So I’ve studied pretty hard for about a month and I got a 710 on the GMATprep software, which is a score I am very pleased with. My actual test is now less than a month away, and I want to polish up a few things. I’m hoping to get a little information to help me.
1) I did the first GMATprep test and I want to save the second one for the end of the month so I can get a good evaluation of my progress. Still, I feel I need to do a lot of CAT’s between now and then (at least 4 or 5). Which software is the best for 700 level test takers?
2) Over 75% of my verbal mistakes were sentence correction. What are good resources for learning the 600+ level questions (I’m OK at the 500 level)? Am I right in thinking that I am ramping up the difficulty in SC because I am doing well in the other two parts, or does the CAT recognize that I stink at SC and give me easier questions?
3) Over 60% of my quant mistakes were in DS. What’s a good approach to learning the high level DS questions?
4) Will the terrible anxiety and lack of focus go away if I do a dozen CATs? By the end of the verbal the letters start to dance on the screen. I think I lost 7 or 8 minutes re-reading and refocusing myself.
Any tips to reducing ‘CAT stress.’ It feels like mental torture to be rewarded by progressively harder questions as time dwindles away!
Thanks for any input… I’m just shooting for over 700, and with a month to prepare I want to strengthen my weakest points and get really comfortable with the timed CAT format.
- Chris
1) I did the first GMATprep test and I want to save the second one for the end of the month so I can get a good evaluation of my progress. Still, I feel I need to do a lot of CAT’s between now and then (at least 4 or 5). Which software is the best for 700 level test takers?
2) Over 75% of my verbal mistakes were sentence correction. What are good resources for learning the 600+ level questions (I’m OK at the 500 level)? Am I right in thinking that I am ramping up the difficulty in SC because I am doing well in the other two parts, or does the CAT recognize that I stink at SC and give me easier questions?
3) Over 60% of my quant mistakes were in DS. What’s a good approach to learning the high level DS questions?
4) Will the terrible anxiety and lack of focus go away if I do a dozen CATs? By the end of the verbal the letters start to dance on the screen. I think I lost 7 or 8 minutes re-reading and refocusing myself.
Any tips to reducing ‘CAT stress.’ It feels like mental torture to be rewarded by progressively harder questions as time dwindles away!
Thanks for any input… I’m just shooting for over 700, and with a month to prepare I want to strengthen my weakest points and get really comfortable with the timed CAT format.
- Chris
