question for the profesionals.

Did you have the double time during your first GMAT?

Enginpasa1 wrote:well the this exam was the first time i attempted to do the questions under a timed situation. Also I took the exam in normal time and not double time. what do you think the best way to attack this problem is? how did you succeed. thank you for the reply!?

The only way to master pacing is lots of practice. I would start by timing yourself to 2 minutes per question, then later closer to 90 seconds per question (this can very depending on sections).

The way that I mastered pacing was doing practice problem sets with OG and keeping a timer by my side. I would reset the timer whenever I started a new problem, until I was able to go through an entire set of 40 questions with a 90-second pace.

You can read more about how I approached this pacing by reading my GMAT blog, https://beatthegmat.blocked, and reading through the resource wiki, https://www.beatthegmat.com/wiki/

Good luck!

Agree, definitely time yourself on every problem - but remember that that is not all of the time you will spend studying it. That's just the first 2 minutes you look at it. During that first 2 minutes, pretend it's the test and try to react in the way you'll have to on test day, but then you might spend another 5-15 minutes going over it afterwards.

Have you already gone through the process to get approved for extended time? It takes a long time and they are very strict - so, if you haven't, do two things: (1) start the paperwork right away and (2) study as though you won't get approved for extra time until you know for sure that you do get approved.

As far as taking practice tests double time, you can actually do that with our tests - we allow you to take it normal time or any timeframe that you want. If you buy one of our books, you also get access to the online tests or you can just buy access to the online tests alone (though that's actually more expensive than buying one book!). So that might be a good option for you to practice at the timing you will actually have on the test (again, assuming you are approved for double time).

Good luck!