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rohittk: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 27; Joined: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:05 am; Thanked: 2 times; GMAT Score:670

by rohittk » Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:21 am

Congats for the scores and thank you for the very informative tips you have provided.

I have a question about the breaks. You mentioned that the breaks are for a duration of 8 mins now. Does that mean that the break between AWA and quant is 8 minutes and the break between quant and Verbal is also 8 minutes. I will appreciate if you can answer my question.

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praky_rules: Senior | Next Rank: 100 Posts; Posts: 45; Joined: Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:25 pm; Thanked: 4 times; GMAT Score:730

by praky_rules » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:33 am

Ok here you go

Test day

After you are allocated a computer, these are what you will do. (You will take the locker key + your ID inside the testing room)

1)school selection. - (NOT TIMED - important to know)
2) Instructions - TIMED - you already know the instructions. So you can breeze through this without really reading.
3) AWA - 2x30 mins = 1 hr
4) Break - 8 mins
5) Extra 1 minute to read instructions when you get back to your computer- effectively you will have an extra minute after you sign back in. You can use it to quickly write down your pacing table/strategy.
6)Quant
7) Break - 8 mins
8)Extra 1 minute - Same as point 4
9) Verbal
10) Survey and scores. - I didnt fill anything up as I was too hungry! Report Scores? - Hell yea!

Let me know if you need to know anything really specific. I will be glad to explain.

When you finish AWA and Quant, you will get "do you want a break screen" - HIT YES....dont spend half an hour reading that pop up...just my thoughts

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rohittk: Junior | Next Rank: 30 Posts; Posts: 27; Joined: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:05 am; Thanked: 2 times; GMAT Score:670

by rohittk » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:03 am

Again really informative.Thank you.

This is could very well be a bug in the test. If I could spend 30 mins to ponder on whether "I should be taking the break", effectively I get 38 mins to spend between the two sections

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riteshbindal: Master | Next Rank: 500 Posts; Posts: 393; Joined: Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:18 pm; Location: Chicago; Thanked: 8 times

by riteshbindal » Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:59 pm

rohittk wrote:Again really informative.Thank you.

This is could very well be a bug in the test. If I could spend 30 mins to ponder on whether "I should be taking the break", effectively I get 38 mins to spend between the two sections

I thnk that is timed and is included in 8 mins! Not sure though.

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