suwarnapatel

I would say 8-10 hours / week.

GMAC publishes 3 official guides: Official Guide: OG (Also OG11) Verbal Review Guide (VR) Quantative Review Guide (QR)

"Reason for exceeding >2.5 mns in SC --> AGAIN AND AGAIN READING " have you tried the 3/2 split?

Have you tried using the "Identify the Pattern" approach? Most SCs and CRs fall into one of the 6 or 7 categories. Can you try and just concentrate on identifying which block these questions belong to when you are guessing? eg: Comparison, SV Agreement, Tenses, Idioms etc. And how inaccurate are you? Is it the next best choice or is it all out of proportion?

From what I have read, the actual test contains almost 1/3 unrated questions. These questions do not add up to your score. They are simply shown to test for the questions' validity and to gauge its difficulty level. Now logically, due to the nature of the test (adaptive); it is wise to think that these questions are more likely to be in the mid part of the test (there is no official or unofficial proof for this statement; and so please do not take this as a final word); and therefore I figure that it is best to take your chances in the mid than at the first or the last part of the test. One strategy that I used during my mock tests was to divide the test into 4 parts: I divided Q into: Part 1: 7 Questions = 15 minutes Past 2: 10 Questions = 20 minutes Part 3: 10 Questions = 20 minutes Part 4: 10 Questions = 20 minutes and I kept a track of the parts and not the full. I made sure that I NEVER spend more than 4 minutes; you will have to work on this psychologically to let go after 4 minutes or your part time is over. One thing we all must understand is that it is not required for you to solve ALL the questions. Try this on the GPrep and you will see that even if you have about 3-4 questions wrong (i.e. after you have reached a higher degree of success in the beginning) you may still be able to score a 51; but if you miss out on solving even 1 question in your stipulated time; you are severely penalized. GITG to answer your question, it is still possible to score a 50 even after you have 4-5 wrong. Your best test will be to try this on the GPrep. Verbal time management is a bit more difficult. Firstly it gives you far less than 2 mins per question; then again you cannot divide this into parts; for if you are hit with a RC around the border of one of the parts you end up in panic :) I divided this section into 3 parts instead: Part 1: 15 Questions: 30 minutes Part 2: 15 Questions : 25 minutes Part 3: 11 Questions: 20 minutes The general rule I had at tha back of my mind was: I should not spend more than 1:30 per SC (14 Q = 21 minutes) I should not spend more than 2:00 per CR (14 Q = 28 minutes) I should not spend more than 3-4 minutes in reading any RC I should not spend more than 1 minute per question on any RC after i have read it. (13 Qs = 26 minutes - 13 minutes for 3 RC reading and 13 minutes to answer) Let me know if you have any further questions.

(x+y)/xy = 1/x + 1/y =1/4 + 1/16 =1/4 (1+1/4) = 1/4 *(5/4) = 5/16 sqrt (5/16)= 1/4 * sqrt(5) = 1/4 * ~2 = ~1/2

I am not sure if they are "ScoreTop"; these are the sets that are available on the net. I saw on one of them a URL to scoretop; and therefore thought that they were from ST. I might have misrepresented the materials.

Hello Everyone, Thank you very much for all the best wishes following my earlier post. I have been overwhelmed by various queries about the test and the preparation as a whole; and while I try to answer all of them diligently, I am certainly not able to justice to the questions. Some of these questions are repetitive, and also what would be categorized as “Urban Legends” or “Myths” about the GMAT tests. I am starting this thread to answer any of the questions you may have. I am sure that the general availability of the answers will benefit one and all. I am no authority on these tests, but having taken them twice, I believe I have a tad bit more information about them than most other first time aspirants :) I will also other “Test Alumini” to feel free to answer these questions and correct me if I am wrong. Regards, SP Todays Question: I have heard that every GMAT test has a minimum of 4-5 Probability/Permutation/Combination Question; and most of these questions are very hard (700+ level) how do I prepare for these questions? I believe, P&C and Probability is an overrated subject :) In the 2 tests I gave; I encountered less than 3 of these questions. All of them which I would categorize as 600-700 questions. I could’ve solved all these questions, if I just went about counting (although it would’ve taken me > 2 minutes). I think the best approach is to keep the basics clear and not fret about things like binomial probabilities :)

I think there is a simpler way of doing this. Total number of arrangements = 6! = 720 Now logically, for every "arrangement" where GR is ahead of NH, there has to be one where NH is ahead of GR. Therefore just split 720 into 2 parts and you get the answer 360.... Whadya say?

Hello Fiver, I would highly recommend a second try. From what I know of you; a 50 in math is easily assailable. -SP

Total Games = 3 total points to be won = (6-1)*3 Total teams = 3 Max score of team 1 = 6 points Max score of team 2 = 6 points Min possible score of team 3 = 15- (6+6) =3

1996: Car Sale Revenue = x 1996: Truck Sale Revenue = y Total Revenue = x+y 1997: Car Sale Revenue = .89x 1997: Truck Sale Revenue: 1.07y 1997: Total Revenue = (x+y)*1.01 .89x + 1.07y = 1.01x + 1.01y .06y=.12x x:y :: 1:2

Thanks flex_manny!

Hello abhasjha, I went through your CRs on the night before my exam, and distinctly remember them :) Thanks for that.

Hi Samal, From what I have heard, seen or read; if you think you scored 50 points or so lesser than your ability, then you should definitely take the test again. I have heard though however that a plateau is often not for the best; i.e. if you now score a 700 again, the then adcomm is sure to think that your best ability is around that level. This however is not substantiated by any evidence. For all we know the adcomm may not even look at the pattern at all. :)