Paul thanks for the advice....
I now, how to solve 7^xyz type of question, i.e look for the unit digit and you know what the remainder is going to be when you divide by 10...its just that I was hoping I would see this type of question probably later in the exam....I know I got the question right cause the next question was a coordinate geometry question, the 4th was DS about a series...5th was about a square inscribed inside a circle part of which was shaded and the question asked about the ratio between the shaded sqare region with the shaded sector of the square....and then the 7th question was very similar to a question on
OG where you have a map of city block and question how many ways can you go from one point to the other....the difference in this question was that the person would stop in the middle.....again I thought this was tough to be included in the first 10 questions....
my approach was to spend my time on the first 12 questions...make sure I dont screw up...thats where I burnt most of my time...then along the way I had some probability questions, and some tricky DS question....
So I guess I am struggling with timing in quant...i dont know how wise it was to spend time on the first 10 question. cause...i literally had 8 question and about 3 minutes left...i just started picking numbers on question that I had to spend more than 30 seconds understanding what they were asking....
so One lesson i learnt is that dont loose your nerves...stay calm....
so all those who suggest drinking red bull, well...too much caffine can cause you to loose your nerves...just watch out for that....
Paul:
any suggestion on how to improve RC...I have a 60% hit rate with most
OG RC questions...and about 70-75% hit rate on SC type questions..my strength in verbal is CR...my hit rate is about 90% with CRs...
Paul wrote:
Hi freshina, sorry to hear about your disappointment but I'm sure you could increase your score to the high 600 if not more. If you could only increase your quant to 48+, you could easily reach 680 or so.
the question with 7^xyz / 10 is really easy and should take you no longer than 20 seconds. Just look for the pattern approach and by knowing that the remainder pattern goes by cycle of 4, you will immediately find your answer depending on what xyz is. Just practice a lot in the math forum and also do as many challenges as you can. I don't believe the quant is necessarily harder than kaplan but it is just a matter being familiar to as many question types as you can.
As for verbal, once again, there is nothing better than practice
under timed condition. Make sure you can explain every answer choices as to why they are right or wrong. The
OG has definitely the right explanation for any answer type but you can also get great explanations from gmatclub in the search engine. There has been many advices given over and over by members and perhaps you should read the advice given by crackgmat or gayathri in the "share your experience" forum. Until then, I wish you good luck should you decide to take the exam again.