15 days left in GMAT HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in approving accuracy

Hi Meghna,

Sorry to hear you're struggling. From my experience, scoring well without a timer but poorly with a timer in an indication of not knowing how to apply the appropriate strategy to each question. Although your conceptual understanding might be strong and you may eventually reach the correct answer, the GMAT isn't interested in knowing if you can do arithmetic. They are interested in knowing that you can apply the right problem solving technique in the most efficient way possible. My favorite example of this is the following type of problem:

Solve: 23,442 X 23,421.

a) 46,152
b) 5,689,435
c) 549,035,082
d) 523,141,481
e) 182,791,727

Now, you could solve this problem diligently and arrive at the right answer, but it would be very tedious. Instead, if you pay attention to strategy, you would realize that the ones digit must equal 2, and you can eliminate 3 answers. Then from the remaining 2 answer choices, only one number is close to being big enough. Using a strategy like this turns this from a 2 minute problem into a 15 second problem.

Given your short time frame, I suggest you check out a great guide on Platinum GMAT (it's free!): https://www.platinumgmat.com/about_gmat/gmat_tips_strategy

If you'd like to discuss further, feel free to PM me. Good luck!