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Hello Rich! Thanks for looking into my situation and for your detailed response!
1. Since September I have completed 90% of TTP Quant. As for Verbal I have mostly just been working through OG questions. I average 2 hours per morning before work. 12 hours total per week. I am at >400 hours of studying since I started my prep.
2. I have used TTP Quant, and OG 2022. I retook mba.com CAT #1 today. I will start working through the next 5 until I take the test again on December 17th.
3. March '22- 530 Q29 V34
June '22- 640 Q39 V38
July '22- 690 Q44 V41
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4.My goal is 720+. I am in the military, specifically special operations, so I feel that 720 would be sufficient for the top schools with my background.
5. I plan on applying fall of 2024 to attend Fall 2025. My goal is to get into H/S/W

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Hello! I am currently going through the OG 2022 hard copy guide. I feel that there is a disproportionate amount of easy questions. Even in the “medium” and “hard” sections. Am I using this ineffectively? How can I best utilize the OG guide? Thank you!!

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Consider using the Online Wiley version of the Official-Guide. The platform can creates sets of questions that automatically time you. You can also easily flag questions you found tough and take notes. Even for the EASY or MEDIUM questions, see if you could find shorter ways to solve them. You may be surprised.
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Hi ellerstak,

I've sent you a PM with some notes and additional questions.

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You are correct, as a matter of fact. The official guide does have quite a few easy questions however, most of the questions on the GMAT are also not the hardest types. You do run into some hard, or very hard questions from time to time, but most of the ones you get are medium level difficulty, even if you are doing quite well.

Personally, I would not aim for hard questions, unless you are already well above 700. While I understand why everyone wants hard questions, practicing hard questions isn’t really the best solution. Think about if you were trying to learn how to box, would you really want to challenge the worlds champion to a boxing match after about a week of training?

You’re welcome to mix and match some hard questions into your exercises and create quizzes out of 10 questions perhaps equally peppered with easy medium hard.

PS. Add the same time, there are indeed, some very easy, quant and verbal questions so if you are on a short timeframe, if you run out of medium and other questions, you can move to other official questions.

I assume you found our Official Guide Error Log/Difficulty Spreadsheet?
https://gmatclub.com/forum/error-log-fo ... 58222.html

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Hello! I am currently going through the OG 2022 hard copy guide. I feel that there is a disproportionate amount of easy questions. Even in the “medium” and “hard” sections. Am I using this ineffectively? How can I best utilize the OG guide? Thank you!!

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