GMAT Verbal study plan

Map the RC question types (main idea, detail, inference, function, tone) and label 20 practice passages by type

Diagram 15 CR arguments into premise, conclusion, and assumption components

Complete 40 timed RC questions at 2 minutes per question and log each miss with a one-line error cause

Set a baseline: take one full verbal section cold and record per-domain accuracy

Practice active reading: write a 10-word passage map for 15 science and social-science passages

Identify and name the assumption in 25 CR questions before checking answer choices

Drill strengthen/weaken questions in sets of 10 until you hit 70% accuracy

Cut average RC time per question to 1 minute 50 seconds

Master the standard CR families: assumption, strengthen, weaken, flaw, evaluate, paradox, and boldface

Prephrase an answer for 40 CR questions before reading the choices and track how often your prephrase matches

Eliminate answer choices by naming the specific flaw (out of scope, reversed, too strong) in a written log

Complete 30 CR questions under 2 minutes each

Run two timed mixed RC+CR sets of 20 questions each and hold accuracy above 65%

Review every miss from weeks 1-3 and rewrite the correct reasoning in your own words

Reduce RC main-idea misses to under 20% of main-idea attempts

Identify your three weakest CR subtypes and rank them by miss rate

Review core grammar rules: subject-verb agreement, pronouns, modifiers, parallelism, comparison, verb tense, and idioms

Categorize 60 SC questions by the rule being tested before answering

Eliminate answer choices using a written split-and-compare method on 30 questions

Cut average SC time to 75 seconds per question

Drill the highest-frequency SC traps (meaning vs. grammar, dangling modifiers, pronoun ambiguity) in sets of 15

Hold SC accuracy above 75% on untimed sets, then above 65% timed

Revisit RC inference and function questions and raise accuracy above 65%

Log every SC miss with the rule violated and the reason the runner-up was wrong

Take two full timed verbal sections and record per-domain accuracy and pacing

Practice question triage: decide within 20 seconds whether to solve or guess on 20 hard questions

Fix the two lowest-accuracy subtypes identified in week 4

Simulate test-day pacing: 65 minutes for 36 questions with no more than two unanswered

Take three full timed verbal sections on alternating days and review each within 24 hours

Re-drill every question missed in weeks 5-7 until you can explain the correct reasoning unaided

Confirm pacing holds at 1:45 average per question across all three sections

Finalize a test-day strategy sheet covering timing checkpoints and guess criteria