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billionaire999
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25 Apr 2021, 09:41
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Hello people,
Often I find myself scrambling for time in both sections of my gmat mock.
I find it that if I spend higher time attempting questions from 1–20 and going quickly and aiming for only a 20% accuracy in the last 10 or so questions I score better.
I wanted to to know if this strategy will be successful on the actual GMAT.
Also in a scenario where I have 10 minutes left and 10 questions left to answer,
Should I aim for accuracy or Aim to complete all questions.
Often I find myself scrambling for time in both sections of my gmat mock.
I find it that if I spend higher time attempting questions from 1–20 and going quickly and aiming for only a 20% accuracy in the last 10 or so questions I score better.
I wanted to to know if this strategy will be successful on the actual GMAT.
Also in a scenario where I have 10 minutes left and 10 questions left to answer,
Should I aim for accuracy or Aim to complete all questions.
25 Apr 2021, 10:39
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It is a good question... there is not a ton of evidence. Most strategies that result in the best score assume that you answer as many hard questions correctly as possible... and also assumes that you give every question the fair chance. Based on our GMAT prep software analysis, there is indeed support in the factory if you get the first 20 or so questions right, the rest doesn’t seem to matter a whole lot but in the real test you wouldn’t know if you got all the questions right. That’s usually where the strategy falls apart...
I would say you need to improve your decision which questions to let go of and perhaps speed.... most questions should be doable in 2 mins. I noticed that if I couldn’t solve a question in two minutes, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t solve it in three either. I would end up burning time and then guessing. Are you noticing the same about you?
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I would say you need to improve your decision which questions to let go of and perhaps speed.... most questions should be doable in 2 mins. I noticed that if I couldn’t solve a question in two minutes, there’s a good chance I wouldn’t solve it in three either. I would end up burning time and then guessing. Are you noticing the same about you?
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25 Apr 2021, 11:18
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billionaire999
If you are getting more questions correct in the first phases of the exam, then your score will tend to be higher than when you get them wrong. This is simply because the scoring is adaptive and you will be rewarded as you get more and harder questions correct.
How was your accuracy in the questions before these last 10 questions? If your goal is to get higher scores and assuming you did well in the previous questions, then answering all the questions, correctly or otherwise, would help you. Again this assumes you did well, i.e., answered harder questions correctly, in the previous phases. If you did not do this, then correctly answering the remaining questions would be better for you. You should still aim to complete all the questions because leaving questions unanswered will reduce your score.
If your goal is to score in the high percentiles, then both accuracy and speed are important. If you have lesser goals, then you could consider the above strategy. And do remember that during the exam, you may not know whether you are answering most questions correctly. So you would need to make concessions accordingly.
