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Originally Posted by arpana.mnnit  Hi all I yesterday took princeton gmat test 1 and scored 660 with
quant-49
verbal-32
Hows this score ??? (if i targetting 700+) ................(1)
I have my gmat test on 25th april 2007.
kindly help me to brush my verbal.
I staretd my prep in jan and i am already done with :
OG-11th edition
kaplan 800+
kaplan review -verbal
manhattan sc
this has improved my Sc but CR and RC need lot improvement .
I m targeeting 750+.Please help me out as to what should i go through for verbal,though there r several notes on forum,it wud be great if someone replied lookin into my current performnace. ...............(2)
please reply asap.
Thanx All. |
Hi Arpana
My 2 cents
Your math score is decent. With 49 in QA, you need around 42 in English to reach 750. Now getting 42 in English is no mean task. You need to get around 34-35 answers correct to get close to 42.
The list of books above means that you have solved most of the stuff that is recommended for for GMAT in general and English in particular. Also try solving 1000 SCs and 1000 CRs. I have personally used 1000 SCs and have found them extremely good.
Some general tips for preparing/improving your performance:
Identify what is going/went wrong - After every test, you should do a detailed analysis of the test. After the analysis, you should come up with the following data:
No. of questions that were wrong in each section.
Type of questions that went wrong (e.g. SC/RC/CR or some particular type of question in Quant)
Reason for error: This is the most important part. After a test, you should know the reason behind getting a wrong answer. For every wrong answer, you should know why you marked that particular option, what were you thinking at that time, what concept did you apply. The reason could be:
a) Conceptual mistake - This requires you to practise for that type of question(s)
b) Calculation mistake - This is a common mistake in quant problems and need to be sorted out by being careful
c) Not paying enough attention to the question - This happens when you read a question and categorize it into one of the types you have already solved. This problem mostly occurs with DS and SC questions. It requires you to read a question atleast twice and be sure of having understand it correctly
d) Fatigue - This happens when you have just started taking tests and are not used to concentrating for 3+ hours in a test. This leads to lapse of concentration and is a common problem which can be sorted out with sufficient practise.
e) Misc - This would be any other reason apart from the ones mentioned above.
Store this data for every test that you take. Then
compare your performance across several tests. Find out if there is a pattern - whether you are commiting the same mistakes over and over again, whether you are consistently doing bad in a particular area etc.
Comparison is an absolute must because it gives you an idea of how you have been doing over a period of time. It would give you insights about your problem areas and then you can work accordingly.
660 score in Princeton, although on the lower side, could be an isolated incident. It would not be prudent to evaluate your performance on the basis of just one test. Give more tests, analyze thoroughly and I am sure your score would improve.
Good Luck
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