GMAT Strategy

I have read many times that you should plot out ABCDE options for all verbal questions at the beginning of the test, during the time you have to choose schools.

But the first section is quant! So if you use all the sheets of the laminated booklet for the quantitative questions, the staff will take your booklet and you will get a new one, thus losing the sheet prepared for verbal with the ABCDE options!?!

First off, they asked for the schools at the very end of the test, as I recall (please someone correct me if I'm wrong). This means that the time you have for this will certainly not be used for plotting.

While I know most test prep companies recommend you plot out these tables before, I don't think this is a must do for test takers. I got a 47 without plotting anything - of course, if you're having trouble remembering which choices you've eliminated, you could go for it.

During my exam, they asked for school selection at beginning and asked for personal survey at the end.

Yeah, I might be mixing up the survey for school selection...