I've been studying intermittently for about four or five months. It goes in spurts. I've not really taken a diagnostic test until yesterday (GMAT Prep). I hit the wrong button after I got my score and then erased my results (and I'm in software...go figure). All I remember is I got a 700. I missed 7 in the verbal and 11 in the math which doesn't make a 700 sound reasonable but whatever. I guess I got hard questions.
I don't remember the proper number break down because, well, it didn't sound right so I tried to look at my questions wrong then couldn't figure out how to get back to the screen and accidentally erased my results. I'm so mad at myself that I didn't look at the scoring breakdown numbers/hit the wrong buttons.
Of the 11 math that I missed 8 were problem solving and 3 were data sufficiency. Of the verbal questions I missed 5 were sentence correction and 2 were critical reasoning. So obviously I need to focus on the problem solving--notably the harder questions. I've been getting around 70% of the medium questions and 85% of the harder questions correct on the first try and then mostly all of them on the second (so at least I am learning) (I think the harder questions are easier than what they consider medium, apparently). I really want a 750, but I'd be happy with anything >= 720.
So, any thoughts to help me get over this last little hump? I don't have any great desire to take more than one or two practice tests as timing is not my issue. Also, when I study I do it for two or three hours consecutively so am building my stamina that way. I've got about 40 problems left in the OG 12th ed in each section that I am going to do this week and then am going to start on the OG verbal and quant books, but I've already done most of the problem solving from the quant book already (which I found much easier than the 12th ed problem solving problems). Any thoughts of other places to get some last minute review materials of questions in the 700+ bracket?
My biggest problem on problem solving are the ratio problems. Any good resources for that?
I don't remember the proper number break down because, well, it didn't sound right so I tried to look at my questions wrong then couldn't figure out how to get back to the screen and accidentally erased my results. I'm so mad at myself that I didn't look at the scoring breakdown numbers/hit the wrong buttons.
Of the 11 math that I missed 8 were problem solving and 3 were data sufficiency. Of the verbal questions I missed 5 were sentence correction and 2 were critical reasoning. So obviously I need to focus on the problem solving--notably the harder questions. I've been getting around 70% of the medium questions and 85% of the harder questions correct on the first try and then mostly all of them on the second (so at least I am learning) (I think the harder questions are easier than what they consider medium, apparently). I really want a 750, but I'd be happy with anything >= 720.
So, any thoughts to help me get over this last little hump? I don't have any great desire to take more than one or two practice tests as timing is not my issue. Also, when I study I do it for two or three hours consecutively so am building my stamina that way. I've got about 40 problems left in the OG 12th ed in each section that I am going to do this week and then am going to start on the OG verbal and quant books, but I've already done most of the problem solving from the quant book already (which I found much easier than the 12th ed problem solving problems). Any thoughts of other places to get some last minute review materials of questions in the 700+ bracket?
My biggest problem on problem solving are the ratio problems. Any good resources for that?
