Every student will be different in this category. Some students don't study at all and do great :) Others put in many hours for many months. If you have a month, I would shoot for between 2 and 4 hours a day. But again, this is highly dependent on your own individual pace and how far you are from your score goal.
Hi Erica, your videos are awesome. Would be great if you can please list down some good prep books (both verbal and quant). I just don’t wanna throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks. So many out there, phew !! Taken GRE before, the skip stuff is so true and unavoidable
We're glad you like the videos, thanks for commenting! You might find this one helpful: ua-cam.com/video/NkiEhC7IXE0/v-deo.html Personally, I recommend the Official Guide, and Magoosh. You shouldn't need any more than those. The Manhattan books would be my next choice, but I don't think you would need to branch out any further. Sometimes less is more, especially if you've already taken the GRE!
Hi Erica I am confused when you say missing harder questions. LIke if we guess on harder questions wouldn't that bring our score down? like we should get easy and medium questions correct but we should also try to get hard question correct as well Right? How does missing harder questions will bing our score up if we keep missing then it will lower our score
Hi, happy to clear this up for you! Basically, the GMAT's scoring algorithm is constantly trying to figure out what score to give you. It scores your answer the moment you finish a question and then determines which question to give you next. As a result, we have a rather interesting way that the algorithm will score you. It will continue to try to give you harder and harder questions until it finds your skill ceiling, and give you easier questions to find your baseline. Thus, You are penalized less for missing harder questions You are penalized more for missing easier questions Naturally, you do want to try to miss as few questions as possible. However, the biggest challenge on the GMAT is actually not in the form of questions, but rather in the form of the strict time constraints. Since the algorithm is constantly giving you questions that it thinks will uniquely challenge you, even the best scorers will find that they're always under intense time pressure. Thus, we will often face situations in which we need to guess in order to move on. If we spend way too long on a hard question, we end up with less time to answer the easier questions that the GMAT will occasionally throw out as well, and if we miss those, then the algorithm will think that it made a mistake in determining our baseline and set our baseline even lower. We want to avoid that scenario, so sometimes we need to make the decision to cut our losses on harder questions, since there is a lesser penalty there, than missing an easier question as a result of time pressure. Hope that clears it up! - Gordon
Erika I'm very weak at Verbal pacing and have been studying for a year. I'm quite well-versed with all concepts I need to know on Verbal (and I'm actually a quite decent performer in the Quant section). I take way too long to comprehend CR and RC. Please can you help with tips? will be so grateful..
Hi Palak! Feel free to email help@magoosh.com for more detailed tips :) One idea is to start a reading habit. In a year you can read a good number of books and journal articles. GMAT verbal requires very strong reading skills, and being a strong reader will also improve your pace. Otherwise, keep practicing, speed is one of those things that comes naturally as you improve and grow more confident!
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How early is "start early"? If someone has only a month to prepare for it, how many hours do they need to put in everyday? TIA
Every student will be different in this category. Some students don't study at all and do great :) Others put in many hours for many months. If you have a month, I would shoot for between 2 and 4 hours a day. But again, this is highly dependent on your own individual pace and how far you are from your score goal.
Hi Erica, your videos are awesome. Would be great if you can please list down some good prep books (both verbal and quant).
I just don’t wanna throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks. So many out there, phew !!
Taken GRE before, the skip stuff is so true and unavoidable
We're glad you like the videos, thanks for commenting! You might find this one helpful:
ua-cam.com/video/NkiEhC7IXE0/v-deo.html
Personally, I recommend the Official Guide, and Magoosh. You shouldn't need any more than those. The Manhattan books would be my next choice, but I don't think you would need to branch out any further. Sometimes less is more, especially if you've already taken the GRE!
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Hi Erica I am confused when you say missing harder questions. LIke if we guess on harder questions wouldn't that bring our score down? like we should get easy and medium questions correct but we should also try to get hard question correct as well Right? How does missing harder questions will bing our score up if we keep missing then it will lower our score
Hi, happy to clear this up for you! Basically, the GMAT's scoring algorithm is constantly trying to figure out what score to give you. It scores your answer the moment you finish a question and then determines which question to give you next.
As a result, we have a rather interesting way that the algorithm will score you. It will continue to try to give you harder and harder questions until it finds your skill ceiling, and give you easier questions to find your baseline.
Thus,
You are penalized less for missing harder questions
You are penalized more for missing easier questions
Naturally, you do want to try to miss as few questions as possible. However, the biggest challenge on the GMAT is actually not in the form of questions, but rather in the form of the strict time constraints. Since the algorithm is constantly giving you questions that it thinks will uniquely challenge you, even the best scorers will find that they're always under intense time pressure.
Thus, we will often face situations in which we need to guess in order to move on. If we spend way too long on a hard question, we end up with less time to answer the easier questions that the GMAT will occasionally throw out as well, and if we miss those, then the algorithm will think that it made a mistake in determining our baseline and set our baseline even lower. We want to avoid that scenario, so sometimes we need to make the decision to cut our losses on harder questions, since there is a lesser penalty there, than missing an easier question as a result of time pressure.
Hope that clears it up!
- Gordon
Erika I'm very weak at Verbal pacing and have been studying for a year. I'm quite well-versed with all concepts I need to know on Verbal (and I'm actually a quite decent performer in the Quant section). I take way too long to comprehend CR and RC. Please can you help with tips?
will be so grateful..
Hi Palak!
Feel free to email help@magoosh.com for more detailed tips :) One idea is to start a reading habit. In a year you can read a good number of books and journal articles. GMAT verbal requires very strong reading skills, and being a strong reader will also improve your pace.
Otherwise, keep practicing, speed is one of those things that comes naturally as you improve and grow more confident!
How to predict the difficulty level of a question while taking test? Because missing a hard question isnt same as missing a medium question.
She is so cute and smart!