First GMAT Prep Test

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First GMAT Prep Test

by rah_pandey » Sat May 30, 2009 6:33 am
Dear All,
Today i gave my first prep test. The scores were
Q 50
V 30
Overall 670
I could not complete all questions in Verbal. Only 39/41 and 36/37 in quant.
My general feeling is that time is a very big constraint and i can remember that i was comfortable on timing in verbal and so reduced my pace and soon realised that i was behind schedule. The same thing happened in Quant.

In verbal==> i got 15 wrong from 39 the break up is as follows
SC-7
RC-5
CR-3

Would like some guidance on sentence correction and time management
In Sentence correction I have gone through Manhattan book once, but i cant see any improvement in my abilities. My problem is also that i take a lot of time in solving questions and if test is timed it pressurises me at the end and if it is untimed than i lose concentration. What should be the strategy to handle the SC questions. 95% of the time loking at the original sentence i cannot tell what and where is the mistake. Is there some thumb rule that i am not aware of.

I am taking my test on 15th July 09. Any help guidance would be good

Rahul
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Re: First GMAT Prep Test

by farooq » Sat May 30, 2009 10:13 am
I have gone through Manhattan book once, but i cant see any improvement in my abilities.
It is recommended to study MH SC book regularly. I had a same problem, but after 2nd and 3rd revision I become comfortable with the MH strategies.

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Farooq.
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by 4score20 » Sat May 30, 2009 3:00 pm
You might try working through the Official Guide or the PowerScore Sentence Correction Bible.

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by Mustang » Sun May 31, 2009 5:07 am
Timing: keep practicing more and more problems to improve it

SC: find out what questions you got wrong in SC. Also find out the answers to those questions. Keep a document of all the wrong SC questions and keep revising it along with Manhattan SC. For most non native speakers (like me) SC improves over time by doing more questions and learning new rules . So as you keep practicing more questions and learning from your mistakes, your SC skills will improve.

However, ensure that you are doing SC from the right source so that you don't learn any wrong rules.