Planning for a third attempt

[girija.swapna]

Hi ,

I have already given GMAT twice but not able to get a good score .

First attempt: 570.

Second attempt: 610 (Q48,v25)

I am able to solve the questions properly in verbal section when i take it individually but then when i write the complete exam i end up getting less . I am not able to improve up on my verbal score . I want to give it with in a month or two . Please suggest me what needs to be done to get a score of 700 + .

[StaceyKoprince]

I'm sorry you're having a tough time with the test. We will be happy to help however we can.

We need a lot more information from you in order to help. It sounds like your concern is with your verbal section. Are you scoring higher in verbal on your practice tests and then your verbal score is dropping on the real test? If so, please read the below article and do the analysis described, then come back here and share your analysis.

http://www.beatthegmat.com/a/2009/10/26 ... went-wrong

Or possibly your verbal practice test scores are already similar to your official test scores. If so, you don't have to do the above analysis, but you do need to do the analysis described below and share the results with us. (Note: do the below analysis no matter what - regardless of whether your practice test scores are similar to your official test scores.)

http://www.manhattangmat.com/articles/e ... -part1.cfm

Note: do not simply post the raw data from your tests. Do the analysis described and tell us your analysis. This is an important skill in terms of learning how to help yourself get better, so it's important for you to practice this.

You mention that you do better when trying verbal problems individually, which leads me to believe that you might have timing problems, or a stamina problem, or both. When you do problems individually, are you still holding yourself to the expected timing standards for that question type? What about when you do a set of 5 or 10 questions - does your performance drop, or are you okay with small sets of questions? And do you hold yourself to your timing in small sets?

When you take practice tests, do you write the essays? Do you give them the same effort that you do on the real exam? If not, that may contribute to stamina issues on the real test.

On practice tests, do you also have stamina issues? Does your verbal score drop? Do you feel mentally fatigued at times? Do you have strings of wrong answers towards the middle or end of verbal sections and do the wrong answers mostly represent careless mistakes? And so on.

The more we can figure out about what's going on and why, the easier it will be to figure out what to do about it!