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by kul512 » Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:01 pm
Just took the test, for first time. Scored 740 (Q-51/ V-38). Thanks everyone for this beautiful forum. I learned a lot from here and used the material posted here. I think this was one of the best forum as for as free GMAT site are considered.
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by niksworth » Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:52 pm
kul512,

Is there a typographical error in your split score? From what I know, for 740 the sectional score for verbal should be more like 38/39 instead of 32 (with quant 51).
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by kul512 » Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:17 am
Oh! it is 38 in verbal. Thanks!
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by kul512 » Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:18 pm
I want to share a few time-managment techniques i followed in the verbal section. Although you need to keep watch on time in both section, It is easier to do so in quant section, (Each question 2 minutes), but it is not the case in verbal. you need to give 1.75 for each question, and this is very disturbing to know whether you are working at right pace.
1. In verbal section I decided to not look at time till i complete 6-7 questions. and i tried to finish these questions as early as possible. After that i checked the remaining time with following calculation-
questions done*2 + remaining time >= 82

82, because for 41 question i alloted 2 minutes for each questions, and to do so you will have to be real fast in the starting. Now consider this-
1. Your are at question no 16 and time remaining is 54 minutes. So 15*2 + 54= 84, so you are managing time efficiently. keep this pace.
2. You are question no. 21 and time remaining is 35 minutes. So 20*2 + 35 = 75, you are lagging, speed up and just make 2-3 good guesses so make up the time.
I used this calculation continuously to keep watch on time and finished Verbal with 5 seconds remaining. Although score in verbal is not so good, but this time management strategy helped me a lot to keep things under control.
This is the technique i used and i was very comfortable with this. There may be several other time management techniques, and whatever method you are using, you must practice it in the mock test itself. Because in the real exam you will see, it is less about always choosing right answer, but more about how quickly you answer.
Sometimes there is very fine line between right and wrong: perspective.