GMAT Strategy

rathi.prabhat wrote:Hello everyone....i have just started with my preparation...and have done OG's all problems(in 14 days)...i found the quant easy and on an avg out of 30 questions i was unable to solve 1 or 2 at the max...and as i am avg in verbal the ratio was 4 to 5.... i want to know that whether the level of Og's questions really like the actual gmat q's to get a 700+... and if no wat should i do next...kaplan 800??? PR ??

the OG, with the exception of its reading comp section, is organized by the ostensible difficulty of the questions. therefore, the averages you cite will almost certainly begin to decrease as you progress through the sections. i.e., if you're missing 1-2 of the first thirty questions, you'll almost certainly miss many more of the last thirty; and if you're only missing 1-2 of the last thirty, then you should most definitely get ALL of the first thirty.

if you are consistently getting 28 to 29 out of 30 correct in the FINAL one-third of each of the two math sections - especially in the yellow OG, whose final problems tend to be more difficult than those in the green quant supplement - then you should have no worries whatsoever about scoring 700+ or even 750+ on the math section.

also, missing only 4-5 per 30 verbal questions is much, much better than 'average'. indeed, a truly average student will miss almost half of the problems in the OG, and perhaps even more toward the end of the SC and CR sections.

in any case, if your performance is that good already, then my best advice is to take a number of practice tests, gauge your weaknesses (which will be few, and most likely VERY focused), and then procure help somewhere for those specific weaknesses. that help could be more practice problems from other sources, private tutoring, etc.

if money is not of great concern to you, you could certainly sign up for a class; given your current performance levels, however, it's almost certain that you'll already know the majority of the material.

you could also benefit from mini-courses specificall aimed at the top fraction of students. my company (manhattan gmat), for instance, offers 'quest for 750' workshops aimed specifically at very high-scoring students. i don't know whether other companies have similar offerings.