Hello, first post for me here which is exciting.
I'm diligent and I want to get the right answer, but for the purposes of GMAT, perhaps I have to undo this a little bit to unwind old habits and help me attain the best result possible; hopefully a 700+?
I started studying for the GMAT about 10 weeks ago. I have elected to take 2 GMAT exams since I think this will be a better strategy for me to be comfortable. My first is in 1 week, and the following in 5 weeks, in preparation for an organised Round One application.
In the beginning I had to cover some of the basics to dust of the cobwebs, and introduce myself to the exam style. I then began using GMAT specific books (Kaplan Premier, Kaplan 800; which I am critical of and will discuss my reasons in another post) and the Official Guide which has been very helpful.
Now, I feel familiar with each section within Quan & Verbal and I'm confident to answer any questions with accuracy.
After using practice exams to identify problem areas under a timed situation, it is clear I need to improve my timing in order to finish a section.
Sentence Correction, Critical Reasoning & Data Suff, are causing me troubles of timing. I have found I can get 95-100% correct, but only attempt 11 of 16 questions which is not a good strategy as I've read.
I would say I need to develop some timing strategies that while they might slightly hinder accuracy, they will give me the opportunity to answer more questions; selectively skip-guess some questions once I determine "enough" time has been spent on a given question.
Has someone faced a similar problem? What worked for you? What didn't work?
All suggestions are welcome!
I'll put up my comments about some of the books I have been using, to try and help others avoid similar issues.
Will
I'm diligent and I want to get the right answer, but for the purposes of GMAT, perhaps I have to undo this a little bit to unwind old habits and help me attain the best result possible; hopefully a 700+?
I started studying for the GMAT about 10 weeks ago. I have elected to take 2 GMAT exams since I think this will be a better strategy for me to be comfortable. My first is in 1 week, and the following in 5 weeks, in preparation for an organised Round One application.
In the beginning I had to cover some of the basics to dust of the cobwebs, and introduce myself to the exam style. I then began using GMAT specific books (Kaplan Premier, Kaplan 800; which I am critical of and will discuss my reasons in another post) and the Official Guide which has been very helpful.
Now, I feel familiar with each section within Quan & Verbal and I'm confident to answer any questions with accuracy.
After using practice exams to identify problem areas under a timed situation, it is clear I need to improve my timing in order to finish a section.
Sentence Correction, Critical Reasoning & Data Suff, are causing me troubles of timing. I have found I can get 95-100% correct, but only attempt 11 of 16 questions which is not a good strategy as I've read.
I would say I need to develop some timing strategies that while they might slightly hinder accuracy, they will give me the opportunity to answer more questions; selectively skip-guess some questions once I determine "enough" time has been spent on a given question.
Has someone faced a similar problem? What worked for you? What didn't work?
All suggestions are welcome!
I'll put up my comments about some of the books I have been using, to try and help others avoid similar issues.
Will
. Having said that I have improved Verbal a lot from V19 in my initial test to V37-40. SC and CR are easy to improve. If you are struggling with SC then it will be the easiest of all. For verbal go through the MGMAT SC and you will know the difference. If you are preparing for 720+ level veritas has really challenging questions and simple explanations. For CR if you like you can go through CR bible,which is 350 pages, or you can just read the articles on the forum and learn from there.
