Hello people,

I am quite new to this forum.

I had given a GMAT Prep Test (some 1 1/2 months back) without any preparation and had scored a dismal 450 ....
Knowing right away that this score is way toooooo low ...i consoled myself then saying that with more preparation and strategies i can achieve my aim .....

A month and half preparation from the OG and solving every sum/question from it (though taking atleast double the time for the tougher ones).. i thought i would be able to get a decent score this time around.
I gave a mock test (the 2nd one from GMATPrep) yesterday and scored a 470 ...
I could solve 21 questions from Quant
and 29 from Verbal ....

What do i do ?
Clearly speed is the problem and on more digging i see comprehension being a more important problem.I had to read questions twice or thrice to understand them properly.This i think is more of a mindset problem more than anything else.

Upon analysis of this 2nd test i got to know that i got 1st question wrong in Verbal and in total 4 (I think) in the first ten.
In Quant I got questions 3 and 4 wrong.
Out of the 16 unsolved remaining questions in Quant I got only 1 correct and in Verbal I think i got 2 correct.

My questions to you all are:

1) Is it that the first 10 questions of the GMAT exam of both the sections more important than the rest of them ?
If Yes , can we be so sure of this that we can think of using this fact in our strategy ? I mean giving more time , upto 3
minutes for the first 10 questions and making sure that we them right.

2) They say in a CAT , if you give a correct answer the next question is more difficult. If this is true then arent you faced with a question with a question which is simply the most difficult in a short time from the start of your exam considering you give all the answers correct till then?

What do you do with such a question ?? Just guess ??

What strategies do you guys employ when you are faced with a question which is difficult or beyond your comprehension
or if you are sure that you would not be able to solve the problem ?

Though answers/comments from all of you are welcome , the people who have given the GMAT and scored around < 700 .. Can you let me know whether you had a smooth ride through the entire GMAT exam Or was it that you guys had some tough/extremely difficult questions which you just guessed over ?

Please let me know your comments on the questions ...
It will help me better analyze my weakness(es) which currently seems to be speed and comprehension.

Regards,
Mahesh

I have noticed(on GMATPrep) that first questions ARE IMPORTANT. Equally important is to avoid a string of wrong answers. Don't make blind guesses, unless you have to. Remember there is huge penalty for not finishing the test.
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