问关于Verbal pace 54-36-18 的原因和适用

sunder

看了albert,siebel这两天的cat考后感，很受启发。看到这里很多学友的努力和互助，深受感动。还有以mindfree为代表的“牛群”深韵gmat的精髓又乐于助人，令人受益匪浅。在向大家和这个论坛表示自己由衷的敬意。

真题说完，开始废话，还望大家帮忙解惑。

54-36-18是不是就是先后每10题用时分别为 21，18，18，18分钟？
按力保前20的做法，前面用 21和18够么？没比后面多多少嘛。
是不是因为前面的题比较简单？或者说这个pace更适合水平高的人（有把握在后面碰到很多难题）？

模考练pace是主要练感觉？还是可以同时确定合适自己的pace的呢（就说模考的出题先后难度、难度的调整和真的考试比较接近，可以借鉴）？
哪个模考的pace感和真的考试比较接近呢？

albert

54-36-18是比较流行的PACE。。但是也要根据自己做些调整。。
54表示第11题目开始剩54分钟
36。。。。21。。。。  36分钟
18             31。。。。18分钟。。
当然可以根据自己的PACE做些调整。。我知道有些第11题剩下50分钟的。。

至于难度分布，我觉得模拟题根本无法体现出来。。所以主要是练PACE了

练PACE我觉得KPLAN不错。。PP3因为都是熟悉的题目，无法控制速度。。PRINSTON阅读有7篇，完全不一样。。
good luck!

mindfree

Albert has explained the pace. Pace setting will help you put more time on the first 10-15 problems, which will basically set the level of difficulty if the test and therefore set your base score. If you do well in the first 15 problems, you are more likely going to have a good score. The reason that this pace put less time on the later problems is that more experimental problems are among those. They would not be counted into your final score.

I think that you should set the pace according to how well and how fast you can do the test. Are you done with the GMAT studying and ready to go for the test?

sunder

谢谢albert和mindfree。

按照这个pace，前10题只比后面多3分钟，而给10-20题的时间不比最后的19题多。会不会没给前面的题足够的时间呢？albert也说了，有人甚至是前10题剩50分钟了。如果在前面就碰到两篇阅读的话，25分钟做前10题也不算过分是吧。就是后面怎么稳住阵脚是个问题。

我8月底考，今早第一次作了kaplan的模考,verbal最后一篇文章和两三道SC,RC只剩3、4分钟来不及做了。因为每出现一篇阅读，我的做题速度就开始无法跟上预定的pace了。
不知道后面一个月该怎么准备。我OG的SC看过3-4遍了，觉得有些体会；OG长文阅读限时错0-2个不等，grePP2review长文12-15分钟错0-2个；OG的逻辑1.5分钟一题，错误率10%（那些题阅读量都很小），看过cxd的逻辑书。数学作文还没看。xdf的真题做了小半。

后面怎么准备比较合理呢？需不需要拿lsat的逻辑题来锻炼active reading呢？怕考的时候给那些长长的题干和选项给搞晕了。
还望mindfree和其它大虾给点意见。

mindfree

If you read actively, you would not be thrown by the long passage in CR. My impression is that the ling of reasoning is clear in each problem. When you read, you should know what the passage is trying to say, e.g. the conclusion, the premises, and sometimes, the "gap". If you are still concerned over long CR, find some and practice. People got frustrated by long CR because they did not read attentively, thus not knowing what the passage was about. Read, understand, remember. That is what you need to do.

Regarding the pace, Kaplan is too hard to apply the normal pace. But if you run our of time during the test, you should have a contingent plan, say pick the choices that look like good one. I read that sb. random picked the answers for the last RC and still scored 750.

You need to pay attention to Math! It is worth the time. A difference between 49-51 can yield a 30 difference in final score.

sunder

mindfee, you points are very pertinent. thanks.  I will intensionly focus more on the line of reasoning in CR/RC and hope to develop my instinct gmat thinking.  as to Math, will finish Qian's book and  Feifei's material within the coming 2 weeks and pay attention to JJ.

thank you!