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Hi ppl,
I need some advise with the verbal timing strategy. I am always running out of time on the verbal sections, and I end up randomly guessing questions in between. I have struggled with the last 5 questions before, but then I strategically decided to guess questions, especially Critical Reasoning, in the middle. I am scoring anywhere between 640 -700 currently on the various third party mocks I have taken. My scores were better than the current median when I worked hard on every question initially but guessed on the last 5. I have really tried improving on SC because it is the easiest to improve on, but I still end up taking 2 + mins on SC questions sometimes. I know, on avg, SC questions should take not more than 1m-1m 15 sec, but I am struggling with that. In addition, my CR timing is worse - takes me 2m 20 sec on avg, on most CR questions- even the easy ones.
Is timing an issue for most people in the verbal ? How can one pace yourself on the verbal section?
Should I guess randomly in between, or should I strictly stick to the avg 2 min rule for CR questions ?
Would really appreciate advise on this.
Thanks
I need some advise with the verbal timing strategy. I am always running out of time on the verbal sections, and I end up randomly guessing questions in between. I have struggled with the last 5 questions before, but then I strategically decided to guess questions, especially Critical Reasoning, in the middle. I am scoring anywhere between 640 -700 currently on the various third party mocks I have taken. My scores were better than the current median when I worked hard on every question initially but guessed on the last 5. I have really tried improving on SC because it is the easiest to improve on, but I still end up taking 2 + mins on SC questions sometimes. I know, on avg, SC questions should take not more than 1m-1m 15 sec, but I am struggling with that. In addition, my CR timing is worse - takes me 2m 20 sec on avg, on most CR questions- even the easy ones.
Is timing an issue for most people in the verbal ? How can one pace yourself on the verbal section?
Should I guess randomly in between, or should I strictly stick to the avg 2 min rule for CR questions ?
Would really appreciate advise on this.
Thanks
19 May 2020, 20:15
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Hi ankitprad.
I'm not 100 percent sure what you mean by strategic guessing. If you mean guessing on some questions that you find particularly challenging, then your strategy may make sense. On the other hand, guessing on random questions just to catch up with the clock doesn't work out, because you may guess on questions that aren't very difficult. If you guess on, for instance, a Medium level question and miss it, the test will take that miss as a signal that your skills aren't strong.
Regarding timing on SC questions, actually, harder SC questions can easily take close to, or even longer than, two minutes. So, it doesn't make sense to expect to get through every SC question in 1:30 or under.
Regarding verbal timing in general, to speed up, you have to become more skilled at seeing what's going on in the questions. The better you are at seeing what's going on, the faster you'll see it, and the faster you'll answer questions.
To become better at seeing what's going on, you could do a lot of UNTIMED practice involving analyzing all five choices of question after question to define exactly what makes the incorrect choices incorrect and the correct answers correct. By doing all that analysis, you'll develop an eye for the issues and learn to do the analysis rather quickly.
I'm not 100 percent sure what you mean by strategic guessing. If you mean guessing on some questions that you find particularly challenging, then your strategy may make sense. On the other hand, guessing on random questions just to catch up with the clock doesn't work out, because you may guess on questions that aren't very difficult. If you guess on, for instance, a Medium level question and miss it, the test will take that miss as a signal that your skills aren't strong.
Regarding timing on SC questions, actually, harder SC questions can easily take close to, or even longer than, two minutes. So, it doesn't make sense to expect to get through every SC question in 1:30 or under.
Regarding verbal timing in general, to speed up, you have to become more skilled at seeing what's going on in the questions. The better you are at seeing what's going on, the faster you'll see it, and the faster you'll answer questions.
To become better at seeing what's going on, you could do a lot of UNTIMED practice involving analyzing all five choices of question after question to define exactly what makes the incorrect choices incorrect and the correct answers correct. By doing all that analysis, you'll develop an eye for the issues and learn to do the analysis rather quickly.
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