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06 Aug 2013, 09:20
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Do you guys have a strategy to improve on timing?
Some questions are harder than others, so it's not as simple as finding the average by dividing total time by the number of questions.
What I am currently doing right now is have a little benchmark of trying to stay under 2 minutes per question but if the question is harder I will try to spend a little more time.
Is that the way to go?
Some questions are harder than others, so it's not as simple as finding the average by dividing total time by the number of questions.
What I am currently doing right now is have a little benchmark of trying to stay under 2 minutes per question but if the question is harder I will try to spend a little more time.
Is that the way to go?
07 Aug 2013, 16:51
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Dear xmizer,
That sounds like the core of a good plan. Something in the (90 sec - 2 min) ballpark is a good benchmark for most questions, leaving you a bit more time on the challenging ones. Obviously, the more you can pick up the pace overall, the more time you will have to scope out the tough questions.
Here are a couple blogs about guessing as it related to timing:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/guessing-s ... -the-gmat/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/when-to-guess-on-the-gmat/
Here's a blog making the perhaps obvious point that ALL of your practice has to be against a clock:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/pacing-and ... -the-gmat/
Now, specifically for picking up the pace on math, here are a few time-saving tricks.
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/the-power- ... mat-quant/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/gmat-divis ... shortcuts/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/doubling-a ... gmat-math/
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/how-to-do- ... th-faster/
I hope all this helps.
Mike
08 Aug 2013, 16:13
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Good question and excellent response from mikemcgarry. I clicked through all of the links Mike posted and read through the articles. There's some really good stuff in there. +1 for sure.
One thing that has helped me with timing is to write a timing grid in the upper right hand side of my notes. the grid gives you a good idea of how many questions you should have answered given how many minutes remain in the test. i've found that this saves time and mental energy when you are trying to gauge where you stand on time throughout the test. also, i've found that my brain tends to work better if i am a couple minutes ahead as opposed to a couple minutes behind.
the quant grid
5 65
10 55
15 45
20 35
25 25
30 15
35 5
the verbal grid
8 60
16 45
24 30
36 15
One thing that has helped me with timing is to write a timing grid in the upper right hand side of my notes. the grid gives you a good idea of how many questions you should have answered given how many minutes remain in the test. i've found that this saves time and mental energy when you are trying to gauge where you stand on time throughout the test. also, i've found that my brain tends to work better if i am a couple minutes ahead as opposed to a couple minutes behind.
the quant grid
5 65
10 55
15 45
20 35
25 25
30 15
35 5
the verbal grid
8 60
16 45
24 30
36 15
