my big plan with a strong heart and weak base

linne

Hope get your warm help to get through my endless trouble.   ( sorry, I have to knock alphabetic character, because I cannot type the chinese character here, but can read it.)

my main problem:
1. reading English too slow, and almost need reread, so to finish all respective sections is  impossible
2. no confidence in any part of Gmat, even in math and writing
3. low-efficiency in my study, do too fewer things everyday partly because of doing exercises too slowly
4.frequently feel frustrated and fretful and reluctuant to persist, then regret after lingering away several days
5.always worry about my plan   
( In fact, I am eager to get NN' advice at every phrase and want to be more active with your encouragement or reminder. But I am so weak at English that I feel ashamed to post my plan. After the whole Sep., I make a big decision that discard the face and post my plan today. It is the first day of the Oct., and I want a new start. To get some more advisable opinions is much more important than to keep such face.)

My plan is as follows:
10/01---10/31  
main task:  lsat logic, OG-sc, pp2-reading, and yp's excerpt sentences. And analyse  and make note  as possible as I can everyday
main target: improve my reading speed, and cultivate the method of active reading, and improve reading comprehension
others: go over words, xyq's math  and scan some examples of writing

11/01---11/30
main task: yj-gmat reading,and OG-reading; OG-sc, and sc885; OG-cr, and feifei' cr; OG-math, and feifei' math and jj-math; practice writing and extract several models; make note while doing exercises , and find the weakness
main target: improve the correctness for each section in required time, be aware of the essence of Gmat, and be familiar with the trick of ETS,

12/01--12/15
main task: use the  kaplan and priceton disc to test, and review all the notes, OG-sc, OG-cr, OG-rc, and the weakness point of math, and read jj, and recide the models and practice some more
main target: find the myself pace, keep my mind sane, and lastly try to conquer any weakness

I have not regester the test date because I am not sure if I can fulfil the task as schedul and achieve the main targets as supposed and gain the ability as required at each phrase. So maybe I can regester the test date in the late Dec. if  I can successfully crack the lsat and pp2 at the first phrase.

oh, I am free now and can ensure my time during these days.

According to the above imformation, what about your advice?  After finishing the above sketchy schedul, I doubt that it is possible to come true, but I really want to achieve such level. Wait for your warm help and advice : is the plan feasible, need I adjust or pay more attention?  

With your encouragement and opinion, I hope I can not only beat ETs but also challenge and overcome myself!!!! (Before obtaining your advice, I need to admit that it is actually like a myth to accomplise such great assignment!!!)

By the way, how can you always keep your head active and sober ? And how can you keep high efficient while studying ?


Thank you very very very much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

linne

10/01  
the done work:
1.lsat-logic section 1, half wrong and spending nearly 4 hours for 51 questions
2.yp-excerpt sentences 1-15
3.toefl-words nearly 550 words

While reading the article of logic, I try to understand first, then list the evidence and conlusion and the link. It is not easy for me to tell them from the passage and to distinguish some choices. So I spent much time on rereading the passage for making the total structure and on hesitating among the choices. I have no way to deal with all kinds of questions although I have read some NN's methods.

the undone work because of no time ( spending several hours here)
1.rc
2.math

Tomorrow's plan:
1.analyse lsat-logic section1
2.continue lsat-logic section2
3.rc
4.OG-sc
5.math

Time is very limited for the task. Be more efficient !

anchoret

1. do not worry about your plan, it is perfect.

2. I think you touch math too early. Unless your math is quite poor... but if it is true, just do the math in og now. qyq math and feifei math are not required now. You will use them right before the test.

3. get a timer to time your test. It may make you more efficient in reviewing.

4. You can improve your reading speed by doing lsat logic. And you did it.

5. try to get how to review the tested questions. You can learn from NN's experiences. Read them carefully.

6. Your english is good enough to crack gmat.

7. feifei cr is a subset of lsat logic. You can do it first.

8. try to establish your pace at the very beginning by using a timer.

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and regarding your first day acomplishments:

try to do a set of lsat logic (26 questions) in 45 minutes.

try to reread them and consider why

try to catagorize them.

linne

Thank you, Anchoret! Encouged by your words and realizing your guides, I feel much better now because I am so worried about my reading speed and correctness.

Today I continuely did the lsat-logic-exercise two, seemingly no improvement.  I think, the same as you mentioned above,  it is partly because I have not summarized the tested questions and analysized the wrong questions. According to schedule, I should haved finished such summary, but I have no enough time to complete it carefully and concretely.

So I intend  to spend a day on summarizing and analyzing and sorting the questions, including the lsat-logic's and reading's .

linne

10/02

The done work:
1. lsat-logic exercise Two  21/49 ( wrong number/toal number)  4h
2. pp2 long passage 1-5   11/38    2h
3. yp-excerpt sentence 15-20
4. OG-sc only question 1-8  ( reading the explanation is very time-consuming)
5.qyq-math only page1-4
6. toefl-words 300 words

the undone work:
1. summarize the tested questions of logic and rc

After doing the exercises for two days, I need strenghen to practice the yp-excerpt sentence , and to recide toefl-words , and to cultivate a sense of time , and to summarize the logic and rc.

On the basis of current reading speed and the number of questions and little-comprehesion of all kinds of problems I made, I will stop continuing new exercises and primarily review what I have done tomorrow.

Tomorrow task:
1. summary
2. yp-excerpt sentence
3. toefl-words
4. OG-sc

anchoret

if you want to review some math concepts and formula, try to get them all in one day. Don't do it progressively. try to reach the questions fast.

reviewing is more important than doing new tests. And you must review carefully.

Normally, I use two times more time on review than on testing.

linne

Anchoret, I am so happy that you keep an eye on me ! your advice, I get it ! Thank you ! Have a good weeken !

linne

Till now I have not finished the anlyzing all the wrong questions. I am afraid that I could not done them all in a day because I am a little confounded about several things as rended below:

1. should I analyze and catagorize all the questions I have tested or just wrong questions ?
2. I have tried four ways to catagorize and record the wrong questions. But I am still not satisfied with them. Which way I should take  is better to follow easily and record clearly and review conviniently?
3.Should I spend enough time to think thoroughly why the choice is right or wrong ? I have found that when analyzing the questions,  unless I can persuade clearly by myself, I can write no word.
4. I can't definitely choose a correct answer, and always regard two or three choices as possible answer.
5. which way is to combine the summary and continuing pratice or to seperate the two things in different day ?

linne

Sorry, the last one above should be:
5. which way is better to combine the summary with continuing practice or to seperate them in different day?

10/03

the done work:
1. yp-excerpt sentence 20-30
2. toefl-word   300 words
3. summary of elsat-logic excercise one

the undone work:
1. unfinished the summary of logic and rc
2. OG-sc

Tomorrow task:
1. sumarry
2. yp-excerpt sentence
3. toefl-word