26/02/2018 关于短期备考+一点心得

Junoll

3/3/2018 更新
今天收到了official score report的邮件，一周不到的时间，还挺快的。
作文拿了一个average分数，5分，不高不低，没有检查拼写错误当时就预计分数不会高了。
上次没怎么说作文，就补充说明下。
楼主因为时间紧，所以比较取巧。一开始的时候做了一次官模，都没写完，但楼主也没什么时间好好学这个，就下了那些范文集合，然后拉出个十来篇看下，把觉得好的句式结构（i.e.可以不用动脑照搬的东西）记住，然后在通过后面模考练习下感觉。OG上楼主大概看了十来题，是属于一题五分钟写下point form，主要找fallacy，练出感觉就没继续了，全篇练习主要在第二次模考和四次曼哈顿模考里练的，控制在五分钟写大纲，二十分钟敲字，五分钟检查拼写（这里提一下楼主考试时用得键盘和平时不一样，老是打错字导致没来得及检查拼写，大家可以注意下键盘问题），然后全篇控制在350左右，楼主觉得写一个比较strong的point比三个weak point要重要。
还有一个一个非常minor的点，如果大家有用曼哈顿模考的话，注意把浏览器的检查自动拼写关了，楼主前两次模考时发现错误拼写下有红曲线还想曼哈顿怎么没关这个，后来发现是自己没调浏览器(楼主用了chrome）。
然后楼主把自己练习的五篇文章在文章最后面po一下吧，题目找不到了，因为曼哈顿账号还回去了，prep也卸了，大家随便看看。
楼主复习时间紧所以只求中规中矩，不要拿个低分就好，大家有条件有时间可以认真点练习下，不要一上来就模板范文，力求找到自己的方式以及不断优化自己的模板语言，这个长期也是大有裨益的。






今天刚考完，想到之前在cd上拿了很多资料，所以决定来回馈下，提供一些短期备考的经验和关于考试的心得。

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介绍下个人情况。

成绩： 770 （考试状态不算最好，想着考试对自己好一点早上多吃了点结果撑了一上午想吐，弄得午饭没吃下午跑去考试（所以奉劝大家还是按 routine来的好），然后选了verbal第一个考，没进入状态就开始考，差一点没做完，平时楼主都是提早完成的（这里要说一下，主要原因是楼主蠢，一直以为75min的一半是45min所以要求自己20题时剩45min，每次提早做完也没多想，直到临考前一天想准备一下时间点时发现算不对，然后才发现一直都弄错了），反正考完第一个section差点想哭，觉得自己肯定完了，然后还没时间哭，因为憋尿急着赶厕所也是有点好笑）
官方模考，第一次760， 第二次790（此处有水分，楼主花了两个小时还四个部分都做完了）因为官模二考得发虚，所以租了个Manhattan账号做模考卷，做了四份，分数真的记不太得了，大概有740， 700，680 吧，680是确定的，因为那次做完惊呆了，大概是下午做了一套得了700还是710不甘心想晚上雪耻，然后反而被自己羞辱了。。。数学真的时间紧，楼主大概只有一次数学拿了满分，verbal的阅读相对不是很reader friendly，细节题找死你，就是练练感觉吧，虽然因为个人作死没给正式考试状态加分。。。

复习：
楼主是一月底突然打算想读master然后上网查了查，很多项目二月底就截止了而且一年只招一次，并且需要GMAT或 GRE，简单查了下这两个考试情况，纠结了几天，最后报了二月底截止前的GMAT。报的时候完全不知道考试要考什么，完全是没办法了不管简单或难都必须得考了，不然得再等一年才能报名。
然后从开始复习到考试大概二十天，十天工作日，十天假期（春节假期加请假），楼主在职。本来一开始预计应该问题不大，感觉有小半个月可以学习的工作日，因为楼主一月底工作很闲天天摸鱼，但是后来一下子突然来了三份工作要做，于是每天加班回来累成狗， 楼主很怕自己太累了生病得不偿失，所以工作日里最后大概复习了十天左右，平均每天三小时左右。放假日子里每天大概早上两个小时， 下午四个小时，晚上两个小时这样子，最后两天给自己解解压，放松了下，大概一天五到六个小时。


背景：
楼主英文应该算可以，毕竟高中大学都是英文环境里学习的，但是楼主属于数学比较好但是语言学习能力较差的人，所以客观点的评价就是基础还可以， 词汇量大概也就在日常使用中，没有背过任何词汇书。但是这里补充一句，GMAT不是一个英文测试，不然native speaker完胜所有外国人了，大家要有信心。

我是碎碎念分割线

心得：
好了，终于可以入重点了。
先说大家都关心的verbal。楼主之前做diagnostic test时候属于阅读和逻辑不错，语法大概是average。同意一个几乎公认的观点， 投入精力和回报比率最大的一定是语法，逻辑次之，最后阅读。
关于语法 —— 楼主大部分时间都花在这上面了。 刚开始一边做OG一边看Manhattan的语法书， 但其实收效甚微。 因为时间紧，楼主做什么都是赶时间，快，但是收货不多。大概到中后期开始发现这样不行， 于是楼主终于开始针对错题不懂的每一道都上网查，主要看Ron大神的回答（这里插一句，Ron大神真的是大神，后期楼主完全依赖他来复习语法）进行总结。 然后会把错题记录下来。楼主总结分两轮，第一轮是第一次错题时把自己觉得重要的东西记下来，第二轮是考前几天把第一轮笔记里重要的东西总结归纳成大概几页纸，用作最后的复习。网上有很多大神总结的笔记都很不错，但是别人的长短可能跟你不一样，每个人笔记的方式可能也不一样，在构建起自己相对稳固的理解前，楼主建议不要随便依赖别人的笔记，容易理解错误。在考试后期的时候，楼主又看了一下Manhattan语法书，这一回才真的感受到这本的书的妙，有人说这本语法书有点太宽泛太基础，但是楼主觉得那种轻易总结“看见什么一定是错”的笔记比较危险，没有语义和逻辑的语法不叫语法。语法的精妙处在于他只需要你懂得最基本的法则（基本就全包括在Manhattan语法书里了），然后带上你的逻辑和对语义的理解去做题。
关于逻辑 —— 楼主在逻辑上花的时间不多，除了前期刷题之外，楼主确实看了下各种逻辑总结分类，但是收益不多。因为楼主感觉GMAT的逻辑并没有到学术类的逻辑，其实很大依赖于common sense， 那些所有的归纳的题型对楼主来说都没什么用，因为楼主看到题目的时候根本不会去联系这是什么题型应该有怎样的解答， 当然承认可能是楼主练得不够多没法形成一个条件反射，有时间的同学还是可以尝试的。所以关于逻辑，楼主的技巧只是会注意一下common traps， 类似some people啊这种，其他的没有太多可以分享。
关于阅读 —— 大概就是为了队形，所以还是讲一下这个。因为除了OG和模考里的阅读，楼主基本没有做过其他阅读， 没有看过资料，也没有记录错题。感觉短期没法提升。所幸基础还不错。有时间的同学建议还是多读，提高自己阅读能力，在长期来看也是大有裨益的。

然后数学应该没什么好说的，楼主出国后属于学什么忘什么，幸好初中数学基础真的打得好，在此感谢初中数学老师和我大江苏中考给我打的基础。

IR的话，感觉也不用复习，简单的数学加上简单的语文，难点在于信息量大时间紧，学会掌控时间和取舍就好。

作文，楼主还不知道成绩，花了点时间适应考场键盘，最后没来得及检查拼写，希望不要错太多。大概学习下主要的fallacy，然后练习个五六次，熟悉了感觉就好。不需要你特别优美的语言，就是看个段落吐个槽而已，差不多就可以。

其他
关于参考书 —— 楼主开始属于每天下班回来刷一本书，快把Manhattan verbal的全册都刷完了，这里的建议是语法书，和那本foundation of verbal（是这名字吧？有点忘了）值得看下，其余的至少对楼主而言没什么用，已经完全不记得了。
关于JJ —— 楼主是差不多复习后期知道有这个东西的存在的，当时处于“还能有这种操作”的状态，然后下来看了看，客观来说，数学JJ帮助可能最大，但对于数学还不错的人来说也没太大用，其余的楼主觉得挺难说的，逻辑和改错什么的不看到原题很难说有什么特别大的用处，毕竟一词之差可能差很多，然后阅读的话，短期提不上来阅读能力的可以考虑熟悉下求个安全感，虽然对楼主来说阅读文章严格的说都不长，没有具体的文案和答案对其他的也没有什么太大的帮助。总而言之， 楼主个人建议是不要迷信这种东西，可以寻求一点心理安全感，但是最靠谱的还是提升自己的能力。


最后奉上一个网盘链接，楼主习惯手写笔记，所以放不上来，网盘里面是楼主搜罗来的东西（此处credit to CD各位奉献者，楼主只是收集者， 楼主曾经试图整合，但是东西实在太多了，大概五六十个G，所以失败了，楼主只有时间看了一点点，大家看着下吧
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祝大家逢考必过！






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Sally_Y

感谢分享！               

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希望能如lz一樣考到好的成績！謝謝lz！！

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感谢分享！               

G哥向未来

希望能取得楼主一样的好成绩

WymanKKK

请问一下准备一个月能出550分吗？

Junoll

WymanKKK 发表于 2018-3-1 12:08
请问一下准备一个月能出550分吗？

首先，所有抛开自身基础和学习能力空谈“XX天考XX分”的都是耍流氓，每个人情况不同没有统一的答案，顺带说一句这大概也算一个common fallacy了。
其次，如果说有一个人最了解你能考多少分，那一定是你自己。 如果你还没有看过任何GMAT资料，那么这个问题没人能够回答。如果你已经大致熟悉了下考试内容，那么你自己心中应该对自己水平有个评估， 没有做过mock test 至少书前面的diagnostic test尝试下，大致了解自己强项和弱项，心中多少就应该有个底了。我虽然报名时并没有看过GMAT资料，但是我成绩一向还不错，数学一直很好，英文有基础在，所以我是基于自己过去表现给自己作个评估认为可以尝试。这种简单的最初的评估大概率是不精确的，但是大方向应该不会错。
鉴于真的不知道你任何情况，我能给的一个很笼统建议就是，给自己作个最初的评估，按自己现在水平能考多少分，然后认真考虑下你能投入的有效时间有多少以及你的学习效率怎么样，再做一个对自己提升空间的评估，最后需要记得的是，如果你要确保550分，那么预测自己能考的分数请至少提高三到四十分，毕竟不确定因素太多，分数高点也没有坏处。
希望可以帮到你。

blairliinau

感谢楼主大大的经验分享 一月底要考试的感觉很有帮助 能不能再把百度云链接发一下呢 蟹蟹