GMAT on 22nd November, Problem with math, should I reschedule?

Question

Hello,

I have GMAT appointment on 22nd Nov. 2014. I have been doing good on verbal, but kind of struggling on math. It is not that I have any major concept issue, but I am making silly mistakes and I am not able to avoid them. Either I miss to consider all cases, or I don't spend time to understand what is asked in the question. I know what sort of mistakes I am doing, but the problem is, I am not able to avoid these mistakes. I understand practice is the key here, but practice without improving with every mistake is useless. What is that I can change to improve so that I still appear on 22nd Nov. Or it is wise to reschedule?

I missed to add this - I took GMATPrep 1 sometime ago and scored 47 on math. Now I don't know whether that was a fluke or genuine score. I am going to take another mock tomorrow. May be that will clear the picture a bit.

Any helps or guidance would be really helpful.

Best,
Ameya

vaggar4 · Answer

Take the GMATPREP tomorrow and then will see. But if its Gmatprep and u scored 47, then its good indicator of your real exam.

sss27 · Answer

Hi Ameya

I'm struggling with something similar. HOwever, when i am just practicing or even reviewing the test, i am able to solve Quant questions really fast and accurately . So I'm guessing its something to do with nerves. Some things i already try doing - hide the timer until its the last 10-15min. In between the test if i get saturated i take half a minute (with the timer running) to close my eyes and gather my thoughts and attention.
Also, i think i see my accuracy greatly affected based on the time of the day (mornings are perfect.. evenings, after work - i tend to falter)..

Did you go through the tests you took and see if there were specific topics you were faltering on? Perhaps some targeted pratice on that might help there. Even with sample questions, try doing them in batches of 30+ to get used to concentrating for that long.

Lastly, if you are comfortable with all concepts (having done it in the past) and are already good with verbal - putting in some extra practice in the next few days might do the trick.

DmitryFarberMPrep · Answer

"Silly mistakes" can be an issue of time management (rushing in some parts after taking too long elsewhere) or simply not having a strong enough process. You're never going to eliminate these errors entirely, but when you're reviewing your work, ask yourself what procedures you could have had in place that would have prevented the problem. For instance, you might benefit from estimating, from writing out more of your work, from doing more rephrasing/interpreting up front, from double-checking that you're answering the right question, or from noting the units the answer should be in.

Some of my colleagues also use a method of forcing themselves to rewrite all the steps three times for any problem on which they make a careless error. The idea is that this is so much more exhausting than doing it right the first time that they will be forced to take a bit more care in the initial solution.

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