Timed Drills

Question

Greeting all.

I am preparing to take GMAT in February, 2015.

I have practiced a lot of questions for all the sections. However, now I have to start with timed drills. 
I have been consistently working on the GMAT club questions with its timer but I look forward for drills for specific areas. Example: something like GMAT club quizzes.

Can anyone please suggest some places where I can do that.

Thanks.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi StrikerT,

Have you taken any FULL-length practice CATs yet? If so, then how was your pacing on those CATs? Do you finish early in any of the sections? Do you have to guess on a bunch of questions at the end of any of the sections just to finish?

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

StrikerT · Answer

Hi Rich.

Thanks for the reply.

I took one from GMAT Prep. I was short on time for both of sections and had to take a few guesses to finish the test.

Thanks.

dabral · Answer

StrikerT

It is a good idea to transition to timed drills after you have laid the conceptual foundations. One option that I like and recommend is to use the GMATPrep Question Pack 1 pool of questions. You can create sets of 37 questions and attempt them in 75 minutes. You won't get an actual score, but it is an excellent way to learn how to perform under stress and pressure. Do a mix of easy, medium, and hard from both problem solving and data sufficiency section. I detail the breakdown at this link: https://gmatquantum.com/strategy/best-u ... questions/

You should be able to create six such sets from the pool of questions.

Cheers,
Dabral

StrikerT · Answer

Thanks for the tip Dabral.

I have tried most of the Prep questions and now I am looking to practice more of them. Sadly I can't find more.

dabral · Answer

If you have already taken the two free Official GMATPrep Practice tests, then you can attempt the following questions from the database: all-gmatprep-questions-quant-verbal-187679.html Dabral

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi StrikerT,

I have a few follow-up questions; the extra information that you provide should help me to provide some pointed suggestions.

1) How many questions did you have to guess on at the end of each section of that 1 practice CAT?
2) How long have you been studying?
3) When did you take that practice CAT?
4) When are you planning to take your next practice CAT?

One of the inherent problems with doing a random selection of 37 Quant questions or 41 Verbal questions is that your set will not be random, will not adapt, will not match the approximate ratio of question types that the GMAT follows and will not come in the context of a FULL Exam. The results from these types of "tests" are normally problematic since at a fundamental level they don't match what will occur on Test Day. Plan to take practice CATs at regular intervals (1 every week or so) and you'll be able to not only assess your overall skills against the FULL Test, but you'll also receive scores/information that will allow you to truly discover your weaknesses and focus on the areas that need improvement.

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

StrikerT · Answer

Thanks Dabral. I am already working on them. They are a good source to practice. But many times I get swayed to the answers when I seek some details about my answers.

That is the reason I am looking for timed drills. For example, to takes random drills like : 10 SC + 10 CR in 40 minutes, 5 DS + 5 PS in 20 and so on. Slowly and gradually I want to increase that number. Good day.

StrikerT · Answer

Hey Rich.

Thanks for your time to assist me. Below are my answers to your questions.

1) How many questions did you have to guess on at the end of each section of that 1 practice CAT?
- Around 10 in my last test.

2) How long have you been studying?
- 2 months

3) When did you take that practice CAT?
- When I started, that is 2 months ago. I identified the areas that needed improvements. I classified them into: 
 
 Critical,  
 Moderate,  
 Easy.

Like Work/rate went into Critical, parallelism, diction into Moderate and RC main Point, inference into Easy.

I studied all these areas in depth (I believe) as per my classification.

4) When are you planning to take your next practice CAT?
- Haven't decided yet.

Good day.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi StrikerT,

Since that last CAT was 2 months ago, and you've been studying since then, it's really time to take another CAT and re-assess your skills. Taking a FULL-length CAT will also help to measure your endurance/fatigue, anxiety, and overall comfort with the content. You're probably still going to end up with a pacing problem though - since you haven't been taking CATs on a regular basis, you never had a way to measure your progress in that area.

I highly recommend that you take one in the next week and report back here with your scores.

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

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