19 Total 320 (was very tired)
Gmatprep2 (1st time) Q33 v22 Total 510
Gmatprep1 (3rd time) Q47 v27 Total 600 (reset and doing the exam again)
Gmatprep2 (2nd time) Q45 v28 Total 600 (reset and doing the exam again)


I believe there was a long sequence of wrong answers in the actual GMAT exam led to score 13 in verbal my cause I believe that my capabilities is better that the actual score...


So please need your advice and help for a strategy and materials especially in verbal to score between 30 -35

I still have 8 weeks so I think I can achieve the desired score....

Thanks a lot...
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by Mike@Magoosh » Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:04 pm
Dear ahmed.taha
My friend, I'm sorry to hear of your struggles.

Here's a three-month plan to help folks in your situation:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/3-month-gm ... l-focused/
I realize you have only eight weeks, so you will have to cut some and compress this.

Here's a free idiom ebook you may find helpful:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-idiom-ebook/

My big piece of advice to you is:
READ
Read every day. Read at least an hour a day, over and above any of your GMAT prep. Read hard, challenging material in English. Here are some suggestions about what to read:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-reading-list/
In particular, if you want an MBA some day, the best way to be informed about the world you are entering, as well as one of the best ways to prepare for the GMAT Verbal, is to read the Economist magazine, cover to cover, every single week.
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/reading-fo ... economist/

Here's a free GMAT SC practice question:
https://gmat.magoosh.com/questions/3597
Here's a free GMAT RC practice question:
https://gmat.magoosh.com/questions/2721
When you submit your answer to each of those, the following page will have a video explanation of the question. Each one of our questions has its own video explanation, for accelerated learning.

There's a lot more on that free blog about GMAT Verbal --- please go through that blog and get everything you can.

I hope all this helps. Best of luck to you.
Mike :-)
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by VivianKerr » Fri Nov 01, 2013 6:35 pm
With an RC accuracy of less than 55%, that's a serious strategy issue. Ideally, if you work untimed, you should be getting a minimum of 80% accuracy. After all, RC is an open book test!

Check out this board: https://learni.st/users/60/boards/41432- ... nd-for-all

It outlines my strategy for tackling RC effectively -- I find it's the question-type most students underestimate.

The main thing is don't try to understand everything in the passage or summarize the STATED information. You only have to extract enough information to be able to answer the GMAT questions -- so read between the lines, and draw your own conclusions as you read based on what is IMPLIED.

I write down the following as I read:

-Topic
-Scope
-Function of each paragraph
-Point of view
-Purpose of the passage

None of these things (besides the Topic) are directly stated in the passage, so by filling in this "Passage Map" as you read, you're forced to read actively and aggressively, digging out the info the questions will ask about later.
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by ahmed.taha » Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:03 am
Dears,

Sorry for disappearing but my wife gave birth of my 2 baby daughters last week :)

Many thanks for your suggestions and feedback for my problems , I will try to stick to the below advises as much as I can..


thanks a lot again.....
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