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current 450 score, need 550, help strategy

by [email protected] » Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:58 am
Hey guys,

I made a gmatprep yesterday and I scored 450...I just need to get a score over 500 for my university and since I read on the forum that you should always imagine that you score 50 points lower on the real gmat, I need to get a score of 550.

Of the 37 math questions I had 19 incorrect: point of attention, of the first 9 question I had 8 wrong
on the 41 verbal questions I had 20 incorrect.

My gmat is on 16 november, could you guys tell me what to do so that I at least get the minumum 500?

thanks in advance everybody
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by Isaac@EconomistGMAT » Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:21 pm
Hi there,

Yikes! not much time! But perhaps there are a few things you can do.

Hi there,

At this point, practice exams and most importantly analyze them.

You need to do exams to get used to having the type of stamina needed and to get the timing down. Perhaps you can fix a few small matters that you see you are getting consistently wrong. But, when doing analysis, think of the timing aspect. Do you manage to finish the exam or do you need to guess/are rushed in the last parts of the sections.

If you are rushed and/or need to guess (BTW- remember you need to finish the exam!) then you need to check from your past simulation exams whether certain questions types take longer or much longer than most. If yes, then you must decide: Do you try to improve, or eliminate, guess, and move on quickly so that you can dedicate a bit more time to other questions and to finishing the ones you can do in a cool minded manner. Obviously you should not be skipping 15 questions but if you see that 2 or 3 take up 12 -15 or 16 minutes, then definitely the best strategy is to not really attempt those if it will leave you more time for others especially those at the end. (a good way to check, apart from how long each question takes is to look at the last part of the exam to see your percentages there- if you have low percentages it means you are rushing most probably). You obviously also need to concentrate on the first part of the exam. You should not be making so many errors in a row and you should certainly concentrate on getting as many right as possible in the first part (but obviously you need to leave enough time for the rest of the exam as you do not want them to see you guessing the last ten!)

I suggest you begin with timing analysis of past exams first and see whether this informs you a bit. Oh, and no work the night before the exam! An even stranger piece of advice - not too much caffeine or sugar as your boost for the exam - go for the brain/energy food: Dried Fruits and nuts - proven to keep your brain sharper for much longer and your energy levels higher.

Good luck to you.
Isaac Bettan
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