Forrester300 wrote:
Thanks Mate,
Are you able to recommend a study plan? Like what sort of plan did you use in order to get the 700, questions per day? As I believe I must have a rustic system that doesnt work. Like do you alternate between Maths/Verbal component, or do you try to cover all the in a day everyday?
SC was one of my big struggles (primary struggle on verbal and overall). This was the game plan that worked for me:
need-help-on-strategy-from-gurus-80206.html?view-post=602766#p602766mohater wrote:
Your prep materials appear sufficient to tackle your goal.
I had the same problem with verbal (SC). I did the following after completing the
Manhattan GMAT SC book:
1. Using the Official Verbal Guide (GMAC), I split the SC questions into blocks of 10, and went through as many blocks in a given day as time would allow (budgeting the 2 min/question).
2. When guessing on a problem, I would mark that problem.
3. When grading the completed blocks for the day, I would mark the ones I got wrong (different marking from the guessing). I would NOT mark the correct answer.
4. After completing the entire set, I didn't study SC the following day. The day after, I would go through the ones I missed and the ones I guessed on (using a new sheet of paper).
5. After completing those in one sitting, I would then review and figure out why my approach was wrong.
I felt this method helped me a LOT. I could not break 700 for the life of me, due to verbal (most notably SC). I was scoring in the upper 40s in quant, no issues there.
After figuring out why my approach was wrong on the more difficult SC questions, I was in a better position to score higher on the verbal section overall. I found certain strategies for SC (split/re-split) could not be used on all questions, thus I had to have more than one approach to the problem.
Note: I REALLY had to learn the material to effectively apply the strategies. Other GMAT prep books/programs might tell you to "listen and answer with your ear". If you're like me and think the same way you speak, that approach will lead you to wrong answers more often than right answers. Focusing on the material (tense, pronouns, agreement in #, etc.) is key.
Hopefully this helps.
-Muhamad
My main issue with quant was needing a refresher. Just had to memorize the info on polygons, triangles, 3d shapes, number properties, probability, etc.. General rules for perimeter, area, surface area, volume, circumference, etc.. Once I rehashed on the basics, I began to score much higher on the advanced problems. The key with quant is being able to set up the problem to solve (knowing what question to answer).
The overall game plan: rehash on the basics, then take a practice. Use the practice exam results to establish a game plan for studying (what are my weaknesses). Focus on the weaknesses, and then take another practice when I felt like I've improved. I did NOT move on from one subject to another subject until I addressed the deficiency (there is, however, a limit. Sometimes you need a break from one topic).
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18 Jun 2009, 18:04
