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Time per question

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by quitaskinme » Fri Oct 30, 2015 8:57 pm
Hey guys!

Can someone give me the breakdown on how much time we have on each type of question? I'm getting different answers and some of them are off by about 30-45 seconds which is a lot.

Quant
1. Problem Solving
2. Data Sufficiency

Verbal
1. CR(I don't remember, does time differ based on the type of CR question?)
2. RC
3. SC
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by ceilidh.erickson » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:07 pm
The reason that different experts will give you different advice on how long to spend per question is that everyone's timing will be slightly different. One student might take longer on CR to unpack the argument, but move faster through SC. Or, she may decide that since her SC accuracy is lowest, it makes sense to sacrifice harder SC problems to spend longer on CR. That's something you'll have to decide for yourself.

Here are the general guidelines that I give my students:
PS: ~2:15 min on average per question
DS: ~1:45
(although for some students DS takes longer to think through)

RC: 2-3 min to read the passage, 1:30 per question
SC: ~1:15 per question
CR: ~2:00 per question

Really, though, you should take several practice tests, and see where your accuracy is highest and lowest, and base your time on your own personal needs.
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