Forum: GMAT Verbal

Folks, I have improved in SC thanks to Manhattan SC guide. However, now, I notice that my accuracy is dimishing in RC and CR. Since SC has improved, the CAT is throwing tougher RC and CR and my strategy of just reading and answering does not work anymore especially on these though ones. Any tips...

Hey guys can someon pls help me with a detailed step by step strategy to critical reasoning n reading comprehension ... i need to desperately improve my verbal score

I am having trouble in understanding Social Science passages and get many of the questions. On top of this Kaplan, makes them even more difficult by using difficult language (many words not commonly used) Any suggestions to improve? Any place I can just read some Social science Passages...

Guys, I have decided to do all sets on "The next 10 Actual, Official LSAT sets". But there is a mixed talk on this topic. A. It's very good to do that. B. LSAT sets have got so many patterns that they wont even appear on GMAT at all. So, I want to understand these opinions better. What should...

Hi everyone, may anyone here let me know why almost everycase the score of Quant is higher than the Verbal? is it due to the maximum score of Ver is smaller than Quant or something? And, for example, take it on the average, if I did 33/41 right, what is approximately the scale score ?? thank...

My math is pretty good. However, my verbal sucks (for the lack of a better word) My goal is to score above 700 in gmat. So, I am wondering how many answers (approximately) should I get right to score above 35 (scaled) in verbal. I understand the test is adaptive and the score will vary...

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Expert witness: Ten times and in controlled circumstances, a single drop of defendant's blood was allowed to fall on fabric. In all ten cases, the stained area was much less than the expected 9.5 cm2. In fact, the stained areas was always between 4.5 and 48 cm2. I conclude that a single drop of...

Need help on this one. Set 24 Q22: Often patients with ankle fractures that are stable, and thus do not require surgery, are given follow-up x-rays because their orthopedists are concerned about possibly having misjudged the stability of the fracture. When a number of follow-up x-rays...

Hi, Could anyone please tell me their scores in the SETS ? Since we dont have a scoring algorithm, can we compare our respective number of corrects and incorrects in a particular thread so that it gives us a platform to compare our performances..? Regards, Surya

i m planning to give Gmat in the 1st week of nov i have kaplan, power prep, princeton, gmat prep but is there any other software? my verbal is very erratic. i have got soft copy of OG11 sentence correction and maths but i don't have OG11 of CR. can u please arrange it for me. or tell me...

Guys, Many debriefs talk about reading editorials. Can you please list the good known newspapers/links ? I would like to develop interest on reading-- RC is my biggest pain. Thanks!!!!

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I'm having a really hard time the verbal section especially with the Reading Comp. Does any one have a good strategy or could recommend a book?

Hi guys, I have started my prep few weeks back. And as advised by many, I started with Kaplan. I am pretty good at quant section(i think..) but that bad in verbal..:( . I finished with all sections and then gave the kaplan paper test (given at the last..) . I scored cent (37/37) in quant but...

Hello everyone, I am Computer Science Graduate. I am currently working. I have an ambition to pursue MBA from a reputed institution. So I framed my mind to give my GMAT.Could anyone let me know the books I need to follow/read in order to begin the GMAT preparation. I need everyone support to...