GMAT Strategy

Stacey Koprince wrote:To start with, don't take practice tests so frequently. Practice tests are to test whether you have learned all the things you wanted to learn between the last practice test and the next one. Taking the test itself is not where the major learning comes from.

(And fluctuations are not unusual - your score would fluctuate quite a bit even if you'd been taking real tests. These types of tests are nowhere near as precise as everybody assumes they are.)

Generally speaking, I'd say tests every 3 weeks (approx.) until you get to within about a month of the real test. Then a test one month before, two weeks before and one week before, ideally at the same time of day as you plan to take the official test.

Part of what you'll need to do is see whether RC is slowing you down - are you taking too much time also or is it just that you're getting the harder ones wrong? You have to do somewhat different things to get better at timing vs. accuracy (though they're also interrelated obviously).

I assume you have already used some resource that talks about how to read the passages in order to extract the most useful information without getting too bogged down in the details and losing time? If you haven't, some ideas are below, but you should also ask around here and get something - there are a lot of books from GMAT companies that address this.

What is the purpose / main idea of each individual paragraph?

What kind of info is contained in the various paragraphs?
- background info / context
- support for the main point / purpose (this is generally the largest category of info)
- the actual main point / purpose
- follow-on discussion / expounding upon the main point / purpose

Is there any foreshadowing that gives you an idea of what's coming?

RC Questions:

Is it a general question or a specific one?

If general, what type?
- main idea
- passage structure
- tone

If specific, what type?
- specific detail, what
- specific detail, why
- inference
(those three are the main types, though there are other minor types)

Do you know how to handle each of those types? Do you know what they want? (This is different for each type.)

Also, start analyzing those answer choices. Here are some ideas to get you started.

RWP: Real World Plausible. The info sounds good in the real world, but I'm supposed to limit myself only to what the passage tells me.

DC: The info is directly contradicted by the passage

The Mix-Up: Two different pieces of info from the passage have been mashed together in a way that is not what the passage actually says - it just looks good b/c the two different pieces are discussed (separately) in the passage

Extreme: extreme words -- always, never -- typically indicate wrong answers (on RC - this is not as certain on CR)

TBNR: True But Not Right. This info is actually presented just as stated in the passage... but it doesn't answer the question that was just asked.

And, of course, the biggest category of all: Out of Scope. (RWP is a subset of OOS.) The info goes beyond what the passage actually says and we can't do that.

logitech wrote:These are general outlines. GMAT passages may include some, but not all of the lettered
paragraphs. The order of the ideas presented might also vary.

1) Chronological
a. Intro (why the history is important)
b. What happened from time A to time B
c. What happened from time B to C
d. What happened from time C to D

2) New Theory
a. Intro
b. What we used to think (old theories)
c. The new theory explained
d. Why new theory is important

3) Competing Theories
a. Intro
b. Theory A
c. Theory B
d. Author’s opinion about which is best

4) Examples Supporting a main argument
a. Intro with thesis
b. Example 1
c. Example 2
d. Example 3

5) Practical Science
a. New Theory
b. Hideously detailed scientific data/processes intended to distract you
c. How the new theory is useful

6) Methods of Study
a. Group A studies a particular topic by doing X
b. Group B studies the same topic by doing Y
c. Author thinks both methods are flawed.

7) Literature Critique
a. Presentation of a new book/study
b. Argument of the book outlined
c. Author of the passage gives his/her opinion on the validity of book/study

Source: GURU GUIDE

lunarpower wrote:
if you're a q50 level student who's having trouble with verbal, my no. 1 advice to you is to concentrate on sentence correction.
you see, sentence correction is the most "quant-like" of the three verbal areas, in that many of the errors are mechanical and black-and-white, requiring the same sort of reasoning that solves quant problems.

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here is a listing of the sentence correction error types that are most like "quant" in the type of reasoning required to resolve them:

* pronouns: pronoun usage is VERY mechanical; finding the antecedent for a pronoun is not unlike finding a value for a variable. in particular, pronoun usage is based almost entirely on binary concepts such as singular/plural, subject/object, and so on.
HOW TO RECOGNIZE: for pronoun issues, at least the recognition part is easy: if you see a pronoun, you should consider pronoun issues.

* parallel structure: parallelism is, again, VERY mechanical. you can resolve the vast majority of parallelism issues using completely mechanical concepts such as parts of speech, although there are the occasional problems that depend upon more abstract notions, such as "logical parallelism".
HOW TO RECOGNIZE: recognizing parallel structure is a bit trickier than recognizing pronoun issues. here are a couple of hints, though:
(1) long sentences more often than not involve parallelism, because there are relatively few ways to lengthen a sentence without the use of parallel structure. therefore, if you see a longer sentence, you shouldn't be intimidated; instead, you should just keep an eye out for parallel structure.
(2) the OG has "parallelism" as an explicit label on problems that include parallelism. therefore, if you're having extreme trouble locating parallelism in problems, you should consider going to the problems that are labeled "parallelism" in the back of the book, studying their form, and learning to recognize that they involve parallelism. you should do this before you concentrate on actually solving those problems, because knowing how to solve a problem is useless unless you can actually recognize the problem in the first place.

lunarpower wrote:and another one:
* certain modifiers: modifiers are diverse, but there are 2 kinds that are easier to recognize, instantly, than others.

(1) initial modifiers without subjects:
"coming home from school, the wind blew me off my bike."
this sentence is incorrect, because, taken literally, it says that the wind was coming home from school.
you can't hide modifiers like this one; they appear at the very beginning of the sentence, every time. if there's no subject, then the modifier automatically refers to whatever noun immediately follows the comma. if that noun is incorrect, then you can kill that answer choice without even looking any further.

(2) relative pronouns following commas:
..., which
..., whom
..., where/when
..., of which
..., to whom
etc.
(this is not a complete list; it's just a collection of samples. similar constructions behave similarly.)
when these pronouns follow a comma, they automatically refer to the immediately preceding noun -- i.e., the noun that touches the comma.
again, they can't hide these. they're easy to recognize, and they're not dependent on the rest of the context. therefore, you should learn to hit them up first.

mals24 wrote:On iamcste's demand ill post this here as well

Thanks mals

adham wrote:Note: Although I took the GMAT several months ago, I would like to share my verbal strategy to help current test takers.

MY VERBAL PREP STRATEGY

Background Info: I was good at Quant, but weak at Verbal, as is case with a lot of test takers. So I devoted a lot of time to improve my Verbal skills.
Contrary to popular belief, my gmat experience proved that one can improve one’s verbal skills, even RC skills, significantly in a relatively short time through proper approach and prep strategy. Guys, Believe me, at the beginning of my prep, my RC, CR and SC skills were in the 50% s or in the 20s out of 51 scale. At the end, they were in 45-47 s or in 95 % (my actual verbal score is the proof)

Guys, I am so sorry for the delay. I was very busy and could not update my post.


Here comes my Verbal Strategy:


Reading Comprehension

I would like to mention this section first, because it is the most important and the most influential on your overall verbal score. During the actual test, a RC mistake much more weighs than a SC or CR mistake and decreases the score significantly. However, a lot of guys neglect this section during their prep.(This can be proved from the very passiveness of the RC section on the forum) Many believe that RC skills can not be improved in a short time. But this is not necessarily true. My case totally proves this.

General Strategy
(I have learned this strategy from different test experiences and found very useful)

A key point about RC is that you need to understand the text.

Do NOT skim and scan. You are being tested for your understanding and comprehension of the text, not for your ability to pick details out of paragraphs without really knowing what the full story is. Questions like "what do you think that author would most agree with" can NOT be answered without REALLY understanding what the story is about. With time pressure it will be very tempting to rush to the questions and think you'll read the relevant passage when they ask about it, but I believe this is exactly the trap you want to keep out of.
What I do is I read the first paragraph twice, maybe three times, because it often sets the tone (which you'll be asked about) very quickly. Summarize the first passage -- out loud but quietly -- in very simple laymen terms, if necessary in your own language, as if you're explaining it to a child. The GMAT tests your ability to filter the wordy mumbo-jumbo, awkward sentence constructions, and understand in Sesame Street terms what is being said.
If you come across an important paragraph that gives a new side to a story, read it and make absolutely sure you understand what is being said. Read it twice. Read it three times if necessary. Your body will scream no because that clock is ticking, but if you understand the text well, the questions will mostly be a walk in the park. If you don't, you'll be spending a lot of time trying to get the pieces of the puzzle to fit, and doing what you should have done in the first place -- trying to understand the text.

Do not try to bluff your way through the questions by scanning text fragments for clues or words that correspond to an answer item. Those answers are often traps, and the real answers are often hidden in overly simplistic or overly complicated answers that, if you're bluffing, look like unlikely answers, but, only if you really understand the gist of the story, you can recognize as being correct.

Timing, of course, is still key here. Practice a text and its questions in e.g. OG11 and time how long you took on average for each question. If it's more than 1 3/4 minute per question, you need more practice. But first and foremost, make sure you understand the text. Do not skip to the questions if you don't understand the text, you will be punished for that.


In addition to the above mentioned, I developed my own approach :

From the beginning of the passage, I, as a detective, carefully follow author, determine her or his position (agree or disagree, tone) on the given theories or phenomena and find out her or his main conclusion (usually this will be expressed at the end of first paragraph or at the end of the last paragraph). Fully aware of main idea and author’s position, I rarely miss main idea, main purpose questions or inference or tone questions. I developed this approach, following Kaplan’s explanations and instructions

Sources:

1) The best RC prep source I have ever had (even far better than OG) : LSAT sets(or tests) and Kaplan’s explanations to them ( around 30 sets, each with 4 passages).

Why:
• Long and tough passages in a variety of topics. Very useful for time management.
• A lot of inference and other question types(the role of a detail or a sentence; tone qs; author agree ,disagree qs) which are being tested more frequently in Gmat.
• Awesome explanations which will teach you how to approach each question type.
• Very good passage paraphrasing at the beginning of each passage ( very helpful for self paraphrasing building skills)


If you have sufficient time, start with Lsat RC passages( do not get discouraged if your accuracy rate is low, keep practicing). At the beginning, work to improve accuracy and comprehension of the passage. After you increase your accuracy rate, deal with time. Keep in mind that The quality ,not the quantity, is what matters the most in Gmatland.

2) OG-10 then OG-11 RC passages and explanations. After LSAT, OG passages will become easy. But practicing OG will adapt you to GMAT questions

3) 1000RC GMAT Part (there are a lot of good passages)

Here are some RC tips and advices :

Stop after each paragraph of the passage and recap its key points. That way you’re less likely to forget them.

When you run across a “primary purpose” question, always ask yourself whether the author’s purpose is descriptive or argumentative. Then do a “verb scan” to eliminate those choices that are inconsistent with the author’s purpose. Usually, you’ll be able to get rid of at least two or three wrong choices this way, which will make your job of finding the correct answer that much easier.

When you can pinpoint the exact part or ¶ of a passage where an answer is to be found, always skim or reread it before browsing among the choices. You’ll get distracted and misled less often. Base your answers on a review of the text, not on your memory of the text. Memories are faulty and can lead to wrong answers.

Always seek passage support for Inference and Detail questions. Never rely solely on your memory

Remember, when dealing with a question about the role of a detail, it's important to understand the context in which that detail appears. So instead of focusing on the micro issue of the detail itself, start with the macro issue of: Where is the author at that point in his argument?

When asked for the purpose or definition of a detail, stay as narrowly as possible to its use in the text.

The correct answer to an Inference question lives up to a very high standard: it must be true. So attack each choice boldly. Which one choice must be true based on the text? Which four choices either could or must be false?

Use the clues! Skim the passage for words used in the question stem key words) that hint at where the right answer is to be found.

Remember, the answer to Reading Comp. questions can always be found in the passage. Keep your personal opinions to yourself!

Your first step with a Reading Comp. question that asks about a portion of the passage should be to ask: Where in the passage is this to be found? Next, go back to the text and reread what’s relevant. Finally, prephrase an answer.

When the testmaker blatantly points you to a particular ¶, it’s a gift horse you don’t want to look in the mouth. Don’t dally! Get back to it, skim it quickly for its essentials, and then proceed confidently to the choices.

A question that points you to a specific phrase or line reference is really testing your command of immediate context. Study it all.

When you believe that you’ve found the correct answer, by all means look at the other four, but not with respect. Check them quickly and boldly, making sure that they’re as bad as they need to be. If any choice doesn’t strike you as awful, analyze further: Maybe it’s right. In sum, then, be thorough, but don’t agonize over the other choices once you think you’ve found the right one.

In questions asking for a passage’s organization, summarize in your own words the major elements of the passage before looking at the choices. You’re not likely to guess every word of the correct choice, but a clear understanding of the basic building blocks should help you to eliminate the wrong choices and to latch onto the right one when you see it.

Questions that ask you to sum up the Main Purpose in a few abstract words may be more difficult than questions whose choices are lengthy. In situations like this one, you have much less to work with! One useful approach may be to ask: What would the passage have to look like if each choice were correct? Remember, only one will match up to the passage you actually get.

Though it says “The passage...[does] which of the following,” we know what that really means: “The author does.”


The correct answer to a Point-at-Issue question must satisfy two criteria: First, does each speaker have an opinion about the topic or issue in the choice? If so, are their opinions different? When you can answer yes to both questions, then you’ve found the winner.
• Conversely, the wrong choices in Point-at-Issue questions often involve points on which the speakers would or might agree, or issues about which we cannot determine how one or both would feel.

Keep holding the answer choices to the same high standard: For every given question, exactly one choice has been set up by the testmaker as correct, and exactly four are demonstrably faulty. As a rule, don’t compare the choices to each other; instead, compare each choice to the text, looking for the one and only one that the testmaker has deemed CORRECT.

Sentence Correction


This is the verbal section in which one can improve the most.

Description of current actual SC questions: A lot of test takers have recently observed that actual SC qs are becoming much different from those in Gmatprep, OG or other sources. In Gmatprep or OG, the SC questions test the proper usage of an idiom or an obvious grammar mistake. In actual test, this is no longer the case. Actual SC questions are getting trickier and testing a lot of stuff all together. Unlike old questions, they are testing idiom, grammar, style, clarity, intended (logical) meaning at the same time. Intended meaning is playing more important role. Grammar mistakes are not obvious. SC questions are getting more complicated structure (mixture of modifiers both at the beginning and at the end of the sentence)

General strategy:

Start with Manhattan SC. Learn common grammar mistakes and frequently tested idioms. After Manhattan Sc guide, start OG-10 SC section. Read every explanation very carefully. That explanations are from the real test makers makes everything clear. Read OG-11SC . If you have time, Read OGs twice or three times until you totally understand the rules.

Other sources:
1) 1000 SC: good for practice but no longer highly representative.

2) Forum discussions

3) Manhattan SC question bank: Good qs and good explanations

4) 800Bob’s explanations. You can find them in one of the GMAT forums.
These explanations are the best.


CRITICAL REASONING[/b]

Description of current actual CR questions: They are harder than those in OG or in Gmatprep. They have become like LSAT CR questions in both logic and structure. One will get stuck between two, very close answer choices if one does not understand the argument thoroughly.

General Strategy:

Those who really want to understand thoroughly the structure of formal logic and line of reasoning or who think they should learn the formal logic can read Powerscore CR bible. This book gives detailed description of and explanation for each CR question type, along with CR set and explanations.

Those who have little time can choose and study chapters of question types at which they are weak.

First begin learning the structure of the CR(conclusion, evidence..) from a good book. Powerscore’s beginning chapters are the best to do so.
Familiarize yourself with the common CR question types. Practice some of them.
Start LSAT sets and refer to Kaplan explanations. Unlike those in OG , the explanations of Kaplan are clear and not so formal. Kaplan explanations are helpful in that they provide complete explanation and teach how to approach each question type.
LSAT CR questions are much more difficult than those on the GMAT. They are extremely nitpicky, so practicing them helps you become very logical and helps you spot the errors in GMAT arguments in a second. The reward of this practice is that Gmat CRs start to appear simple. In fact the answers will start to strike immediately as soon as you finish reading the argument in GMAT.


I also followed the following approach suggested by top scorer(790:V51,Q50) and found very useful:

“The way I approached CR problems was much different than the way Kaplan (and most books) recommend it. Unlike most people, I don't read the question stem before I read the stimulus. Rather, I read the stimulus first, trying to get a thorough understanding so that regardless of what the question is, I'm ready to attack it. I really think that this helped build my logic skills, so that I was better prepared for any kind of CR question than I would have been if I had a more question-type-specific approach. I feel that had I tried to read the question first, I'd be so focused on trying to find the assumption/implication that I wouldn't understand the argument as a whole intricately enough to analyze the answer choices appropriately. One reason I trusted this approach is that TestMasters, the company known for being the best LSAT prep course, recommends it (and the LSAT is 1/2 CR, so you figure an LSAT prep course would be particularly privy to how to approach the problems). However, each person should take the approach they feel is best!”

Resources:
1) Power score LR Bible ( if necessary)
Note: Powerscore LR Bible and Powerscore Gmat CR Bible are almost the same.
1)As mentioned above, LSAT sets and Kaplan’s explanations to them.(I personally highly recommend them)
2) OG CR sections (both OG-10 and OG-11(the latter has a very good explanations))
3) 1000CR

These sources more than suffice to master your CR skills and ace the GMAT CRs.

OTHER SOURCES:
PowerPrep tests: very good for practice. But note that OG-10 has many overlapping qs with Powerprep. So take these tests before practicing OGs.

Gmatprep tests: the best practice tests so far. They have a rich Quant database but limited Verbal database. Practice on these tests as much as possible.

Manhattan online tests: they are said to very good. I personally did not practice them.

Timing (quote from larzke )

You'll find a time when you're getting questions right but are taking too much time. Certainly, with enough time I'll answer EVERY question correctly! In fact, I have found that the true challenge of the GMAT is not *whether* you can solve a particular problem, but *how quickly* you can do it. You will need to train yourself to see through wordy and concept-stacked GMAT questions quicker and quicker as you progress. Learning to apply the theory is one thing, getting it internalized so well that you can apply it without thinking (like tying your shoe laces) is another.

Secondly, when you have read through and have interpreted the question stem, it is tempting to rush to doing a calculation, but know that you usually have enough time for only ONE calculation approach. If you screw up, decide to re-read the question, and then find out you actually need to calculate something slightly different, you will probably already have blown your 2 minute average for the question. Train yourself for the mindset that you get ONE shot at answering each question, so make sure your question interpretation is right the first time.

Timing is one of the most difficult things to get right, and it is one of the most important things for a good score. If you blow the average of two minutes, you won't have time to think about the next question, which on the test means your getting the answer wrong. Screwing up your timing on the GMAT will without a doubt destroy your score.

Improving your timing is perhaps as time consuming as mastering the underlying theory. Everyone can rush through a math calculation, but can you rush without making mistakes?
To master this, you need to practice, practice, practice. After a while you'll start to recognize common GMAT patterns just as you can name colors -- without thinking.

Also, very important, you need to start to develop a feel for when your two minutes for a question are up without constantly looking at the clock. Learn to make a choice at that point. If you're confident you'll be able to answer the question correctly with one more minute, and you've been doing ok on timing so far, by all means, go for it. If you're still struggling with finding the right approach, if you're stuck, or if you don't have the faintest idea on how to do the question, guess and move on.


Final Words(quote from imjimmy)


Think of GMAT as an opportunity and NEVER as an obstacle for doing your MBA. Preparation for the GMAT, while sometimes tiresome, has considerable benefits. It will help you develop skills that help later in life: in B-school and beyond.

GMAT is not inherently hard and just requires a planned and dedicated effort. The test is very balanced and is not geared to favour anyone with specific demographics or with specific abilities.

Low proficiency in English will not necessarily preclude you from cracking the GMAT verbal. Similarly the fact that you may be from a non-mathematical background will not prevent you from getting a perfect score in the quant part.

Take my case: I am not a native speaker of English and even with careless mistakes still managed to get a 45 in Verbal.On the flip side, I am from a tech background and fancy myself at quant, yet I fell short of getting a 51 in a quant.

So go ahead and crack the test. If I can do well, so can you!

mals24 wrote:If your test center has an electronic bell which you need to use in order to ask for assistance make sure the bell WORKS well in advance.

Also ask for extra pens and extra scrap papers before you enter the room to write the test.

Trust me, these steps could save you from loosing 3-4 valuable points!!!

pkblaze100 wrote:Hi All,

It’s been a while since I visited the forums! I wanted to share an update/summary of the strategy I used to score my 770 on the GMAT back last May. I posted it up back then but thought I would revisit it now that I have had some time to reflect. As a personal update I just finished applying in Round 2 to list of the good schools – I will re-update once I get accepted somewhere . So as not to repeat the details please refer to my old posts below.

Detailed strategy/story from week after GMAT - https://www.beatthegmat.com/my-gmat-stor ... 12080.html

Detailed study plan for people who are scoring below ~620 and want to move into 700+ ranges - https://www.beatthegmat.com/im-ready-to- ... 12218.html

As an update – I now have had 3 friends use this strategy (1 used the long strategy) and 2 others are studying it now. Their results were: 710/740/790 – my friend who was stuck in the mid 500’s was the one who got the 740.

In general my plan requires at LEAST 6 weeks and 2-3 days off from work, assuming you are already scoring 600+. If not use my recommendations in my old post to build your basic skills. In the long case you should plan to take your exam at least 4 months from now (think early August as of this post date). I realize that many people have studied for less time and scored well, but the goal of this study plan is to minimize the chance of scoring poorly. (Reducing your variance). I was able to score my 770 even though they were doing blasting on one of the floors in the building – so my sections were constantly disrupted by fire alarms/announcements etc.

Materials you need
1) Princeton Review Book
2) Kaplan Premier Book
3) Kaplan 800 Book
4) OG Orange Book
5) OG Purple Book
6) OG Green Book
7) The replica of the pad & pen (they sell the Manhattan GMAT one on Amazon for like $20 – GET IT don’t skimp on this)

Optional Materials
1) A Manhattan GMAT book focusing on the area you are having the most trouble with (for most people this is the Manhattan GMAT Sentence Correction book)

Yes, if you buy everything above brand new it will costs about $180…don’t complain that’s .1% of the cost of your MBA and cheaper than the application fee to apply to one school. If you can, borrow someone else’s books, library, etc

Plan (for 3 months/90 days – condense as necessary)
DO NOT START WITH A PRACTICE EXAM  simply put the whole idea that Kaplan/Princeton use of starting with an exam to see where you are weak is silly. I prefer to study all subjects equally until I have a thorough comfort level with all question types etc. Only then do I take exam to find my weaknesses

Days 1-10 - complete Princeton Review book – read everything, do all practice problems, DO NOT do the practice exam

Days 11-30 - Kaplan Premier Book – read any new materials & strategies and do all problems - My version of the book had 9 sections with ~50 question at the end of each, so I did the reading and 15 questions one day and the remaining questions the next

Days 31-44 - Read and complete every question in the Kaplan 800 book. Again – skip the practice test

NOTE: - I actually finished this material faster than the timeline above. I would use the time to practice speed mental math and reading (see long strategy for suggestions)

Day 45 - Take practice Exam #1. Use one of the real ones you downloaded from the GMAT site. (You downloaded them right?  )

Day 45-47 - review and redo the hardest 10% of the problems from both Kaplan books in the areas you were weakest in

Days 47-83 - Finish EVERY SINGLE problem in the OG’s. Time yourself and force yourself to work a little faster than exam pace (try ~1 min a question).

Day 84 - Take Practice exam #2. REDO the same real one you took before (only 2-3 of the problems will be repeats, and you probably won’t remember them anyways)

Every day from now on assumes you are studying the whole day and are not at work. Take each of these exams EXACTLY like your real exam. Same time of the day, find a desk, do the essays, take the breaks, eat the same snack every day.

Day 85 - Practice exam #3 - I used the one in the Princeton book. Also do 60 practice questions from the two smaller OG books

Day 86 - Practice exam #4 - I used test #2 from the web. Also do 60 practice questions from the two smaller OG books

Day 87 - Do 120 questions from the OG books

Day 88 - Practice Exam #5 - I used one form Kaplan 800 I think. Also do 60 practice questions from the two smaller OG books

Day 89 - Practice Exam #6 - Retake #2 from the web. Also do 60 practice questions from the two smaller OG books

You should have about 200 questions left at this point. You can add or remove problems if you have enough time. But leave about 80 for the last 2 days

Day 90 - Today’s the last day! Take it relatively easy – 5-10 questions from each section, 5-10 extra in your weakest section and then go to sleep so you get a normal nights worth before the next day. Set your damned alarm, the backup alarm and your cell phone. Let not take the chance that you sleep too late.

TEST DAY - if you have a morning exam wake up VERY early (normal morning exams are at 8 AM - be up no later than 5:30) otherwise chill out for a bit. If you have some time about 2 hours before you leave do 2-3 questions from every type of problem to get the mental juices flowing. Get ready, grab your stuff. Did you grab your wallet & ID? Walk back inside get your wallet – no your corporate ID doesn’t count as official ID – grab that drivers license/passport etc. Now you can go to your exam.

Did I hear you complain that you’ll arrive an hour early if you leave now?….my test center let me start 25 minutes early and you want to make sure that anything short of a meteor strike won’t make you late. Grab a snack & drink for your breaks on the way (I used a vitamin water and protein bar – ate half of the bar each break and drank as much as I felt comfortable with).

Good Luck!

mals24 wrote:For those who are looking for LSAT material to practice, 4meonly has posted a great set of LSAT CR and RC questions in the following link.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/small-set-of ... 29917.html

Happy LSATing