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Will appreciate if someone can share strategies to avoid foginess. I was unable to infer the text
So apparently, a lot of things matter - your food before your exam, how you are using your break, hydration that day and I have read stories of people maintaining a lot of it not just on the exam day but for a significant period before the exam.

For me verbal is weak, and the foginess is quite common, I tend to have breathing exercises which help me in the exam/before the exam.

My suggestion would be - share your personal reflection - what went off in that exam? Was it the foginess because of sitting in the exam for a longer period, drowsiness or did the fatigue set in because you were reading for a longer time? if its the last case, you might benefit from changing the order in which you attempt the questions.

If its not that, perhaps - taking more tests to be comfortable with sitting for a longer time, or fixing your hydration/food might help.

That’s what has been working for me and still trying to do better with every mock I try to give.
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Yes, I do accept I haven’t had long sitting practice. Plus my anxiety of figuring out the right order is troubling me.

For official mock 1 and 2 I had 88 in Quant. I got eye openers with GMAT Club practice test, where I’m unable to cross Q84.

After inspecting the questions, I have realized official Mock 1 and Mock 2 questions are somewhat easier than official Mock3. Particularly in quant I can figure out.

Since I’m not that strong with Verbal to qualify the difficulty levels across all mock tests. It’s same for me.

But yes, I got V81 in both Mock 1 and 2 where I followed QVDI

There I was struggling with DI.

Most likely my brain gives up after completing 2 sections

Is it good strategy to approach the weakest section first as the brain capacity, efficiency is best in the first section, specifically to me
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So apparently, a lot of things matter - your food before your exam, how you are using your break, hydration that day and I have read stories of people maintaining a lot of it not just on the exam day but for a significant period before the exam.

For me verbal is weak, and the foginess is quite common, I tend to have breathing exercises which help me in the exam/before the exam.

My suggestion would be - share your personal reflection - what went off in that exam? Was it the foginess because of sitting in the exam for a longer period, drowsiness or did the fatigue set in because you were reading for a longer time? if its the last case, you might benefit from changing the order in which you attempt the questions.

If its not that, perhaps - taking more tests to be comfortable with sitting for a longer time, or fixing your hydration/food might help.

That’s what has been working for me and still trying to do better with every mock I try to give.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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I personally want to deal with the strongest section first as it keeps me motivated and prompt- for me it's Quant and also it helps me to adapt the screen reading on that very day, post this I go for Verbal without a break(not to break the rhythm of reading) and then post the break a fresh start to DI( the break helps me not 😴 during the test)
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Is it good strategy to approach the weakest section first as the brain capacity, efficiency is best in the first section, specifically to me
That’s what I try to do. Honestly, its a personal choice. the order doesnt matter in the score, but how you feel throughout definitely matters in your scoree, and performance. So, I woudl suggest, try shufffling and see what helps you
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Hi,
I need your guidance regarding my study plan. Could you please suggest which strategy I should follow and which mock tests would be best for my preparation?
I have one full month to study and I’m planning to prepare full-time.
I’m quite confused and would really appreciate your help.
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Hi,
I need your guidance regarding my study plan. Could you please suggest which strategy I should follow and which mock tests would be best for my preparation?
I have one full month to study and I’m planning to prepare full-time.
I’m quite confused and would really appreciate your help.
Same question here,

Is test prep question and course enough or I should go thorough the practice questions by MBA website for the official gmat practice??
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Hi,
I need your guidance regarding my study plan. Could you please suggest which strategy I should follow and which mock tests would be best for my preparation?
I have one full month to study and I’m planning to prepare full-time.
I’m quite confused and would really appreciate your help.
If you only have a month, start with the free GMAT prep official exam exams. You can take six of them for free or maybe even eight because the two free tests can be taken multiple times. So that’s a no-brainer as it’s official test material plus there’s no cost
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For what I’ve noticed with already attempted mocks is Quant, Verbal DI is not helping me out. My gain on DI has improved significantly if I attempt it first.

So I’ve tried QVD, DQV.

Last thing to try will be QDV. So that quant being the best shall help to sail trhough initially as marked by @igupta0012
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If you only have a month, that’s a tight timeframe and probably the best course for that timeframe would be the Magoosh course. I will likely be a Black Friday deal

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Is test prep question and course enough or I should go thorough the practice questions by MBA website for the official gmat practice??
And I think if you buy the Magoosh course through one of the links on GMAT Club, you get gmat club tests starter included for free.
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Same question here,

Is test prep question and course enough or I should go thorough the practice questions by MBA website for the official gmat practice??
I’ve tried official prep content. But came across many reviews, that it is worth it.

You need to sprint to manage the time that you’ve in hand
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But is this as the same official gmat question test?
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300-400 hours are good enough to reach that point and way beyond
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But is this as the same official gmat question test?
But it is not. Has a different name too
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