You definitely don't need to solve a lot more questions... you've already done a lot, and just continuing at this pace will only make you tired.
What you do need to do is 1) spend some time analysing your performance, and 2) weighing whether you need to change your answer strategies.
Many people, for example, make the mistake of reading all answer choices in all questions; with the clock running, you can’t afford to do this! Many Verbal questions are ones where all the relevant information is in the question itself, and you can use the PRECISE approach to answer the question directly, and avoid becoming confused by the answers. Other questions are those in which there is a general LOGICAL rule that can help answer the question quickly – reading all answers is a waste of time here as well. Only about a third of the questions are those in which it is necessary or preferable to go over all the answer choices (using the ALTERNATIVE approach). The trick is, of course, figuring out which question is which, and this requires concentrated study, checking not only whether you got the question right, but also whether you did so quickly and efficiently.
Before I offer you any personal advice, I'd appreciate the answers to a few questions:
1. Have you maintained and used an
error log?
2. Have you ordered an ESR? If so, please attach it
here, I'll be happy to analyze it for you.
3. When you took your CATs, did you make sure to take them in the same time conditions as the real exam? (without pausing / splitting into parts)
tani24
Hi Experts,
I need a help to assess the shortcoming due to which i am unable to score on Gmat. A brief background, I gave my second attempt after 7 months(2 months rigorous study(7hours a day), 2 months break due to unavoidable circumstances and 3 months study(3-4 hours) of initial attempt . I gave 6 mocks of Gmat prep and scored 640,620,680,710,680,640 respectively.Verbal fluctuating between 31-36 and quant 47-50. I was confident to score minimum 650 on my test day but unfortunately I scored 600(V-27, Q-47) despite of the fact that i felt that my verbal went good and quant was ok.
Can you guys help what should i do next? I am planning to give next attempt in 2 months but cant figure out a plan for the same. I have exhausted all my resources for questions, have attempted around 3000 questions in past months. I really cant assess how do i improve my verbal score. My accuracy rate in all 3 varies from 65-85%.
Kindly hep to guide!
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