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tisrar02: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 130; Joined: Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:13 amFollowed by: 4 members; Location: Toronto, Ontario; Thanked: 16 times; GMAT Score:650

by tisrar02 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:26 pm

Hello all,

So I just came back from the test center not too long ago. I scored a 550 (Q41,V25) and I don't know what to do. My main goal is 600-650 in order to be competitive for the school that I am applying too. I just do not know how to raise my verbal score after 3 months of prep. My last 4 mock exam scores were as follows:

Grockit: 630 (Q44 V35)
MGMAT- 580 (Q42 V 28)
GMAT PREP 590 (Q42 V30)
GMAT PREP 650 (Q44 V35) --> I did see close to 3 verbal repeats but I took the normal time to complete so I would not bank any extra time.

I have a month left before my application is closed and I need a min of 580 to even be considered with my verbal in the 28-30+ range. Please someone help me with the verbal section. Quant I do not care about at this point. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. I just got the Kaplan Premier book from a friend. Any insight if that could potentially help.

Thank you!

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by brianlange77 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:01 pm

tisrar02 wrote:Hello all,

So I just came back from the test center not too long ago. I scored a 550 (Q41,V25) and I don't know what to do. My main goal is 600-650 in order to be competitive for the school that I am applying too. I just do not know how to raise my verbal score after 3 months of prep. My last 4 mock exam scores were as follows:

Grockit: 630 (Q44 V35)
MGMAT- 580 (Q42 V 28)
GMAT PREP 590 (Q42 V30)
GMAT PREP 650 (Q44 V35) --> I did see close to 3 verbal repeats but I took the normal time to complete so I would not bank any extra time.

I have a month left before my application is closed and I need a min of 580 to even be considered with my verbal in the 28-30+ range. Please someone help me with the verbal section. Quant I do not care about at this point. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. I just got the Kaplan Premier book from a friend. Any insight if that could potentially help.

Thank you!

Great questions -- sorry things didn't work out the way you wanted them to. A few initial reactions:

1. Even though it's not all apples-to-apples comparisons, you've scored in a wide range for verbal on your practice tests. What do your diagnostics suggest? https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ice-tests/ Is it just verbal in general? Specific to SC/CR/RC?

2. You need to allow yourself to take a deep breath -- and come up with a plan. I like these links (even though they are just for 14 days, but many of the points are the same.)
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... an-part-1/
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ew-part-2/

3. You need to ask yourself what you think went wrong -- https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ent-wrong/
-- and how you are going to get a plan in place to fix it.. and quick!

Let me know if you think this makes sense.

-Brian

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tisrar02: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 130; Joined: Fri Apr 20, 2012 8:13 amFollowed by: 4 members; Location: Toronto, Ontario; Thanked: 16 times; GMAT Score:650

by tisrar02 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:25 pm

Thank you very much for the insight Brian. Ironically I was researching some of Ron's previous posts about the verbal section in general. I need to go back and really figure out why those answers I answered were correct and why the answers I answered incorrectly were incorrect.

I feel that Verbal in general is bad for me. On my second last mock on GMAT PREP, I got 8/13-RC, 6/11- CR and 11/17 SC, these scores leading to a V30 score.

I guess I was taking a very mechanical approach to the CR/RC when I should really be using my intuition.

I will definitely look into the links you have provided for me.

Thanks

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