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See here for some tricks how to get a handle on the question types you can't figure out: overlapping-sets-should-i-worry-78112.html
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Hi,

I just double checked with Chris Ryan, our Director of Curriculum Development, and here's what he said:

"I would NOT spend more time proportionally on the first 15. You need to have a relatively even pace throughout, and when you vary it, you do so according to the specific problem you're facing (e.g., "I can do this exponents problem and be sure about the answer in just 1 minute," or "I need a little more time to crack this difficult rates problem.")

The first 15 questions do NOT count more in the final computation of your score than later questions. All questions count the same. We know that from the horse's mouth (the GMAC itself). It's true that the GMAT has less info about you early on, so its ongoing estimate of your ability (which it uses to queue up the next question for you) varies more early on than it typically will later on. But that doesn't mean that those questions actually count any more."

To this I would also add that we know there are experimental questions spread throughout the exam, and that these questions can be in the first few (see our blog post on that here: https://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... erimental/). How frustrating would it be if you spent 5 minutes on one of your first questions only to find that it didn't count because it was experimental?

As Chris explains, therefore, we always recommend an even pacing throughout the exam.

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Guys,

I have been working on quants section. Im getting an average of 40 in quants. Could you please give me some tips to up the score?

I'm committing silly mistakes and guessing one or two questions.

I'm having trouble with solids and co-ordinate geometry problems.
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