Wrtie formulas down during tutorial

Question

This question suddenly popped in my head :-D

. Can write formulas down during the test tutorial (or quantitative section tutorial)? It can save a few minutes here and there... Is it legal?

abhimahna · Answer

Hi  inter  ,

Yes, once your test is started, you will have the full rights to write whatever you want to write in your notepad/scratchpad.

So, you can always utilize your tutorial time to write the formulas and save time for a later stage.

bb · Answer

What a lot of people do for Verbal is draw a grid or series of grids during the instructions time to use them later during the Verbal section to save time on doing this during the actual 75 minutes. I also wrote down some acronyms I came up with for my SC checklist before verbal. (Something along this list https://gmatclub.com/forum/sc-strategie ... 07121.html but mine was probably just 5-7 line items)

souvik101990 · Answer

Not really. You should not do it. Here is my rationale:

1. Do you think there will be a formula that you will remember at the beginning of the test but not in the middle of the test? Why?
2. The entire GMAT quant will probably contain a couple hundred math formulas. Out of that, if you are lucky, ten of them will be tested on test day. That's staggeringly ineffective odds. 
3. I would spend any second not solving questions in composing yourself, getting into the zone and then attack quant.

For verbal, grids are OK. But I think you can just draw five small horizontal lines for each question. Shouldn't take more than a second or two.

This is what I mean:

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inter · Answer

Thanks a lot! Well - I have a one page of formulas that probably appear in 90% of all cases. I usually recite them weekly to make sure I don't forget less frequently used.

inter · Answer

What kind of grid are you talking about?

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