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30 Nov 2010, 14:53
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I'm getting a 630 on my practice gmat from GMAC and I need 670.
Math: I missed 9 DS questions. I only missed 15 questions overall so I really need help on DS (most of the others are due to rushing!). I am also barely making it to finish this section on time. I skipped a question and guessed on 2-3 and still barely finished with 2 min to spare.
English: I missed 6 out of 12 questions on this section on SC. I also finished 20 min early.
I slowed down at the end of the test but still missed all the SC..so I dont think it's speed. I read very very fast.
So how do I increase my speed in math? And how to better my SC? Math is my weak area so I have the OG quantitative guide too. I can do the questions when I am not timed..it is not knowledge that is lacking...it's being able to do the work fast enough.
Math: I missed 9 DS questions. I only missed 15 questions overall so I really need help on DS (most of the others are due to rushing!). I am also barely making it to finish this section on time. I skipped a question and guessed on 2-3 and still barely finished with 2 min to spare.
English: I missed 6 out of 12 questions on this section on SC. I also finished 20 min early.
I slowed down at the end of the test but still missed all the SC..so I dont think it's speed. I read very very fast.So how do I increase my speed in math? And how to better my SC? Math is my weak area so I have the OG quantitative guide too. I can do the questions when I am not timed..it is not knowledge that is lacking...it's being able to do the work fast enough.
30 Nov 2010, 15:38
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Hey emk,
Big week! Hopefully you're enjoying the adrenaline that comes with an impending challenge...
I don't know that I can give you great advice on how to increase your speed over a few days (at least not in a paragraph or two email), but I think you can definitely boost that score by paying attention to the errors that you've made while rushing. Since it's likely that you'll be under time pressure on test day, I'd advise making a quick checklist of your common errors so that you can do a quick scan for those before you submit your answers. Mine, when I took the test, was very Data-Sufficiency-heavy:
Positive (don't assume that a variable is positive...consider the possibility of a negative)
Integer (don't assume that a variable is an integer...consider fractions/nonintegers)
0 (make sure to consider the possibility of 0)
Sufficient (your job is to determine whether the information is SUFFICIENT, not whether the answer is "YES" - if you get a firm "NO", that's sufficient)
? (make sure to answer the right question on PS questions - if you solve for x, make sure that they're not actually asking for y)
That 5-point quant checklist helped me catch a few potential mistakes early, and from then on I was pretty in tune with doublechecking errors without the list. Those are pretty common mistakes, and you can probably find a few others that you've frequently made in practice tests so that you can be aware of them. Usually these kinds of mistakes come when you're rushed for time, so building in a 2-3 second double-check can help you to avoid those traps...
Good luck this week!
Big week! Hopefully you're enjoying the adrenaline that comes with an impending challenge...
I don't know that I can give you great advice on how to increase your speed over a few days (at least not in a paragraph or two email), but I think you can definitely boost that score by paying attention to the errors that you've made while rushing. Since it's likely that you'll be under time pressure on test day, I'd advise making a quick checklist of your common errors so that you can do a quick scan for those before you submit your answers. Mine, when I took the test, was very Data-Sufficiency-heavy:
Positive (don't assume that a variable is positive...consider the possibility of a negative)
Integer (don't assume that a variable is an integer...consider fractions/nonintegers)
0 (make sure to consider the possibility of 0)
Sufficient (your job is to determine whether the information is SUFFICIENT, not whether the answer is "YES" - if you get a firm "NO", that's sufficient)
? (make sure to answer the right question on PS questions - if you solve for x, make sure that they're not actually asking for y)
That 5-point quant checklist helped me catch a few potential mistakes early, and from then on I was pretty in tune with doublechecking errors without the list. Those are pretty common mistakes, and you can probably find a few others that you've frequently made in practice tests so that you can be aware of them. Usually these kinds of mistakes come when you're rushed for time, so building in a 2-3 second double-check can help you to avoid those traps...
Good luck this week!
(this happened for me on the GRE) 
