If after weeks of working diligently on your own you're unable to raise your score, it may be that you are mis-diagnosing the reason behind your current performance. Consider getting outside help from someone who has seen many ppl in your position and who can observe you work and give you feedback. Many tutors (including myself) will offer you one diagnostic session to test whether you can work well together.

If you decide to go with a tutor, don't assume that a tutor is qualified because he comes from a big company. Always ask for references.

On a final note, I tell my clients all the time that the best prep is one that focuses on mastering GMATPrep, because no test question (OG, MGMAT....) is as close to the real exam.

Best of luck,
-Patrick

Go see the guys at Veritas. I was having the same problem. On my official exam I got a Q47 and a V38. I haven't taken the real thing again, but my verbal scores have gone up on my practice exams.

vikram4689 wrote:hi guys,

I have given 2 practice tests and was beaten by them

Crack-Gmat Diagnostic Test : 595 (Q45,V20)
Gmat Prep Test 1 : 610 (Q49,V25)

Though Quant section is fine for me , i want to get similar score in VERBAL as well. I gave tried Manhattan SC guide but could not improve my score. I also did Sahil's notes but was not able to apply them in test. For CR i have read Powerscore but could not improve my score. Since im struggling in Verbal section i decided to tackle each of the subsection of Verbal one by one, i decided to start with SC and reviewed Manhattan SC before giving "Gmat Prep Test 1" but as you can see all effort was in vain. I want to know how should i proceed , i have only 45 days and want to score around 750 . I know a similar score,like that of quant, in verbal will do it but do not now how to raise my VERBAL score

The Verbal is the harder one to raise because the "rules" of logic and grammar outnumber those of Quant and are never taught as rigorously and completely as algebra is.

I don't think reading more strategy books is likely to help you until you have a clearer sense of what's going wrong. Review your diagnostic and prep tests for any trends and patterns; it is very likely there are specific topics or question types that are holding you back. Also note in your own practice every time that you have trouble with a question or have to guess a bit, even if you get it correct -- these are areas to review. Also note HOW MUCH trouble various things are; in an ideal world it doesn't come to this, but some people have some success being very ruthless about guessing on a small subset of rarer problems without really trying, saving that time for questions they have a chance on . . . this only works if you know your strengths very well.

Personally, I recommend that you do as much of this analysis as possible BEFORE you hire a tutor (it makes both your tasks easier), but if you don't feel comfortable with that then do what feels right to you.