Study tips for CR

[qianruS779]

Dear Mr or Ms Instructors,

Two days ago, I did my third GMAT, and I got a always good math score 50, but always weak verbal score 20. I felt devastated and stressed for a super low verbal score. I did a very deep reflexion on the verbal part: I have extremely low score on CR, according to enhanced score report, my CR score is better than 0% of GMAT exam scores recorded in the past three years. I am wondering if my brains works out in the different way from those of other people.

Let me introduce my study plan for my last exam (CR) so that you can easily spot my mistakes and thus help me prepare for the next exam better. I read almost books recommended from GMAT blog: Manhattan CR and Bible, and I did OG 16, 15, 13 and 12 (both verbal and integrated books), and a collection of prepgmat CR (in the most time, I did 20 questions in a session in at most 40 minutes). I was able to understand the passages and apply strategies to find the answers. I have a error log in which I classified all questions according to their question types. Before the exam, I tried to summarize the logic in each type (for example, in the passage the author proposes a plan to deal with some problems, if the question is weaken type, what types of answers will be) . Unfortunately, I got a very low score in this part, and I do not know very well how to train my brain to think logically.

Could you give me any light to help me overcome it?

Tons of thanks in advance

Best regards, Song

[StaceyKoprince]

I'm sorry that you're struggling with CR. (Great job on quant!)

This article describes what I have my own students do as they are using our book (which you said you have, yes?):
http://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2015/12/ ... stion-type

This is similar to one thing you said you tried to do - summarizing the logic of each type. Maybe the method I describe will give you more structure than you had before, though.

If it feels like a different / new enough approach, then try it out and see what happens. If it feels very similar to things you've already tried, then I think you may need some outside help. If your issue is really just around CR, then you might want to look into working with a tutor. (Tutoring is typically pretty expensive, but people with only certain targeted needs are usually better off working with a tutor. If you need broader help for the entire section or test, then a class may be more economical.)

Take a look and let me know what you think.

[qianruS779]

Hi Stacey,

Thank you very much for your suggestion which is really helpful. I am wondering if there is kind of a private tutoring class a long distance (such as on line) in Manhattan PREP.

Best regards, Song

[StaceyKoprince]

You're welcome! Yes, we offer both regular classes and private tutoring via an online teaching platform (basically, an online classroom). You can find out more about the programs and pricing here:
https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/prep/

If you have any questions, let me know! (Note: if you have questions about pricing, availability, logistics, that kind of thing, then talk to our Student Services team at gmat@manhattanprep.com or 800.576.GMAT in the US or Canada.)

[qianruS779]

Sorry to respond to you later! Nice, I would like to try it on my own again according to the method you are suggesting me. I will let you know it anyway.

Best regards, Song

[StaceyKoprince]

You're welcome - let me know how it goes!