Thanks a lot for the responses guys, really appreciate it
Riprop: That was a very informative post, thank you. I myself do feel I can score higher, especially since I was only halfway through the OG before it was time for my test. Maybe given another month things may improve. I'm not booking a test date until I practice and score above 750 on a practice test at least twice.
Riprop wrote:
4. No one on this board can tell honestly tell you how to improve based on this post. If you decide you want to take the exam again, the best course of action (in my opinion) would be to go through practice problems and exams that you've completed. Identify the types of questions/problems that cause you troubles. From there, you can use this board to help you improve on those specific areas. I'm a huge fan of doing problems from the OG books and keeping track of how long it takes to complete each problem. If I get a problem right... but it took me two and a half minutes to answer it... then I want to know why it took me so long and how I can view the problem/concepts in a way that will help me find the correct answer faster.
I've never had a problem with timing. I did OG questions untimed, although I knew that I was within 2 minutes for quant and within 1.5 mins for verbal. I timed certain sets of questions and found that I averaged around 45 seconds per SC question, which was fantastic since it gave me more time for RC. I always used to finish the practice tests around 15-20 mins early in each section.
But the real test wasn't like that for me. I hurried with the last 6 questions in both sections, finishing with just maybe a minute left on the clock. It's unnerving really, which is why I think I was so thrilled for that 700.
