Struggling with Verbal Part

[nazzyb2003]

Hi Stacey,

I recently appeared in the gmat exam and had very bad experience with just 590 (Q 46 and 25 V).I studied for 3 months and finished almost all the material available on internet and also Manhattan books SC,kaplan's book,free video tutorials from magoosh-gmatpill,OG 12/13 and OG 2 for both quant and verbal but still no help.But my main problem is verbal from the start.I am not able to cross even 30 mark in the verbal section and i know without this i can never get good score in gmat.So basically ,I am looking for help in verbal part.My mock CATS were also in the same range so cant blame real GMAT for anxiety :
MGMAT-1-6 : 590-620 with V 25-29
GMAT PREP 1-4 : 600-650 with again V 25-29
I don't know from where to start and what should i study now.As most of others my weak point is RC and also SC.
PLease suggest me how should i approach now as i m planning for retake in another month or two.

Thanks,
Rohit

[StaceyKoprince]

I'm sorry you're struggling with the verbal section.

Did the Kaplan book or the free videos teach you how to do RC and CR? You mention having our SC book (which does teach you how to do SC); I just want to make sure you had something that also explicitly taught you how to do RC and CR. (If not, that's one starting point.)

Next, I'd like to get some data from you on your strengths and weaknesses. (You can do this for quant, too, if you like, but definitely do it for verbal.)

First, read these two articles:
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/inde ... lly-tests/
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... -the-gmat/

Then, use the below to analyze your most recent MGMAT CAT (this should take you a minimum of 1 hour):
https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/inde ... ts-part-1/

Figure out your strengths and weaknesses as well as what you think you should do based on all of that analysis. Then come back here and tell us; we'll tell you whether we agree and advise you further. (Note: do share an analysis with us, not just the raw data. Part of getting better is developing your ability to analyze your results - figure out what they mean and what you think you should do about them!)

Also, in that post, tell me how the way you were studying before needs to change based on what you read in the articles that I posted.