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19 Nov 2013, 18:55
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I had posted about my disappointing 670 earlier. I think I'm starting to figure out what's wrong.
I asked a question a few minutes ago on the math forum about why a method i used didn't work. Except it did. I just made a blatant error (I had 20/25 reducing to 3/4) I keep doing this. I don't know what's happening to me. I've done ~100 problems, and I made errors in simple addition, or just didn't remember a constraint (answer must be positive or something) on 89 of them. I feel like my brain is dying or something. I can't concentrate on anything for more than about 10 seconds, so I start reading a question, and when I go to do the work, any constraint or whatever from the first line of the question, I remember. Anything after that though, like on the second line or whatever, it's like I never even read it at all. It's enfuriating. I'm trying to learn concepts, but I read a line, and then another, and then by the third line in the quant guide or whatever, I can barely even remember the start of the sentence by the end of it, or maybe I didn't even read it at all. Somehow I'm memorizing formulae still, but when I go to apply them I NEVER get the answer correctly so I get frustrated and think I don't have a clue how to do the problem. Except that's not true, because almost 90% of the time I did have the write formula to apply, I just added wrong (like today I subtracted 41 from 60 and got 9). Then when I go back to check my work, which I started doing after I noticed this trend, I don't even see the error. I think "ok, so 60 minus 41 equals 9, yup that's correct". I'm doing this all the time, I misadded -1 and 1 the other day, 2*3, I had that equaling 5 or something. Even worse it's taking me 10-15 minutes per problem to even see the error. I have no idea what's happening to me. It's not burnout, I just took 4 days off from studying, and it's no better now than before. I hate this, I can't concentrate at all on the problems I'm trying to work on.
EDIT ;ASKDJ;ASDKJ;FLASKDJF;KLAKJDF;LAKJSDTK I JUST DID IT AGAIN. RIGHT AFTER I WROTE THIS.
x = 2^b – (8^8 + 8^6) for which of the following b values is x closest to zero?
I wrote it down on my pad as x=2^b-8^6*(8^2-1). should have been 8^2+1.
I think I'm dying or something, there's clearly something wrong with me. I can't even do basic math anymore.
EDIT: AND AGAIN. I had a problem with \(\sqrt{(k+1)}\)+\(\sqrt{(k-1)}\)
I tried plugging in 3 as an example, got 2 for the first part, then for the second part I got 2 as well...I completely forgot that after the 3-1 part I had to take the square root. what the hell is happening to me
I asked a question a few minutes ago on the math forum about why a method i used didn't work. Except it did. I just made a blatant error (I had 20/25 reducing to 3/4) I keep doing this. I don't know what's happening to me. I've done ~100 problems, and I made errors in simple addition, or just didn't remember a constraint (answer must be positive or something) on 89 of them. I feel like my brain is dying or something. I can't concentrate on anything for more than about 10 seconds, so I start reading a question, and when I go to do the work, any constraint or whatever from the first line of the question, I remember. Anything after that though, like on the second line or whatever, it's like I never even read it at all. It's enfuriating. I'm trying to learn concepts, but I read a line, and then another, and then by the third line in the quant guide or whatever, I can barely even remember the start of the sentence by the end of it, or maybe I didn't even read it at all. Somehow I'm memorizing formulae still, but when I go to apply them I NEVER get the answer correctly so I get frustrated and think I don't have a clue how to do the problem. Except that's not true, because almost 90% of the time I did have the write formula to apply, I just added wrong (like today I subtracted 41 from 60 and got 9). Then when I go back to check my work, which I started doing after I noticed this trend, I don't even see the error. I think "ok, so 60 minus 41 equals 9, yup that's correct". I'm doing this all the time, I misadded -1 and 1 the other day, 2*3, I had that equaling 5 or something. Even worse it's taking me 10-15 minutes per problem to even see the error. I have no idea what's happening to me. It's not burnout, I just took 4 days off from studying, and it's no better now than before. I hate this, I can't concentrate at all on the problems I'm trying to work on.
EDIT ;ASKDJ;ASDKJ;FLASKDJF;KLAKJDF;LAKJSDTK I JUST DID IT AGAIN. RIGHT AFTER I WROTE THIS.
x = 2^b – (8^8 + 8^6) for which of the following b values is x closest to zero?
I wrote it down on my pad as x=2^b-8^6*(8^2-1). should have been 8^2+1.
I think I'm dying or something, there's clearly something wrong with me. I can't even do basic math anymore.
EDIT: AND AGAIN. I had a problem with \(\sqrt{(k+1)}\)+\(\sqrt{(k-1)}\)
I tried plugging in 3 as an example, got 2 for the first part, then for the second part I got 2 as well...I completely forgot that after the 3-1 part I had to take the square root. what the hell is happening to me
20 Nov 2013, 04:48
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Hi,
I am sorry for what your going through.in my opinion its just overload.A break of more than 4 days will be well advised for you( i just realised i sound like a doctor
)
I think in a lighter way,this happened to me too at some point of time of my prep.
Its just that all the things that we learn and the determination to apply them makes us extremely conscious and we end up forgetting the fundamentals.
take a few weeks off,drink it off,dance it off and you shall be fine.Come back thinking that at the end of it all,its just an aptitude test that tests basic math and grammar skills. i feel that your looking at this test from a very deep and serious point of view. a break will serve you well to look at it from a higher and lighter point of view.its just an aptitude exam.period. take a break and come back to kick some gmat ass.
I am sorry for what your going through.in my opinion its just overload.A break of more than 4 days will be well advised for you( i just realised i sound like a doctor
)I think in a lighter way,this happened to me too at some point of time of my prep.
Its just that all the things that we learn and the determination to apply them makes us extremely conscious and we end up forgetting the fundamentals.
take a few weeks off,drink it off,dance it off and you shall be fine.Come back thinking that at the end of it all,its just an aptitude test that tests basic math and grammar skills. i feel that your looking at this test from a very deep and serious point of view. a break will serve you well to look at it from a higher and lighter point of view.its just an aptitude exam.period. take a break and come back to kick some gmat ass.
20 Nov 2013, 20:05
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Nothing wrong with ur brain. It's stress and u r over analyzing. Slow down during math problems... And check ur work as u go. Once u get better, get back to normal pace.
Meditate, take deep breaths and see if u can run 2-3 times a week for 30 mins or so. I did not do this stuff, but it may help u relax.
Meditate, take deep breaths and see if u can run 2-3 times a week for 30 mins or so. I did not do this stuff, but it may help u relax.
