slimmz2004
Hi everyone,
Long time reader, first time posting here
I have been studying for the gmat for about 1 week now. (1-2 hours everyday) and I am feeling so discouraged. I have been practicing with the question from the
OG and I logging all my errors and analyzing them with the difficulty chart found on this forum. When I time myself, for example 20 questions in 40 minutes, I noticed for the hard, very hard questions, I am getting them wrong. All of them (both DS and PS). When I come back and look at them without the timer, I have no problem solving them.
Any advice? Suggestion?
Thanks
You've only been studying for a week. Even if you're already an expert problem-solver, solving problems with a
GMAT timer is a new skill. Please don't stop working with a timer - it's something you really need to practice to master the test! But, what you're experiencing is completely normal and exactly what you should be doing right now. Go ahead and miss those problems when you do them with a timer, then review them later on with no timer. When you review, try to find ways to do them more efficiently. Then, come back to those problems after a week or two and do them again. See if this time you can get them right. If you're consistently taking too long with a certain type of problem (for instance, Geometry or Algebra) then spend some additional time studying that area.
You've got this and it sounds like you're doing everything right.