Workbook Daily practice Questions - Question

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For some reason I am only getting PS and CR questions every day, and never any suggested DS or SC (which happen to be my weak points).

Is there a setting somewhere or am I maybe missing something?

Thanks in advance and sorry if this in in the wrong place!!

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi kk07734,

Other than the Daily practice questions, what other resources are you working with? If you're interested in learning DS and SC tactics and working on those types of practice questions, then there are plenty of sources available.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

kk07734 · Answer

Completed Kaplan premier in about 10 days (maybe 30hrs study time) then took official GMAT got a 600. Basically I understood the test, and had tried about 300 questions. I get test anxiety and knew I would not succeed on the first try, so I really didn't try.

Round 2
I have done all 2000 OG q's from 2016 - 2009 books, I am currently going back thru the ones I missed first time thru and then looking at the answers, right or wrong in order to improve.

Have MGMAT books, Cats, Navigator, etc.

But I like the randomness of the daily questions, and wondered why they are always PS and CR for me.

EDIT As of Today my new questions are DS and SC.

So to clarify do these rotate in some predictable way? Are they random? TY.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi kk07734,

Your studies so far appear really 'book-heavy', which might have inherently caused some problems. Many Test Takers who use that type of study approach end up getting 'stuck' at a particular scoring level, so it would be a good idea to assess your current abilities. As such, I highly recommend that you take a FULL-LENGTH CAT (including the Essay and IR sections), so we can see how you perform relative to your last Official GMAT. Once you have that set of scores, you should report back here and we can talk through the rest of your study timeline.

What is your goal score?
When are you planning to take the GMAT?
When are you planning to apply to Business School?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

kk07734 · Answer

Last practice test was last week. Got a 650 using one of my 2 free cats from GMAC.
Got a 650, but had to guess 10 due to time.

Requirement: 720+ Goal: 750

Not for MBA, but for Doctoral admissions.
Have till October if needed.
Will probably test again in about a month.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi kk07734,

I'd like to know a bit more about this CAT:

1) What were your Scaled Scores on the Quant and Verbal sections?
2) Did you take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections)?

3) When you say that you had to guess on 10 questions, which section were those 10 questions in? Were they the last 10 questions?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

kk07734 · Answer

Quant 46, verbal 34, Skipped essay did IR.

All Guesses in Quant, Guessed 2 at around question 12, 2 more around question 20 a few more at 30, then ended up with 2 min left over...

I have yet to run out of time on verbal, In fact I need to slow down as I have had as much as 15 min left.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi kk07734,

With these Scaled Scores, and your score goal, you're going to have to make some adjustments/improvements to how you handle BOTH the Quant and Verbal sections. As you continue to study, you MUST make sure to take the ENTIRE CAT (including the Essay and IR sections) each time.

Many Test Takers have the Verbal pacing 'issue' that you described. You likely felt so 'rushed' to finish the Quant section on time that you 'carried' that feeling into the Verbal section and rushed a bit through that section. All of that extra time could have been spent taking more notes, doing more careful work, etc. and scoring higher in that section.

Have you considered investing in a GMAT Course of some type? Given the work that you've done so far, you would NOT need to start from scratch, but the consistent guidance and structure of a Course would likely make it easier for you to improve.

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

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