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Took my first official mock test (650 - Q44 V35)- what now?

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by auppala » Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:53 am
Took my first mock test today after about 2-3 weeks of preparation and much procastination. Got a decent 650. I am targeting a score of about 720. And i have a month and half to go for my exam. I thought I could manage a score of 48 in quant, but was done in by my lack of keeping steady pace.

After reviewing today's mock, here are some areas I could use pointers on study strategies

1. I got 2-3 easy quant problems wrong and ended up spending too much time on some more regular problem type. Should I do all my studying / practice with a timer here on?

And are there any freely available resources that supplement the theory from Manhattan guide. I feel that the "In action" problems do not give adequate topic-wise practice.

2. Data sufficiency - Aargh!! Can never seem to wrap my head around it completely. Using the manhattan guides currently, but I dont feel they have enough practice questions here as well. Any alternate resource?

3. Verbal - Critical Reasoning - I usually do well in this problem type. Got about half of them wrong in the actual test.
How should I go about studying for Critical Reasoning? Do you suggest reading through the Manhattan Guide? I read the first chapter and I dropped it because I thought that the approaches described seemed too theoretic and time consuming. Any suggestions of an alternate resource or should I stick to the manhattan guide?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance!
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by Brent@GMATPrepNow » Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:57 am
auppala wrote: 1. I got 2-3 easy quant problems wrong and ended up spending too much time on some more regular problem type. Should I do all my studying / practice with a timer here on?
I suggest that you don't worry about timing until later in your studies. Having said that, it's not a bad idea to time yourself while doing practice question, but do so solely for the purpose of getting a good idea of what 2 minutes feels like.

I wrote two articles for Beat the GMAT on the topic of timing while preparing:
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2011/06/ ... mat-part-i
https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2011/07/ ... at-part-ii

While taking practice tests, I suggest that you use a Milestone Chart to keep you on track. This is covered in our free GMAT time management video at https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gener ... es?id=1244

Keep in mind that the GMAT is a test of your math and verbal skills AND it's a test of your test-taking skills. So, keep taking practice tests to work on your endurance and your time management skills.
auppala wrote: 2. Data sufficiency - Aargh!! Can never seem to wrap my head around it completely. Using the manhattan guides currently, but I dont feel they have enough practice questions here as well. Any alternate resource?
Not to worry - everyone struggles with Data Sufficiency (DS) questions at first. This question type is totally unique to the GMAT, so it's foreign territory.

If you're looking for some extra DS resources, we have a free set of videos that cover everything you need to know: https://www.gmatprepnow.com/module/gmat-data-sufficiency

Cheers,
Brent
Brent Hanneson - Creator of GMATPrepNow.com
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