The verbal section matters more than you think

While there may be an emphasis on mathematics in many business school classes, precise communication skills are a necessity if you want to be a success in the business world. Not only that, they re much needed if you wish to score high marks on the GMAT. Because the quantitative and verbal scores are lumped together to create the final score, a poor showing on the verbal section can harm your overall score whether you re a math whiz or not. If the student has suffered abysmally in English, they re not going to be able to communicate well in the form of E mails, letters, press releases, says Wise. If you re low in the verbal, your score is going to be lower, period. So, you want to nail it all.