Quant Results from MGMAT practice test. Need Pacing Help

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Any help with my analysis would be very helpful. Thank you ahead of time!!

I was an idiot and decided to take the test at Borders which created some distractions.

This is the 2nd time that I've taken the Quant section of the test. I did the 2 essays before the quant and stopped @ the quant due to the borders internet being unreliable/ me getting really pissed off that I only finished 20 questions on the quant. My brain completely died at around 15 questions and I found myself re-reading the question multiple times.

Right now I am having problems finishing all of the test in time. I believe that I have to do the following to be able to finish the test and raise my score.

1) Keep notice every 5 questions to make sure I'm staying around 10 minutes per set of 5 (especially on the difficult ones)
2) Miss the questions I got "stuck" on faster. The top 5 questions that I spent the most time on are as follows:
Question # / Time Spent on Question: Question difficulty: Result

#19 / 8:52 / 700 - 800 / Incorrect
#16 / 7:16 / 700 - 800 / Incorrect
# 11 / 4:18 / 600-700 / Correct
#10 / 4:05 / 600-700 / Incorrect
#5 / 3:46 / 600-700/ Incorrect

3) It looks like I went on what poker players would call "tilt" towards the end. I got really frustrated that I was running out of time and ended up wasting more time than I had already in questions 16 and 19 I went way overboard on time.
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by DanaJ » Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:48 am
It seems you are having a pretty tough time with pacing. While it's a good idea to try an finish 5 questions in 10 minutes, you should also try to keep tabs on individual questions - not as precise, though. However, people usually argue that if you feel you're going overboard on time (i.e. more than 3 minutes) guess and move on. That question must be one of the questions that you're naturally supposed to get wrong - as evidenced by the fact that you didn't get most of the questions you presented.

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by testfighter » Tue Dec 29, 2009 7:39 am
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