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I have attached one strategy for using the scratch pad with timings.
I have adapted it from https://www.ascore.io/blog/just-in-time ... n-the-gmat
This way more focus in on the first 9/10 questions which are quite important as specified in https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-prep-so ... 46146.html
Assuming quant first, you can divide each side of the page as shown below and write the timings in the bottom corner.
So for quant, as soon as you solve the fifth question, you should be close to 50:00 in the timer and as soon as you solve the 10th you should be near 40:00 and so on.
This way every question has a box and at every 5 questions you know your speed.
Once you finish quant, you can ask for a new booklet.
So for verbal, immediately you can divide each side of the page into 9 boxes as shown and write the timings in the bottom corner.
This way every verbal question has a box and incase you dont use the box for that question, you can strike it out and pass on.
Hope this strategy helps.
I have adapted it from https://www.ascore.io/blog/just-in-time ... n-the-gmat
This way more focus in on the first 9/10 questions which are quite important as specified in https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-prep-so ... 46146.html
Assuming quant first, you can divide each side of the page as shown below and write the timings in the bottom corner.
So for quant, as soon as you solve the fifth question, you should be close to 50:00 in the timer and as soon as you solve the 10th you should be near 40:00 and so on.
This way every question has a box and at every 5 questions you know your speed.
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Once you finish quant, you can ask for a new booklet.
So for verbal, immediately you can divide each side of the page into 9 boxes as shown and write the timings in the bottom corner.
This way every verbal question has a box and incase you dont use the box for that question, you can strike it out and pass on.
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Hope this strategy helps.
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I like the verbal timings but I tend to draw out Dashes, so my scratchpad looks like this:
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
/48
Repeat for each page.
This obviously takes a bit of time upfront, but the dashes are what i'm acquainted with and this method shaves a significant amount of time when i'm answer as I just have to strike out.
Note: I've timed myself and it takes me 1-2 mins to setup the scratchpad like this, so I would setup the scratchpad for verbal this way ONLY if you do verbal first. That way you can spend time setting up your scratchpad.
I've tried setting up my pad for quant in the way you show, but I end up writing out of the boxes. Nontheless its better than no structure whatsoever.
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
/48
Repeat for each page.
This obviously takes a bit of time upfront, but the dashes are what i'm acquainted with and this method shaves a significant amount of time when i'm answer as I just have to strike out.
Note: I've timed myself and it takes me 1-2 mins to setup the scratchpad like this, so I would setup the scratchpad for verbal this way ONLY if you do verbal first. That way you can spend time setting up your scratchpad.
I've tried setting up my pad for quant in the way you show, but I end up writing out of the boxes. Nontheless its better than no structure whatsoever.
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