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I'm sitting GMAT in a 3 weeks and am very much worried about my quant. My verbal is consistently 80-90, and because I only had a month to begin with I focused 100% on quant.
I completed the 5 MGMAT math books (wrote my own notes, did all the OG questions, every single one), which helped a lot with many problems (bless you RTD matrix).
Then I sat a practice test from MGMAT and got 690 (previous tests - 620, 700, 680, 630). My goal is 740+
Positive: first time ever were all my math questions from the 700-800 range, never before.
Negative: had to guess a TONE of questions to keep up with time.
Issues I need help with:
1. I open OG and attempt a problem and I either solve it or not. In any case I then read the explanations, make sure I get all the bells & whistles. You wake me up 3 in the night, give me the same problem I will nail it in below 1 minute. I then sit a practice test and guess what - ALL THE PROBLEMS SEEM COMPLETELY RANDOM. I really struggle to tie them to any previous experience I have. Why is this happening? Not enough practice? Poor concept understanding? What do I do to solve this?
2. I read a question during the test, I think I know how to solve it, I solve it on paper aaaaaand..... there is no such answer in answer choices. BOOM. I just freeze. I waste precious time re-reading the question then recheck my calculation, still don't see how I went wrong and end up random guessing. Genius. How do I tackle this? If you think you know how to solve something but no answer choice fits - what do you guys do? Skip immediately? Look back?
Here's what I do right now for my studies:
Where do I go wrong? Should I focus more on revising old problems? Should I focus more on trying new problems? Should I continue with everything?
To be honest my math was pretty bad to start with - a lot of careless errors. This is definitely improving, as I see my PS now being above my DS (was reverse in the past). So there is progress. But I just don't think there is enough of it to breach 740...
Any advice will be amazingly helpful! Thanks so much!
I completed the 5 MGMAT math books (wrote my own notes, did all the OG questions, every single one), which helped a lot with many problems (bless you RTD matrix).
Then I sat a practice test from MGMAT and got 690 (previous tests - 620, 700, 680, 630). My goal is 740+
Positive: first time ever were all my math questions from the 700-800 range, never before.
Negative: had to guess a TONE of questions to keep up with time.
Issues I need help with:
1. I open OG and attempt a problem and I either solve it or not. In any case I then read the explanations, make sure I get all the bells & whistles. You wake me up 3 in the night, give me the same problem I will nail it in below 1 minute. I then sit a practice test and guess what - ALL THE PROBLEMS SEEM COMPLETELY RANDOM. I really struggle to tie them to any previous experience I have. Why is this happening? Not enough practice? Poor concept understanding? What do I do to solve this?
2. I read a question during the test, I think I know how to solve it, I solve it on paper aaaaaand..... there is no such answer in answer choices. BOOM. I just freeze. I waste precious time re-reading the question then recheck my calculation, still don't see how I went wrong and end up random guessing. Genius. How do I tackle this? If you think you know how to solve something but no answer choice fits - what do you guys do? Skip immediately? Look back?
Here's what I do right now for my studies:
- Have an error log
If I fail a problem due to poor understanding - write a whole page explanation how and why things work so that a 5 year old would get it
If I fail a problem due to time (more effective way available) - prepare a flashcard with it
Have tiny 2x2cm flashcards with things like 1/6 = 0.167 that I review 2-3 times a week
Review flashcards 2 times a week (2-3h in total)
Review long explanations 1 time a week (2-3h)
Do a practice test once a week
Will start reviewing error log soon
Where do I go wrong? Should I focus more on revising old problems? Should I focus more on trying new problems? Should I continue with everything?
To be honest my math was pretty bad to start with - a lot of careless errors. This is definitely improving, as I see my PS now being above my DS (was reverse in the past). So there is progress. But I just don't think there is enough of it to breach 740...
Any advice will be amazingly helpful! Thanks so much!
23 Jul 2014, 09:00
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I think you are doing similar or same problems again and again. This has blocked you from thinking on new questions. Just practice from new sources like questions on gmatclub and you will be fine. And in any case if you have spent more than 2.5 minutes on a problem. Skip it.
Best of luck.
Kudofy me if you find it helpful.
Best of luck.
Kudofy me if you find it helpful.
