Sentence Correction is usually a good area of focus if you're looking for a quick score boost. When you're going through your old practice exams, try to determine if there are any SC categories that caused you particular difficulty. (Common issues: parallel construction, modifier placement, illogical meaning.) Then go back to the Official Guide and drill away. Post questions here.

Also, I'm going to make my daily argument for the benefits of mindfulness meditation. There's plenty of good research about how a mindfulness practice can boost test scores in as little as two weeks: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archi ... on/275564/

Happy to pass along my favorite guided meditations if you're interested.

It's funny, because I was going to say Sentence Correction as well, but I recently worked with a student who had neglected doing any kind of Reading Comp strategy because she thought you were either "a good reader or not." Once she actually slowed way down and starting DOING a Reading Comp strategy, is actually made a BIG difference in her Verbal score.

She went from getting about 2 questions correct per passage (out of 4 or 5), to getting 4 or 5 questions correct per passage!

So, I think actually RC might be a way to get a quick boost, especially if you've not given it a lot of attention. If you feel great about RC, then disregard, but a couple extra correct questions per passage can often make a BIG impact!

Here's what I recommend you try:

Good RC Strategy

Step 1 - Read the Passage in order to make a Passage Map (see example: https://gmatrockstar.com/2014/01/17/gmat ... y-purpose/)

Step 2 - Rephrase the Question

Step 3 - Write Down a Prediction (Go Back to the Passage if you need to!)

Step 4 - Eliminate 3 Choices (Use "+", "-"", and "?" Symbols)

Step 5 - Carefully Compare the "Final Two"

Ask yourself:

- Does the Wrong Answer Use Unnecessary Extreme Language?

- Is the Wrong Answer Outside the Scope of the Passage?

- Is the Wrong Answer Not Specifically Answering THIS Question?

- Can I Rephrase the Wrong Answer to Make It More Understandably Incorrect?

Best,
Vivian