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02 Jun 2015, 12:10
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Hi,
Details of my two previous attempts
GMAT 1: 640 (Q48, V31)
Materials Used : OG13, OG12 , Verbal Prep
Difficulty Faced : Energy preservation and maintaining focus to make sense out of questions on screen.
GMAT 2 : 630 (Q46, V31)
Materials Used : OG13, OG12 , Verbal Prep
Difficulty Faced : Maintaining track of time which cost almost last 10 questions.
I am planning to give GMAT in first week of August 2015 (I want to apply for the 2016 batch).
Difficulties faced in Overall Verbal Section :
1) Poor Timing management : Loosing the track of time in the heat of solving the questions. This was particularly happened in my second attempt when I missed left with 10 questions for 7 minutes, almost guessed every alternate questions and still couldn't answer last question. Some advice needed over how to keep track of time, because I found that frequent glance at timer just make things worse by putting pressure.
2) Exhaustion in the last section : As verbal is the last section of 4 hour long test, it becomes very difficult to preserve best of performance in the end. The energy is drained heavily in IR and Quant section. Need advice on how to maintain sufficient energy to perform 100% of once ability.
3) Lost focus : Energy draining also takes a tall on focus. This particularly happened in first attempt when I was feeling the question were out of world difficult and couldn't focus properly on understanding the same.
Question Type specific difficulties
SC
Reading and analyzing original sentence, finding the error/s in original sentence and reading, analyzing and eliminating the options consumes lot of time. Even with lot of practice this timing is not improved much and often consumes almost 2~2.5 minutes.
CR
Reading and creating argument structure on calculations sheet (E-GMAT process ) is quite time consuming. Is there any quicker way of solving CR question quickly without pen and paper?
RC
Lot of rereading (front and back) to understand and make sense of content. Taking notes again consume time. Is there any quicker way to handle these kind of questions?
Details of my two previous attempts
GMAT 1: 640 (Q48, V31)
Materials Used : OG13, OG12 , Verbal Prep
Difficulty Faced : Energy preservation and maintaining focus to make sense out of questions on screen.
GMAT 2 : 630 (Q46, V31)
Materials Used : OG13, OG12 , Verbal Prep
Difficulty Faced : Maintaining track of time which cost almost last 10 questions.
I am planning to give GMAT in first week of August 2015 (I want to apply for the 2016 batch).
Difficulties faced in Overall Verbal Section :
1) Poor Timing management : Loosing the track of time in the heat of solving the questions. This was particularly happened in my second attempt when I missed left with 10 questions for 7 minutes, almost guessed every alternate questions and still couldn't answer last question. Some advice needed over how to keep track of time, because I found that frequent glance at timer just make things worse by putting pressure.
2) Exhaustion in the last section : As verbal is the last section of 4 hour long test, it becomes very difficult to preserve best of performance in the end. The energy is drained heavily in IR and Quant section. Need advice on how to maintain sufficient energy to perform 100% of once ability.
3) Lost focus : Energy draining also takes a tall on focus. This particularly happened in first attempt when I was feeling the question were out of world difficult and couldn't focus properly on understanding the same.
Question Type specific difficulties
SC
Reading and analyzing original sentence, finding the error/s in original sentence and reading, analyzing and eliminating the options consumes lot of time. Even with lot of practice this timing is not improved much and often consumes almost 2~2.5 minutes.
CR
Reading and creating argument structure on calculations sheet (E-GMAT process ) is quite time consuming. Is there any quicker way of solving CR question quickly without pen and paper?
RC
Lot of rereading (front and back) to understand and make sense of content. Taking notes again consume time. Is there any quicker way to handle these kind of questions?
02 Jul 2015, 04:05
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Hello SkandanNinja19,
Here are a few suggestions regarding your current test struggles:
1) Poor timing management - If you are not attacking the questions with a specific approach, it can leave you rereading the question several times and wandering back and forth between answer choices. Try to develop an approach for each section and each question type. For SC - Know the typical errors cold. You'll eliminate answers quickly by doing this. CR - Paraphrase the conclusion and premise, eliminate answers that are out of scope. RC - Read quickly enough to get the gist of each paragraph and the main idea. Remember where to find the details but don't get stuck on them because you can always go back. In general, read the question carefully just once, predict an answer, and only then go to the answer choices. This saves a lot of time and mental energy. If you're carving through the test with purpose then the timing should be manageable naturally without you having to count the seconds.
2) Exhaustion in the last section - From a physical standpoint, make sure that you sleep and hydrate enough, and keep your blood sugar up with a good breakfast and a snack for your break. Sit up straight, stretch out from time to time, and on the break splash your face with cold water. Mentally, if you take regular full length (that means writing and IR) exams under exam conditions, you will get used to it.
3) Lost focus - Having a solid approach and confidence, along with keeping yourself physically together will allow you to maintain your focus. When you see a question that looks very difficult at first glance, just know that in the end it really is nothing new. The GMAT does not teach new concepts.
I hope that helps!
Here are a few suggestions regarding your current test struggles:
1) Poor timing management - If you are not attacking the questions with a specific approach, it can leave you rereading the question several times and wandering back and forth between answer choices. Try to develop an approach for each section and each question type. For SC - Know the typical errors cold. You'll eliminate answers quickly by doing this. CR - Paraphrase the conclusion and premise, eliminate answers that are out of scope. RC - Read quickly enough to get the gist of each paragraph and the main idea. Remember where to find the details but don't get stuck on them because you can always go back. In general, read the question carefully just once, predict an answer, and only then go to the answer choices. This saves a lot of time and mental energy. If you're carving through the test with purpose then the timing should be manageable naturally without you having to count the seconds.
2) Exhaustion in the last section - From a physical standpoint, make sure that you sleep and hydrate enough, and keep your blood sugar up with a good breakfast and a snack for your break. Sit up straight, stretch out from time to time, and on the break splash your face with cold water. Mentally, if you take regular full length (that means writing and IR) exams under exam conditions, you will get used to it.
3) Lost focus - Having a solid approach and confidence, along with keeping yourself physically together will allow you to maintain your focus. When you see a question that looks very difficult at first glance, just know that in the end it really is nothing new. The GMAT does not teach new concepts.
I hope that helps!
04 Jul 2015, 18:58
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Hi SkandanNinja19,
Based on what you've described, you appear to have studied for both of your Official GMATs in the same general way, so it's not surprising that your two scores are so similar. The issues that you're facing are quite common though, so you're not alone - but it appears that "your way" of studying for the GMAT has you 'stuck' in the low-600s. To raise your scores, you're going to have to make some adjustments to how you 'see' (and respond to) the Verbal section and you will probably need to invest in some new resources.
What is your goal score?
When are you planning to apply to Business School?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Based on what you've described, you appear to have studied for both of your Official GMATs in the same general way, so it's not surprising that your two scores are so similar. The issues that you're facing are quite common though, so you're not alone - but it appears that "your way" of studying for the GMAT has you 'stuck' in the low-600s. To raise your scores, you're going to have to make some adjustments to how you 'see' (and respond to) the Verbal section and you will probably need to invest in some new resources.
What is your goal score?
When are you planning to apply to Business School?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
