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by UsmanB892
Sun Jun 24, 2018 1:39 pm
 
Forum: General GMAT Strategy Questions
Topic: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?
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Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?

Hi, I've been studying for the GMAT since the first week of May learning all the content via the Manhattan guidebooks. In the past two weeks, I've completed 2 Practice CATS - one Manhattan and one GMAT Prep. My scores were: June 9th - MGMAT #1: 580 (43Q/27V) June 23rd - GMAT Prep #1: 590 (45Q/27V) F...
by UsmanB892
Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:04 pm
 
Forum: General GMAT Strategy Questions
Topic: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?
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Re: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?

Hi Stacey, Yes at the very least I would like to aim for that - 730 (50Q, 40V), ideally a 42V for 750 but its a steep hill to climb. I reviewed the articles below and conducted a thorough review of my previous CATs. As mentioned previously, I tended to go on multiple streaks of answering incorrectly...
by UsmanB892
Mon Jul 02, 2018 2:54 pm
 
Forum: General GMAT Strategy Questions
Topic: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?
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Re: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?

Hi Stacey, Okay, that makes complete sense when you mention that the test can always go higher. RC & CR Timing RC - Timing is okay -> I'm right around ~1.5 min for the passage questions (Detail, SP, Inference etc). I've also reduced my time in note-taking (now I take b/w 2-3 mins to read the ...
by UsmanB892
Wed Jul 18, 2018 12:04 pm
 
Forum: General GMAT Strategy Questions
Topic: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?
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Re: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?

Hi Stacey, Just to provide an update, I actually completed 2 CATs in the past couple of weeks. On the latest MGMAT CAT I scored 640 (42Q/36V). In terms of Verbal, things are much better now - I've improved my Verbal from 27 to 32 and now to 36. I feel confident I can keep getting better after review...
by UsmanB892
Thu Jul 19, 2018 6:22 pm
 
Forum: General GMAT Strategy Questions
Topic: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?
Replies: 11
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Re: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?

Hi Stacey, All the points you mentioned make sense. I've actually been doing 2 Verbal study days for each Quant study day for the last month so my studying has definitely been imbalanced, favouring verbal. I think I will probably go back to doing a 1-for-1 study day split now between Quant and Verbal.
by UsmanB892
Wed Aug 08, 2018 2:31 pm
 
Forum: General GMAT Strategy Questions
Topic: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?
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Re: Desperately Struggling with Verbal - Advice on my plan?

Hi Stacey, Just providing an update - I've taken 2 CATs and they both went fairly bad - I had a 590 on the Manhattan CAT (40Q/32V) and then I tried to a GMATPrep CAT after to better track my progress and got a 570 (45Q/23V). The 23V is the lowest score I've gotten so far, even after months of studyi...