did another GMAT, did 40 math and 43 verbal, upped it by 3 & 2 respectively, time taken was 95 mins. I also did 10 PS, 10 DS, 10 PS, 10 DS, 6 SC, 6 CR, 1 RC, 10 SC, 2 RC, 8 CR (mixed them up to simulate the GMAT and to train the brain to switch between question types).
PS - 20/20, 100%, about 57s/q
DS - 20/20, 100%, about 55s/q
These weren't terribly hard. I'd probably score a 50-51Q; I need to find more difficult PS/DS. I'm getting better at DS though - shaved time from 90s/q to 55s/q. Saw one repeat on all of math.
SC - 14/16, 88%, 64s/q. Took a bit more time than last time, but saw much more difficult questions.
CR - 7/14 - 50%, 81s/q. Shaved off some time, but I looked over the answers. I did Test D from the CR1000 file, I'm going to stop using this file; it's a hunk of crap. 2 of the questions I got wrong make 0 sense, and the other 5 I disagree with. I feel that the CR1000 file is just a bunch of random questions assorted from books or made up ones, not
OG. They don't have any tricks to them, and some are flat out wrong. THat's the problem with questions that people make up-- they don't know how to make a proper CR, and use flawed logic to come up with the "right" answer. On
OG questions I always average over 80%, sometimes 90-95%, so I'm not too worried for CR. But thinking in 'CR' mode is good practise none the less.
RC - (from
OG) - did 3 paragraphs, 13 questions, got 11 right. One of the ones I got wrong was based on a passage that was incomplete, in the PDF they didn't scan it in properly. So really I got 11/12 - very happy with this
Overall speed - 83 q's in 95 mins (GMAT is 78 in 150). My brain is still ok, stamina is definately going up!
I'm going to do another one tomorrow - start it off with 1 essay, 20 mins, then do 45 math (20 PS & 25 DS), then 51 verbal (16 CR, 20SC, 15 RC). Aiming for < 100 mins for questions, 20 mins for essay.
Also I didn't take any breaks. My brain is mildly buzzed right now.
Going to work up to 60 math in 75 mins and then 70 verbal in 75 mins. If I can get to that level within a week and maintain good percentages I'm going to go write the beast and slaughter it.
until next time