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Updated on: 10 Jan 2026, 20:09
Originally posted by KhushiWGupta on 09 Jan 2026, 23:18.
Last edited by KhushiWGupta on 10 Jan 2026, 20:09, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by KhushiWGupta on 10 Jan 2026, 20:09, edited 1 time in total.
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VA apparently has become my weakest section. Accuracy is okay untimed, but under time pressure it falls apart. What helped you most?
10 Jan 2026, 13:17
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I believe you’re asking specifically about time management for the DI section. If that’s the case, the OG and the DI Review Guide questions are more than sufficient for practice in most cases, since it’s extremely difficult to find or create non-official questions that truly match the quality and difficulty of the real exam.
Ideally, you should try to solve most questions without using the calculator, because in many cases it actually slows you down and gives you a poor return on time spent. Unless the calculation is absolutely necessary to get a reasonably accurate answer, it’s better to avoid it. And even when you do need it, try to limit its usage to no more than two or three times per section.
I also wouldn’t recommend skipping MSR questions at all. The main reason is that you don’t know how many MSR passages you’ll get. If you get two passages, you’re effectively skipping six questions, which puts a hard cap on the score you can achieve. Even if you skip one and attempt the other, there’s a real chance that the one you attempt is experimental. In that case, you’d end up spending time on an experimental set and skipping a real one, which is an even worse outcome. The better approach is to train yourself to complete a full MSR passage in about 8 to 10 minutes by using the right techniques and practicing this timing in your mock sets.
Also, we’ve created a few articles around DI that you might find helpful for your preparation -
https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-impro ... 46305.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/estimation-v ... 50105.html
Ideally, you should try to solve most questions without using the calculator, because in many cases it actually slows you down and gives you a poor return on time spent. Unless the calculation is absolutely necessary to get a reasonably accurate answer, it’s better to avoid it. And even when you do need it, try to limit its usage to no more than two or three times per section.
I also wouldn’t recommend skipping MSR questions at all. The main reason is that you don’t know how many MSR passages you’ll get. If you get two passages, you’re effectively skipping six questions, which puts a hard cap on the score you can achieve. Even if you skip one and attempt the other, there’s a real chance that the one you attempt is experimental. In that case, you’d end up spending time on an experimental set and skipping a real one, which is an even worse outcome. The better approach is to train yourself to complete a full MSR passage in about 8 to 10 minutes by using the right techniques and practicing this timing in your mock sets.
Also, we’ve created a few articles around DI that you might find helpful for your preparation -
https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-impro ... 46305.html
https://gmatclub.com/forum/estimation-v ... 50105.html
KhushiWGupta
10 Jan 2026, 14:46
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Hm... multi-source reasoning in DI, not VA... you may be mixing some things here?
P.S. Usually in life you can do things RIGHT, FAST, OR CHEAP. PICK 2.
Which 2 do you want to pick? It seems you are choosing to post it on the forum instead of hiring an expensive tutor, so you are choosing CHEAP AND FAST... Not the combo people usually bet on.
P.S. Usually in life you can do things RIGHT, FAST, OR CHEAP. PICK 2.
Which 2 do you want to pick? It seems you are choosing to post it on the forum instead of hiring an expensive tutor, so you are choosing CHEAP AND FAST... Not the combo people usually bet on.
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