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- by jamess
Sat May 03, 2008 7:34 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: To score 700 - How Many Questions Roughly Wrong
- Replies: 5
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The fastest way to answer a question is to solve it in your mind. Having said that, that is a result of a lot of practice. But I think there are still some basic framework that can be applied to all CR questions to help solve them without writing essays as notes. :) Wish you best of luck for the exam.
- by jamess
Fri May 02, 2008 10:07 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: 8-day plan (crunch time)
- Replies: 2
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There is no answer to that question.
btw, theoretically, as much as 50% wrong can give you a 700 score.
- by jamess
Fri May 02, 2008 6:59 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: To score 700 - How Many Questions Roughly Wrong
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15086
I think the kaplan is somewhat off with its scoring.
Look at the GMATPrep scores as more reflective of what you can expect at the real test.
- by jamess
Fri May 02, 2008 6:59 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: AIMING for a 700
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1807
I think the book is wonderful in terms of logic. But toooooooo long and detailed.
Imagine reading 300 pages for just CR. When the same thing cane be said in a fewer pages.
I think some theory is important but there is no substitute to practicing questions.
- by jamess
Thu May 01, 2008 9:56 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: PowerScore Critical Reasoning
- Replies: 24
- Views: 18800
- by jamess
Thu May 01, 2008 9:31 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: How much did you improve your last 3 weeks of prep?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1792
p.s. we may just have to agree to disagree on the algorithm discussion. The people who make the test say that the early questions are not worth more than questions elsewhere on the test. Even if you believe they would lie about something like this - if they did, they would long since have been sued...
- by jamess
Thu May 01, 2008 6:06 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: time allocated for first 12-15 questions?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4050
If you and I were both to get the exact same question at #11, but you went into that question "scoring" 700 and I went into that question "scoring" 650, its impact on our scores would be different even if we both got it right (or both got it wrong). It isn't the case that, at #1...
- by jamess
Thu May 01, 2008 5:54 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: time allocated for first 12-15 questions?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4050
Not if those seven questions were at the same exact difficulty levels, no. The factor that matters in this regard is not the placement of the question but the difficulty level of the question. No question is worth more than any other question solely based on placement of that question. If you take ...
- by jamess
Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:27 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: time allocated for first 12-15 questions?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4050
This is true IF you don't have to spend any extra time on those first few questions - because that time has to come from other questions. It's also true, by the way, that IF you do exactly as you would have done on the test anyway but somehow manage to get a couple more questions right ANYWHERE on ...
- by jamess
Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:13 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: time allocated for first 12-15 questions?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4050
This is so because the score moves more in due to the first few questions (when it has less information) than later (when it has more information). I think you're assuming that the algorithm freezes your score in place once it serves you a question and never recalibrates again. Since no one is real...
- by jamess
Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:02 pm- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: time allocated for first 12-15 questions?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4050
I agree with you that there is severe penalty on not answering all questions. You do agree that the first few questions do matter more (in moving your score). So, if a test is timed well such that the test taker doesn't miss the last questions, he has a higher chance of getting a better score if get...
- by jamess
Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:26 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: time allocated for first 12-15 questions?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4050
- by jamess
Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:09 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: G -2 : last GMATPrep before the real thing
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1552
- by jamess
Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:07 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: Just booked my GMAT exam !!!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3142
puniaball All questions carry equal weightage on the test. The notion that the initial questions carry more weightage is false. In fact GMAC has clarified on this advising students to treat all questions with equal respect. The test is adaptive and your score can drop drastically if you dont do wel...
- by jamess
Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:06 am- Forum: GMAT Strategy
- Topic: time allocated for first 12-15 questions?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4050