Say bye to GMAT onion 2003

Say bye to GMAT
onion 2003-12-02 08:54:58
Q 5*, V 4*, Total 760

I am really sorry that I can't remember much about my exam questions, but I believe my experience and study method may benefit someone. So here goes my contribution.
Since this is the first time I took GMAT, I am not sure if I should retake. The exam was OK, not as difficult I thought it would be. However, there are many things I believe people must keep in mind.

First of all, it is crucially important that people review math JJ as carefully as possible, and ignore verbal JJ. Verbal JJ not only confuses you, but also takes too much unwanted influence on you.

Second, during the exam, do not double check. It will leave a death mark on your score. I had three bold face questions within the first 25 verbal questions, and I answered them according to my first instinct. The accuracy rate seems much higher. Plus, you get the extra bonus for having time to read the questions very carefully. Once you thoroughly read the questions, you usually have a very good idea of what point the right answer should focus on. All in all, one must realize the importance of developing a sense of what constitutes correctness for GMAT questions rather than blindly study every question without careful consideration.

Third, don't be intimidated by Kaplan and other software. My Kaplan test score was only 700; plus, my reading sections on Kaplan usually have at least four out of 13 or 15 questions wrong. You may not believe this, but on actual GMAT the reading questions are much more easier to think about than the jumbled questions on Kaplan.

Now let me provide some background information about myself. I attended college in United States and majored in Finance. Math is my weak point, but after practicing math JJ questions, I developed a way of thinking outside the box. That really saved me.

I read extensively in English, but reading speed never exceeds 250 words a minutes - the normal reading speed of American test takers. Hence, on reading I am not able to outperform. I tackled GMAT reading by doing all the questions on OG and by doing 30 passages on New Orient's reading book.

Since I never really received any formal education on grammar, I answered questions on GMAT without knowing what is a preposition phrase or noun clause. However, I have a very good sense of what a good English sentence should sound like. Again, the sense of correctness instead of the application of a set of rules helped me to get through the first 15 questions with ease. (Out of my first 15 verbal, 8 is sentence correction).

My logic questions are all very easy. Its true that they are very long, but the clear weak spot of the argument are very easy to grasp. The three bold face questions I encountered on GMAT was especially clear of confusion and traps. I believe the best material to study for logic is LSAT. Not in a sense that it can develop a clearer logical reasoning pattern for you, but the fact that it train you to recognize irrelevant information much faster and to read each answer choices more quickly. (This will save you tons of time.)

I tried to read and understand the sentence correction book by Liu Zhen Ming, but I was shocked to discover that on the first exercise section, he provided the wrong answer to a question also on OG. I instead thoroughly studied the SC questions on OG.

To conclude, the best preparation material I had is OG and two LSAT books. If you have time, practice the text sections on New Orient's test books that come without explanation. Try to develop a sense of correctness for GMAT questions. Best luck to you all.

　

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