Ace 99th percentile GMAT Verbal Critical Reasoning Questions Like a Pro!
Do you struggle with 99%ile+ GMAT Critical Reasoning questions? The Critical Reasoning section in GMAT Verbal often challenges even the most experienced of GMAT takers, especially if approached only as a logical puzzle or as an English question.
However, when GMAT Verbal questions are approached from a 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 (numbers vs percentages, averages, reported vs actual data), 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲 (supply and demand, profit, revenue, cost), and 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 frameworks (causation vs correlation, conditional statements, sufficient vs necessary conditions, generalization), then you will start recognizing the 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 tested in all GMAT CR questions, more so in the advanced 99%ile CR and RC questions – these are the questions that we need to solve correctly to ace the GMAT Verbal section and secure a high percentile on the GMAT Focus. In addition, once you get familiar with frameworks, you will notice that the elimination process also has a pattern! Those advanced CR questions will be something you will look forward to.
In this video, I illustrate to our nearly 100 engaging participants the GMAT30 way to solve 705+ level CR questions. I wade through 3 CR questions of varying difficulty levels. These CR questions are categorized on GMAT Club as “750-800” (very hard), “600-650” (medium), and “650-700” (medium advanced), respectively. Feel free to pause at different moments in the video to take a stab at the question yourself. You will feel awesome when you get the correct answers.
How does a 99th %iler solve Critical Reasoning questions?
https://youtu.be/gahEqAnsNF0?si=nZEgayh-RgtvB_4KI have made this video public so the broader GMAT Prep community can benefit from and learn some of the core mathematical and logical frameworks involved in solving the trickier questions in the GMAT Verbal section. The short answer: view it as a pattern recognition question. At the end of the day, the core of GMAT Verbal is based on logical frameworks. I hope that the methodology used in the video inspires you to scale the same heights in Verbal that many of our students have reached 🙂
What can I do to master GMAT Verbal Critical Reasoning?
The cliched answer: practice! The more you practice, the more you will start identifying the gaps between premises and conclusion. Similarly, you will also start recognizing the underlying patterns in complex questions. We would also recommend maintaining an error log during this process. Error analysis is a crucial part of the learning process.
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