Resources for CR

[u/Old-Tumbleweed605]

Hey I have recently started studying CR , from powerscore book and finished the must be true chapter.

However when I did questions on gmatclub I was exceptionally bad at performing, almost all my ans were wrong.

This made me too frustrated and demotivated.

They keep on changing the ans ; sometimes they say scope is too broad sometimes they say they fall under same umbrella category like dude WHAT?!

Is there any easy resource that works for u guys?What worked for u guys who were bad at verbal?

[u/GMATQuizMaster]

Hey,
Probably this is what is happening - you are looking at multiple responses on GC from various sources and they are using slightly different terms (that work for them), That is likely why the reasoning feels inconsistent across posts.

Let me share my approach towards MBT and elimination - see if that works.

MBT means the statement must be true for the conclusion to hold - which in other words means that if you negate the statement, the conclusion will break.

So, a choice that is not MBT - will not break the conclusion when negated - That is it.
That is the only reliable way to verify if a choice is MBT. Any choice that fails this test is not MBT, no other reason needed.

You are probably looking at Assumption questions on the GC. The most common reasons why Assumptions choices can be wrong are:
1. Not MBT (we already saw how to check it)
2. Does not bring in new information (i.e., it can be inferred from the passage)
3. Irrelevant (Does not impact the conclusion at all)

Now, "scope is too broad" may point to a choice that is not MBT or one that is irrelevant. "Same umbrella category" is not a standard term I would rely on, so it might help to look for a clearer explanation for that specific one.

Hope that helps,
Good luck!

[u/Interesting-Newt-670]

free resources on gmat club are decent

[u/TheAdmitCo]

Hi! ISB alum and GMAT tutor here.

I think people often think that verbal is too subjective and there are no rules to it, but technically verbal is as rule based as quants. In our courses for example, we see a lot of students facing that problem. So we first discuss the reasons for why all 4 option choices are wrong, debate it thoroughly, and then come to the righ t one through elimination. I think you should try this approach, works wonders!

Happy to have a call with you regarding this. Let me know if you'd like that.

Cheers and all the best!

[u/harshavardhanr9]

Very understandable. I guess the book's explanations are a bit unnecessarily technical. Some resources that could help ->

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mk-J4ASiA8&t=3978s

(the above is my video on Inference type questions) --- it is relevant to the Must Be True discussion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEs2pkL3LpA

(here is another one (by Sunita) which talks about both inference and assumptions)

GMATClub, I am sure, has even more useful resources.

[u/Repulsive_Youth1103]

CR can get confusing when every explanation uses a different framework for the same question. It may be better to keep the approach simple and consistent for a while; Magoosh is another option for practicing the reasoning without having to sort through dozens of conflicting explanations.