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by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:48 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Advice please
Replies: 4
Views: 1018

hi Raj, It is great that you are so motivated. It is important that you use as much real material as possible later in the last 2-3 weeks of your practice. These could be either the Official Guide or GMAT Prep package. Try to read more about theory in the next 10 days and then focus more on tests an...

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:43 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Can someone please help me?
Replies: 1
Views: 1057

A type of a question is not a factor that actually influences your score. What is really important is the difficulty level of a question. If you could not finish the test it is impossible to say whether you were close to 700. I would recommend that you simply take another test to check your current ...

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:14 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: How well was I doing before I cancelled my scores?
Replies: 6
Views: 1507

To kasia but E like this : A New York City ordinance of 1897, regulating the use of bicycles, mandated a maximum speed of eight miles an hour, required cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and granted pedestrians right-of-way. will it be correct ? thanks and regards...

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:23 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: New York City
Replies: 14
Views: 2761

If you put a comma before "mandated" in choice E, you would separate the subject from the verb with a comma - which clearly is a bad idea.

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:19 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: New York City
Replies: 14
Views: 2761

Answer E is incorrect because it does not state clearly what is hard to avoid for consumers - banks, old fees or new fees. All three nouns could be referents of the pronoun "them." That's why answer A is the best one. The rule that object pronouns cannot refer to the subject of the clause ...


You definitely need to have a closer look at the question types that took you too long and revise them. Next you can try to do a few more questions of the same type from the Official Guide to have more practice. This should help you become more efficient.

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:43 pm
Forum: Let's Meet Up
Topic: Help - 4-5 minutes on some questions!
Replies: 1
Views: 1133

Hi jbk, In order to predict your GMAT score, you need to take at least several simulation tests. You should not predict your score based on only one test. My advice is to revise all the topics that you last looked at a few months ago and to start taking 1 test per week. After you take the test, you ...

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:08 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: First CAT Exam (Manhattan GMAT): 570
Replies: 2
Views: 2201

The best resource to test yourself is the Official Guide because it includes the real GMAT material. However, unfortunately it does not include the division into easier and harder problems.

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:50 am
Forum: Sentence Correction
Topic: 700+
Replies: 1
Views: 1030

The test-taker obviously should not estimate his exam results based on only one simulation test. I would suggest taking at least several tests and then counting the average from them. This would give us the base score that we could use while estimating the real GMAT score.

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:59 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Score variation on test day and doing practice exams
Replies: 8
Views: 3091

The average variation is around 30 (max 50) points. If the difference between simulation test results and the real GMAT is more significant, it must be due to some special circumstances (noise, distraction, tiredness, illness, etc.)

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:35 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Score variation on test day and doing practice exams
Replies: 8
Views: 3091

You can always try to go over some of the materials again. I am sure there will be quite a few questions that you can re-use. The same can be done with sim tests. Don't get discouraged.
Have you given me your predicted date of the exam in any of the earlier posts?

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:33 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Failed 2nd time GMAT-600 Q 48 V25
Replies: 9
Views: 2638

Hi Kevin,
When would you like to take the exam? How much time do you have to prepare?

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:03 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: GMAT 4th Attempt (Time to beat the GMAT)!
Replies: 2
Views: 1210

It is often difficult for test-takers to focus on questions and not get distracted by the clock ticking. What you can do is check your progress with every five questions. This way you won't lose concentration. Each question should take you more or less 2 minutes (in the verbal section it is slightly...

by Kasia@EconomistGMAT

Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:59 am
Forum: GMAT Strategy
Topic: Best Study Tools
Replies: 1
Views: 1430