Critical Reasoning Basics

Although, I did not fare as I expected in my GMAT , I'm going to go ahead and post my flashcards here,as I promised myself. I hope it is useful to someone.

I started the Verbal Section with the Critical Reasoning(CR) part. Mastering this section gives us a good hold over the Verbal Section and also helps us improve in the Reading Comprehension part of the Verbal Section.

There are a fixed type of questions that are askedd in the CR portion and mastering these questions by types is the best thing to do.

Note - I used the Powerscore CR book for my CR. A brilliant book and all my notes here are based on the book. Please don't sue me for any copyright issues, I'm just paraphrasing the book and my understanding.

Good Luck!

The following are the question types for CR
1.Must be True questions
2.Main point questions
3.Method Of reasoning questions
4.Flaw in Reasoning questions
5.Parallel Reasoning questions
6.Strengthen/Support the argument questions
7.Find the assumption questions
8.Resolve the paradox questions
9.Weaken the argument questions
10.Evaluate the argument questions

In the next post, I shall start targetting each question type.


SOURCE: Critical Reasoning Bible

Done

I did not perform as expected. Nevertheless, if anyone is interested in knowing my test experience or score then e-mail me or leave a comment here

Day 01 to the Graduate Management Admissions test

                                                    THIS IS IT

I'm almost there. I am excited, worried, happy, curious, and confident! Waiting to KILL the GMAT. GMAT - Here, I come to murder you.


For those of you who want a peek into the testin center, check this out : GMAC Video - Must Watch . This video gives a perfect understanding of GMAT centers.

Wish me luck - I have a huge task at hand ;-) . See you on the other side of the GMAT

Days 03 and 02 and India won the match!!!

Yesterday was my Day 03 and I took a GMAT prep CAT. Not at all happy with the score V was a 25. My worst verbal score till date. I noticed that concentration levels do affect my Verbal performance. Need to rest for the next 2 days so that I perform at my optimum level during the test on Saturday.

....And Indian beat Australia to enter the Semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup...woot woot!!

Days 05 and 04

Didn't really study anything yesterday and today because I'm already having exam-day stress. But, I need to buckle up and go through my flash cards as well as some other random topics that I am weak at. But, I still did 10 CR and 10 SC questions because I am 'inherently' weak in these areas and if I fail to do questions even for a day, I tend to mess up a lot.
Going to take a practice CAT tomorrow afternoon and will then drill my weaknesses again. I'm super super stressed out and I am going to do more yoga ont he coming days to de-stress.

Day 07 and Day 06

Took a MGMAT CAT on Saturday evening. The total was a 630 44Q and 32 V. Looks like my Q 44 has stabilized. Verbal seems to fluctuate between 28-30 usually and it is 32 this time.I need to get down to VErbal basics again this week as I wind up my prep. I tend to forget Verbal strategy much more easily as compared with Quant Strategy. In the meanwhile, I signed up for GMAT pill. The Videos in CR are good upto the one that I viewed. I really need all the help in CR.Sad Sad.

So,6 days to go.....the COUNTDOWN begins!

Day 08

Completed 40 DS problems from the Official Guide 12. The most daunting and boring task was to review the problems. But, I made some 20 Flashcards upto now of concepts that are new to me/hard to me. This seems the best part as it helps me cement concepts into my otherwise-dead brain :-D

Today's plan:
-Complete all the DS problems and their review
-Review my SC flashcards. I'm still debating with myself whether I need to go through the Advanced portions of the MGMAT SC guide. The topics seem too much for me to absorb and I'm already in a position in which I can kill atleast 8 out of 10 SC questions from the 600+ level. Anyone has any thoughts on this? Feel free to post.
-Take up 20 CR problems and their review