(05-29-2007)我的复习计划，复习进度， 请多指教

strout

I think Prep SC is very important, I plan to finish them all and review twice before the test.

I'll try to finish another 10 GWD. Many people said last 10 GWD are more recent. You may find real RC and CR questions. But I don't have much time. At least I'll try to read RC JJ articles that are in GWD.

For me, the most important thing is do math and math JJ. I didn't realize my math is that bad. Even though I can choose the right answer once I know I am wrong, I have no clue why I am so careless when taking the mockup test. I often get stuck at a question and spend 5 minutes and totally lost my pace.

Also AWA.

2 weeks to go, I can study fulltime from next Tuesday.

 

+U

songg

You are making good progress.Scoring 760 in prep2 is great.You can reach your target if you can continue your pace.

I just finished all GWD verbal (CD1-10 average 9/41, CD11-20 average 6/41).But somehow I feel the RC questions in GWD is easier than those in GMAT prep1.I am studying Prep SC too.My math is not that good either. I have not scored 51 so far (I did prep1 twice and princenton 1-4). Yesterday I did princenton 4, 720 (Math: 46, 4/37, 1/first 10; Verbal: 44, 9/41, 0/first 10). Obviously, we should at least improve our math to 50. 

I will not have chance of studying full-time, but I did manage postponing the starting date of my new job to June. Let's make a strong finish!

strout

I finished GWD1-13, kind of have an idea of the pace. My time is always 1-2 minutes short and I can never reduce errors down to 10 and less. Max is 15, avg 12. I will probably stop doing GWD for a while. I am at the bottleneck...

I found my CR is not stable but still within my grasp. CR is my weakest link. I didn't spend quality time to study CR and my speed is very slow, 2:30 is common for a question and if I cannot find a good answer, I cannot help to start over the question again.

I'll spend more time review CR for now.

Songg, you have the potential to get an VERY high score. +U

strout

Did another PREP-2 yesterday. M50 V38 720. I am quite disappointed with my verbal. All CRs are old questions and I still made so many errors, 6 RC and 5 SC are wrong.

4 days to go.

songg

Finally, I finished the real test (760).I did not well control the pace, leaving 10+ minutes for each section. You should calm down when you take the test. You can do better than I. Good luck.

strout

Well, I am still at shock because I got an unreal score.

I didn't have one single JJ for both Math and Verbal. Math was very easy and I finished 10 minutes ahead. I thought I might hit 51. Verbal was not that good, but I don't feel anything out of control, pretty similar to GWD. 4 RC was OK but none of them was mentioned in JJ.

I am still try to figure out what's wrong. SC and RC must went wrong. But my SC hit 90% ratio when I did prep SC new questions. Usually in 1 minute, if I had two choices confusing me, I'll spend a little more time I usually get it right. RC for me is a little more problemetic, when passage is hard, quesions are straight forward, I usually get all right. When questions are tricky, I might choose wrong answer.

However, I never thought I will end up with such a low score. Especially Math. I am very careful with every question and I never guess or give up one single question.

Another thing worries me is I rigister GMAT using my English name, which I use for work. It doesn't match my passport and driver lisence. I was held for 20 minutes at the front desk. They finally let me take the exam, that was very surprising. After the exam, I got a phone call right away asking me to fax over my passport so that they can hornor my score. It was very suspicious to me, but I have no evidence that it's related to my low score.

Well, I have no choice but to take the exam again. But how do I know which part I need to improve. Can anyone tell me what might be wrong?

mmbee

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加油！

songg

I am sorry to know you did not get a good score.I think you might have made some mistakes in the first a few questions.And as many CDers said, if you met GWD verbal questions at the end of the test, you were very likely to get a high score. I got into the same situations. I did not read verbal JJ, so I do not know whether I met JJ.

To me, GWD is the most important material. I only read OG11 once and did not study prep SC, but I did all the CD22 and studied GWD feilei 1 week before the test. And you'd better finish all the feilei in three days, one day for each section (SC, CR, RC). Then you may get a feeling of becoming a problem solving robot.

Cheer up! You can get it done.

strout

It's over today. I didn't reach my goal. M51 V34.  Even though it's much better than the last time, I still believe I can do better. It's a pity that I probably don't have a chance to take it again.

A couple of really important things that I want to share with you.

Math is very important. First 10 question will make big difference. That's a painful lesson I learned from my first test. M45.

Verbal is all about reading. If you can read better, you will manage you pace better, and be more proactive dealing with SC and CR questions. All the tricks and tips are helpful on the condition that you have a solid reading skill.

SC can be focus on OG and PREP, but you need more material to boost your reading skill and refine your feel when you attack new questions.

mmbee

祝贺，

我还在准备中，希望能取得好成绩