VA Score - Only 20 with 50% accuracy? What should I do ?

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himneed700: Newbie | Next Rank: 10 Posts; Posts: 1; Joined: Sun Dec 04, 2016 9:46 pm

by himneed700 » Sun Dec 04, 2016 9:54 pm

Dear Friends,

Please help I have one month to got for my Gmat exam. While practicing from Manhattan. OG and Powerscore, I was doing well and thought I would be near 600 level somewhere. However, when I took gmatprep test I was thoroughly dissapointed as I scored meagre 530(Q42, VA 20) ...I don't know what to do. Here are frequency of mistakes in VA and Quant

VA - Qno. and no. of mistakes : Q1 Q3 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q18 Q 23 Q24 Q25 Q26 Q27 Q30 Q31 Q32 Q35 Q37 Q41
Total Score : 21 Only (20 Incorrect)

Consecutive Wrongs - RCs
CR Accuracy: 50%
SC Accuracy: 50%

QA - Qno. and no. of mistakes - Q1 Q2 Q12 Q16 Q17 Q23 Q26 Q31 Q 37
Total 41 (9 Incorrect)

What should I do ? Can I prep my VA score to 35-40 in one months time ? Also I have observed that I made many mistake consecutively in VA.

I need advise and a bit of guidance on VERBAL what I should do in next one month or ..?

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by [email protected] » Mon Dec 05, 2016 9:51 am

Hi himneed700,

Unfortunately, the goal of raising a V20 to a V35+ in a month is not realistic. In that same way, if your overall score goal is 700+, then you'll have to make some significant improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections - and that work will likely take at least another 3 months of consistent, guided study. Before we can talk about how best to proceed, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied?
2) What materials have you used?
3) How have you scored on each of your CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?

Goals:
4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School?
6) What Schools are you planning to apply to?

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by Bara » Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:35 pm

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