Got Diagnostic Test: 16 PS, 21DS, 15RC, 15CR, 9SC now what?

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Hi,

Got the Diagnostics test on OG11, scored as the title suggests. I believe my math is stronger since I made silly mistakes in PS and DS and Qs were really easy imo. Don't expect that kinda easy ones in GMAT.

I didn't feel confident in RC since questions seemed to be really long and complicated even I got what the passage was about and I wasn't sure if got the stem correctly in Qs, but it seems I did above average.

Same counts for CR as well, I found them quite easy this is why I got so high I think, but I still need to proceed since I wasn't %100 sure how to attack each question, just used my English knowledge and tried to find a sensible answer.

SC is my weakest for sure, I'll go for manhattan SC and work with OG 10 or 11 for each section in it. Would you advice me something more? There are various notes or flashcards for SC, shall I go with them as well in addition to Manhattan SC?

Also shall I quit solving maths Qs till the last week of the exam, or should I keep myself fit on quantitative? I guess I'll get slower for Quant. if I quit solving them.

PS: I score 640 2 years ago with just 2 weeks of preperation so I aim for a >700 this time, if you got a similar experience as mine please give me some advice. Thanks!!
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by II » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:49 am
One question I have is what difficulty level are the first 24 PS questions in the OG 11 diagnostic test ?

Eg. Are there any 650+ level questions in there ?

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by xeqtr » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:19 am
I dont think that they are too difficult, if you ask for 650+ level. Most of my mistakes were clumsy calculations and I wasn't focused enough. Kaplan's are quite good imo. Even they may not represent real GMAT stuff, they are quite good for you to get into Maths mode imo.
II wrote:One question I have is what difficulty level are the first 24 PS questions in the OG 11 diagnostic test ?

Eg. Are there any 650+ level questions in there ?

Thanks.