Looking for some guidance.

See whether you can find shorter ways to solve EASY and MEDIUM level questions. The extra time you save could potentially be used on questions you struggle with more later on. Using the answer choices, for example, may sometimes help you to solve the question itself.

5 Quant tips

Hi vatsalcby,

Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:

Studies:
1) How long have you studied? How many hours do you typically study each week?
2) What study materials have you used so far? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used?
3) On what dates (or approximate dates) did you take EACH of your CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?

Goals:
4) What is your overall goal score?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

Contact Rich at: Rich.C@empowergmat.com

Hi vatsalcby.

You need to identify the areas you need to work on and then work on them one at a time.

You can identify the areas you need to work on by analyzing your practice sets and practice tests to see what types of questions you missed or had trouble with. Also, you can simply consider what types of questions you'd rather not see when you take the GMAT.

Once you've determined what topics you need to work on, work on them one at a time by

- first, reviewing the relevant concepts and strategies

- then, doing practice questions involving that topic UNTIMED until you're achieving high accuracy

- finally, working on reducing the time per question until you're correctly answering questions involving that topic at test pace

Your issues with speed will be addressed by your strengthening your skills in your weaker areas.

For more insights into how best to practice for the GMAT, see this post.

The Best GMAT Practice Methods

Hi vatsalcby,

It's important to understand that speed on GMAT quant problems comes from your ability to recognize what is being asked easily and then quickly execute a plan of attack when solving each question.

Now, developing those two skills takes time, but a great way to develop them is with a topical approach to your studying, where you learn each GMAT quant topic one by one. Studying this way ensures that you develop GMAT quant mastery in a linear and structured way.

If you would like some additional advice on how to improve your GMAT quant skills, feel free to check out this article:

How to Increase Your GMAT Quant Score: Top 25 Tips

Feel free to reach out with any questions.

Good luck!

Hi vatsalcby

GMAT quant tests only specific types of questions from each topic. So, if you know those questions types and how to solve those using the right methodology, then you can score well on GMAT quant. So, I would suggest you to not ignore any topics you are struggling with. Instead,
● focus on learning the right methodology,
● get to know the question types and then
● practice a few questions to solidify the learning.
● repeat this process for each topic.

You should not practice tons of questions directly. First focus on learning the right methods for each question. That plays a significant role in getting hard questions correct within 2 mins.

Having said that, getting to know your individual score breakup would definitely help to understand if you're struggling with the concepts or just the application of concepts learnt and guide you in a proper way.