Hi Guys,
I need help on specific topics. I took GMAT Prep Q48. V.27. :620.
My verbal is actually better than the quant. But the result surpised me.
Not being boastful, but there is no way I can score so poorly on verbal.
I messed up.
Here is what happened during the verbal section (last section on the exam).
1. I was relativelty exhausted and couldn't concentrate as much.
2. At the middle of the verbal section, I got a long RC on animals and their genetic similarities ( twig dwellers, Anole something something if someone remberers). Apart from the topic being boring, the RC was quite convoluted. Almost all of the five questions I received were inference.
I am not the questions were difficult. But at this point I was getting blanked out. From this point onwards, I was merely reading words not understanding a lot.
3. The calculation of how many minutes I have left per questions that are left kept bothering me and also wasted some of my time.
So I need help on couple of things.
1. Timing: I looked up the forum. Some ppl have suggested breakups of 3-4 groups of questions and time remaining after each group is solved. I would appreicate any advice from expereince or a link to the thread that addresses this topic quite well. Basically, how do I know how many minutes do I have per questions remaining?
2. Getting blanked out: As I said, at some point I was only reading words without being able to understand the meaning of the sentence. This didn't happen to me anytime before. I guess the combination of time pressure, physical stamina and uninteresting topic caused this. Please provide feedback and/or advise on this.
3. Addressing RCs of very disinteresting topics (biology): I tend to do a lot better on business RCs that these scietific (non engineering) stuff. How do I make sure I give my 100% to such RCs.
4. Lastly, on quant, I felt like I was doing lot of guessing although I got good score. I was feeling uncomfortable with guessing. Also, I always feel like I should triple check the answer which can consume a lot of time. I hope I am not rambling. Please advise on how to handle guessing (a lot of it if needed).
Timing seems to be issue in quant too although it is not as difficult to find out cuz of 2 mins for each question. But the fact that one needs to calculate it every time is bothering and it wastes lot of time.
I have got exam in 3 weeks and really need to get my act together. I would really appreicate any advise/ feedback from you guys.
VP
I need help on specific topics. I took GMAT Prep Q48. V.27. :620.
My verbal is actually better than the quant. But the result surpised me.
Not being boastful, but there is no way I can score so poorly on verbal.
I messed up.
Here is what happened during the verbal section (last section on the exam).
1. I was relativelty exhausted and couldn't concentrate as much.
2. At the middle of the verbal section, I got a long RC on animals and their genetic similarities ( twig dwellers, Anole something something if someone remberers). Apart from the topic being boring, the RC was quite convoluted. Almost all of the five questions I received were inference.
I am not the questions were difficult. But at this point I was getting blanked out. From this point onwards, I was merely reading words not understanding a lot.
3. The calculation of how many minutes I have left per questions that are left kept bothering me and also wasted some of my time.
So I need help on couple of things.
1. Timing: I looked up the forum. Some ppl have suggested breakups of 3-4 groups of questions and time remaining after each group is solved. I would appreicate any advice from expereince or a link to the thread that addresses this topic quite well. Basically, how do I know how many minutes do I have per questions remaining?
2. Getting blanked out: As I said, at some point I was only reading words without being able to understand the meaning of the sentence. This didn't happen to me anytime before. I guess the combination of time pressure, physical stamina and uninteresting topic caused this. Please provide feedback and/or advise on this.
3. Addressing RCs of very disinteresting topics (biology): I tend to do a lot better on business RCs that these scietific (non engineering) stuff. How do I make sure I give my 100% to such RCs.
4. Lastly, on quant, I felt like I was doing lot of guessing although I got good score. I was feeling uncomfortable with guessing. Also, I always feel like I should triple check the answer which can consume a lot of time. I hope I am not rambling. Please advise on how to handle guessing (a lot of it if needed).
Timing seems to be issue in quant too although it is not as difficult to find out cuz of 2 mins for each question. But the fact that one needs to calculate it every time is bothering and it wastes lot of time.
I have got exam in 3 weeks and really need to get my act together. I would really appreicate any advise/ feedback from you guys.
VP
