[karankan1]

Congratulations Friend !

Your Score speaks for your hard work. Good Job !
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[apooja]

Congrats on your great score!

I need some advice on how to improve my verbal score. I have given one gmatprep and scored 680 (Q48/V35). On the MGMAT's 680 (Q49/V34).

For Verbal I have gone through:
Manhattan SC
OG 12, 11 and working on the OG 10 at the moment.

I am quite comfortable with CR and RC(to some extent). But my weak area is SC. Any suggestions as to what other material I can use to improve my verbal score? and how good do you rate the 1000 SC? Are they worth going through?

Thanks in advance!

[ankurgupt]

Thank you Pooja.

Which edition of Manhattan SC do you have? If you have the 2003 edition, then I suggest you get the latest edition. Buying the book will also give access to MGMATs.

OGs and the Manhattan SC guide are your best SC resource.
You can skip OG11 and do OG12 and OG10 instead. Do the SC sections in each OG a couple of times and go thru the explanations. You should not only analyze your mistakes and see where you went wrong, but also go thru the explanations of the questions you answered correctly and see if you eliminated the wrong choices for the right reasons. I did my OGs 2-3 times, and learnt something new everytime.
My advice would be to go thru' the SC guide and OGs as many times as possible. Make your own notes about the new rules or idioms that you might come across.
You could also buy the Verbal Review for the Official Guide 2nd edition for extra practice.

I would not recommend the 1000SC 'cos some of the questions are very poor standard and some of the answers given in the document are wrong. Although, they contain a lot of practice questions, you are better off sticking to the OGs. Another thing is that most of the questions in 1000SC are from OGs and GMATprep softwares. So you'll end up seeing a lot of repeat questions.

Practice from good sources is the only way to improve your speed and accuracy in SC. I was exactly where you are right now (in terms of verbal performance) when I started preparing. I did a whole lot of SC's and going into the GMAT SC was one of my strongest areas. If I can, then so can you

I hope that answers your question

[ankurgupt]

Thread updated with GMAT preparation suggestions and experience.

[rishikesh15]

cool ..congratulations...thanks

[kapsdeep]

Originally Posted by ankurgupt

hey all,

Took my GMAT yesterday morning and scored 750 (Q49, V42).
Although I was hoping to score at least 50 in Quants, the overall score was exactly what I was aiming for.
Extremely happy to say the least. This was my second attempt at the GMAT after I scored a mere 680 in late 2007.

I'll be posting my entire experience, including the list of all the materials I used for my preps and more importantly, all the material I found most relevant to the GMAT.

I'd be more than happy to answer any queries that any of you might have


EDIT: Got my AWA score. Scored a measly 5.0 (56%) :( I was hoping for a 6.0 Very disappointed.
cheers

Hi Ankur !!
Congrats for the gr8 score
I took gmat on 9th Nov.2009.....scored 610(Q49,V25) :(

Materials:
Verbal: Manhattan SC guide,OG 10-11-12,Manhattan verbal review
Quant: OG10-11-12, Manhattan DS guide
Tests:
GMAT Prep1(1st Sep):620
GMAT Prep2(7th Sep):610

GMATPrep3(27th Oct):700 didn't remembaer any ques. from previous attempts
GMATPrep4(29th Oct):720 got few repeats

Exam day:
1.Finished AWA in time
2.Went pretty well in Quant but couldn't mark the last Q..timed out :(
3.Started with SCs pretty bad then a guy started writing his AWA beside me....i tried earplugs but my mind went off,wasn't use to earplugs. Removed the earplugs then a devastating RC....finally started loosing time so ....
A very dismal performance.....kindly suggest me how 2 proceed now

[ankurgupt]

Originally Posted by kapsdeep

Hi Ankur !!
Congrats for the gr8 score
I took gmat on 9th Nov.2009.....scored 610(Q49,V25) :(

Materials:
Verbal: Manhattan SC guide,OG 10-11-12,Manhattan verbal review
Quant: OG10-11-12, Manhattan DS guide
Tests:
GMAT Prep1(1st Sep):620
GMAT Prep2(7th Sep):610

GMATPrep3(27th Oct):700 didn't remembaer any ques. from previous attempts
GMATPrep4(29th Oct):720 got few repeats

Exam day:
1.Finished AWA in time
2.Went pretty well in Quant but couldn't mark the last Q..timed out :(
3.Started with SCs pretty bad then a guy started writing his AWA beside me....i tried earplugs but my mind went off,wasn't use to earplugs. Removed the earplugs then a devastating RC....finally started loosing time so ....
A very dismal performance.....kindly suggest me how 2 proceed now

I'm sorry to hear about your test experience.
Your quants score looks pretty good, but verbal needs to move up.

Since you scored 700+ in both ur GMATpreps before the GMAT, i would suggest you book the first available date (you'd have to wait a minimum of 31 days before your next attempt though) and re-take your GMAT..!! Till then you can improve your basics in verbal and quants and practice some more questions..

I cannot stress enough on the importance of marking every answer. so please dont repeat that mistake.
If there is any specific input that you are looking for, then let me know

cheers