Best GMAT Courses
Surprisingly, some students feel they do not need to study for the the verbal section of the GMAT exam. The reasoning behind this decision is, essentially, that their English is "good" - or at least good enough. Big mistake. A more business-like conclusion would incorporate hard data: the percentile ranking in in the Verbal section. That number drives a better decision, because you can use it to predict the combined score, given a few baseline scenarios for the Quant score.
Once you've isolated the question formats that need work, you'll want to consider whether to self-study, hire a tutor, or join a group course. Time spent to evaluate these options is time well spent, and any good executive would measure the return against the investment - in both time and money. Self-study is the cheapest option, but you need to be aware that online research is just that: research. Research takes time. You'll need to find sources, filter out good ones from bad, read a lot of duplicate material, and decide what critical skills to practice. On the other hand, don't jump to join a course, as an excuse to do any studying yourself.
A second factor in a good study plan is the mix between self-study, tutoring, and group courses. This is another decision which many people tend to make intuitively, without balancing return against investment.
Suppose you know that Sentence Correction is weak, when compared with Critical Reasoning. It is an established research fact, that the weaker you are in any one subject, the harder it is to self-study the skills associated with that subject.
Therefore you should hire a tutor for your worst subjects, take a group course for your average subjects, and self-study in your strongest subjects.
A second factor in a good study plan is the mix between self-study, tutoring, and group courses. This is another decision which many people tend to make intuitively, without balancing return against investment.
Suppose you know that Sentence Correction is weak, when compared with Critical Reasoning. It is an established research fact, that the weaker you are in any one subject, the harder it is to self-study the skills associated with that subject.
Therefore you should hire a tutor for your worst subjects, take a group course for your average subjects, and self-study in your strongest subjects.
Sadly, very few course providers have considered the impact which that allocation is likely to have on the score. Yes, a 15 hour course on GMAT Verbal is radically less than what most people require. But even worse than that, the critical consideration ought to be, What is the optimum mix of study time in RC, CR, and SC - as the 3 question formats are known in the trade. And also, What's the best order in which to study these topics?