Which Scenario is better

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Which Scenario is better

by goelmohit2002 » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:22 am
Hi All,

Can someone please tell which scenario will likely to yield more marks in GMAT Verbal if faced with time crunch in Verbal part....

Scenario 1
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doing first 23-24 questions with say 80-85% accuracy.
Then skipping the two pessages....i.e. say (Q25-28) and (say 35-37) i.e. total 7 questions...and doing rest CR and SC questions...again with say 80-85% accuracy.

Thus say total approx. 28 questions correct...(out of say 34 attempted) but it involves in between questions to be skipped....which I suppose will be of higher weightage then later questions...since one will be guessing on intermediate RC questions...so later questions diffculty level will drop.

Scenario 2
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doing first 30 questions with say 80-85% accuracy....in case we decide to attempt the 3rd RC....
Then skipping/random guessing on last 10-11 questions....

Thus say total approx. 25 questions correct...(out of say 30 attempted) but it involves first 30 questions which I guess are of higher weightage...since one will be attempting the first 30...with no random guesses....

Kindly share your thoughts....for me RC is really a bottleneck for completing my Verbal paper....

Your thoughts will help shape my strategy to attack the verbal paper....

Thanks
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by irish200 » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:21 pm
it sounds dumb to me to guess blindly on any question. ALWAYS read it or you are irrevocably lowering your score.

If you must choose one of your strategies, then I would recommend trying them out on practice CAT exams and choosing whichever consistently results in a higher score.

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by irish200 » Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:23 pm
***i should note that it isn't dumb to guess on any question. For example, if you are truly stumped or are on a quant. question and have no idea where to start, it might be a good idea.

But I would never advise to guess blindly on three of four in a row- i am no expert but that sounds as if it could severely damage your score.

If you are weak in RC, by all means, practice RC.

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agree

by JeffB » Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:43 pm
I agree with Irish - Practice so you don't have to guess on any question.

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by david2008 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:36 am
Missing a number of questions in a row (even if just 3 or 4) will have a bigger downward impact on your score than missing the same 3 or 4 spread across the test. I don't feel it's a good idea to skip any or all RC passages because of that. Instead of skipping, concentrate your prep efforts on RC and spend a lot of time with the OG RC section to improve your accuracy,

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by goelmohit2002 » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:38 am
Thanks All,

I will do more practice in RC....

Just to ask one small query....

Just in case we have to guess....then where do you guys think that GMAT will give experimental questions in RC....

I am pretty confident that first RC will not be experimental....

Can it be possible that 2nd RC comes out to be experimental ?

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by maihuna » Sat Jul 25, 2009 9:49 am
I think assuming which one is not to be scored is very risky, in case your bet are wrong, out of 4 RC you will be left with 2 only...as any way eperimental one will not be scored...dont do that..
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