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Lavi01
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Topic: Some ideas out there?
PostWed Feb 25, 2009 12:31 pm Reply with quote
I did the OG 11 and now doing OG 10. With OG 10 I am pacing myself in each question like I am writting the exam. I set the clock to write 41 CR questions or 41 SC questions in 50 minutes, and 4 RC with 6 questions each in 32 minutes. I try to get the first 10 questions right, then from there I guess some that seem complicated on my way.

This is what I always get:
23/41 if I am writting CR with maybe 6/10 first question right.
29/41 SC with maybe 7/10 first question right.
10/18 RC since I never make it to finish the 4th passage to sum to 24 and always 3/6 answers right in each passage.

I am dissapointed because I want to improve CR to atleast 35/41, SC 38/41 and atleast 5/6 sometimes in a passage.

Do you think my pacing will help me at the end? How can I improve to get the right answers. Of course If I do slower, I think I can do it right.

My exam is in 19 March. The business schools are waiting for my score. I need atleast 650.

I study with manhattan sc
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PostThu Feb 26, 2009 9:32 pm Reply with quote
You are very smart to be pacing yourself with all your practice. This is something that not many people appreciate early on in their prep, so major props to you for doing this!

What's missing is a strong methodology to catolog your errors and analyze them. Take a look at this GMAT Practice Grid post. This post outlines a strategy for systematically reviewing your weaknesses and improving upon them.

Good luck!
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PostFri Feb 27, 2009 1:10 am Reply with quote
Thanks a lot Eric, I have a diagnostic table, but yours is more advance. I will print it everyday during my practice. I am a biotechnologist, so passages with all this bio-scientific terms, which trouble lot of people is what I understand, and the other way round. From your sheet, I think I will like to diagnose my 'concept error' because i hardly understand some business terms.
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