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took my first MGAMT CAT

by hey_thr67 » Wed May 11, 2011 6:29 am
Hi all,

Last saturday I took my first MGMAT (manhattan) test and no doubt, It gave me some real jolts. Before taking the test I had mostly been practicing from OGs. The way I practice verbal using OGs is that I attempt 10 questions of RC/CR/SC and then mostly average the time. I was pretty good, ticking the answer with 1:30 mostly. But at the test day, I panicked. In math section I took almost 7 mins to solve a problem and got it wrong. Same is the case with verbal. I happened to score 550 with many questions left in Quants and Verbal.

Later when I intended to analyze, I had the difficulty to start with. How should be analyze the CAT exam here. When I re-attempted the question (without timing), I could do so within 2 mins.


Please suggest me.. How should I analyze the tests and plan diagnose the issues in my preparation.. I target to take GMAT by the end of June. I have been preparing for last 2 months giving 2 Hrs on each day.

Thanks...
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by havok » Wed May 11, 2011 7:06 pm
hey_thr67 wrote:Hi all,

Last saturday I took my first MGMAT (manhattan) test and no doubt, It gave me some real jolts. Before taking the test I had mostly been practicing from OGs. The way I practice verbal using OGs is that I attempt 10 questions of RC/CR/SC and then mostly average the time. I was pretty good, ticking the answer with 1:30 mostly. But at the test day, I panicked. In math section I took almost 7 mins to solve a problem and got it wrong. Same is the case with verbal. I happened to score 550 with many questions left in Quants and Verbal.

Later when I intended to analyze, I had the difficulty to start with. How should be analyze the CAT exam here. When I re-attempted the question (without timing), I could do so within 2 mins.


Please suggest me.. How should I analyze the tests and plan diagnose the issues in my preparation.. I target to take GMAT by the end of June. I have been preparing for last 2 months giving 2 Hrs on each day.

Thanks...
You're first issue is that you ran out of time - spending 7 minutes on any question is unacceptable. You have to learn that if you work on question for 1:30 minutes and haven't made headway (and haven't realized your mistake to the point where you can 100% get the question on your next go), you have to just guess and continue forth. Running out of time is one of the first things that can happen on the GMAT but an easy problem to fix once you (a) get used to guessing, and (b) get better at getting questions right so you don't have to guess.

In terms of analysis, different styles work for different people. I just looked the question over, discovered how to do it right, and moved on. I would eventually see a similar question in practice again and try and re-apply it.
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