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15 Apr 2012, 16:57
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I'm wondering what kind of timing strategies you guys use on an individual question. I'm more curious about the quant side of things, but if you've got a verbal timing strategy then feel free to chime in. Basically my question is, if you are working on a problem, and you hit the 2 minute point, do you simply guess and move on, or do you keep at it for an extra minute or two? Of course, if you are ahead of pace, you can afford to do so, but say you are at a point in the test where you have taken on average 2ish minutes per question and you come to question number 26 (hypothetically). Would you give it a shot for 2 minutes and then just move on, or would you go past the 2 minute mark and risk falling behind schedule?
Basically the way I see it, when you come across a 2-minute+ quant question, you either (1) know you can get to the answer, but it'll take some time or (2) not know how to get to the answer, but you can give it a shot and possibly come up with the right answer or (3) don't even know where to begin.
For the last option, it seems like skipping it all together is a good choice, but what about for the other two? Is it worth spending an extra minute or two on a question with just the possibility of getting it correct?
Basically the way I see it, when you come across a 2-minute+ quant question, you either (1) know you can get to the answer, but it'll take some time or (2) not know how to get to the answer, but you can give it a shot and possibly come up with the right answer or (3) don't even know where to begin.
For the last option, it seems like skipping it all together is a good choice, but what about for the other two? Is it worth spending an extra minute or two on a question with just the possibility of getting it correct?
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I would start here: timing-strategies-on-the-gmat-80176.html?fl=menu at our Timing Strategies Guide. This should really help you get started.
But to answer your general questions, the rule of thumb is to NEVER go over 3 minutes on any quant questions. At that point you have to make an educated guess and move on EVEN if you are ahead on timing (unless you are on the last few questions). The reason for this is that questions may get harder as you go on, so even if you are ahead, you are going to want to swallow your pride and move onto the next question. If you go beyond 3 minutes, it's obvious that you don't know 100% that you will get the right answer, and at that point you are actually hurting your chances on questions you could probably get right farther along in the test. So, on test day, one of the best strategies that test takers don't implement is to guess and move on if necessary. You can afford to do this a few times on test day and still get a great score. Obviously you can't do it all the time, but nothing would be worse than to spend 4-5 minutes on a one question and not get to 1-3 questions at the end of the quant section. It will hurt you much more to miss questions at the end than it would have to just move on and get an opportunity on those questions. Implement the 3 minute hard rule and your score will benefit.
But to answer your general questions, the rule of thumb is to NEVER go over 3 minutes on any quant questions. At that point you have to make an educated guess and move on EVEN if you are ahead on timing (unless you are on the last few questions). The reason for this is that questions may get harder as you go on, so even if you are ahead, you are going to want to swallow your pride and move onto the next question. If you go beyond 3 minutes, it's obvious that you don't know 100% that you will get the right answer, and at that point you are actually hurting your chances on questions you could probably get right farther along in the test. So, on test day, one of the best strategies that test takers don't implement is to guess and move on if necessary. You can afford to do this a few times on test day and still get a great score. Obviously you can't do it all the time, but nothing would be worse than to spend 4-5 minutes on a one question and not get to 1-3 questions at the end of the quant section. It will hurt you much more to miss questions at the end than it would have to just move on and get an opportunity on those questions. Implement the 3 minute hard rule and your score will benefit.
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