Pacing Strategy

Question 1

Quant

Q1-5

Answer 1

No silly mistakes
Keep to 2 minutes
OK to skip on # 3, 4,or 5

Question 2

Quant

Q6-Q24

Answer 2

Skip five questions (a skip means you spent less than 30 secs) so read it and guess but no more than that.
Skip one question per page after page 1 up to problem 22. OR skip q 6,10, 14,18, 22

Question 3

quant Q25-Q37

Answer 3

Get as many right as possible, no silly mistakes

To do: Slow down on things you might make errors on and if you don’t know how to solve, start eliminating and take a better guess.

Question 4

Time remaining after each question in quant?
After Q8
After Q16
After Q24
After Q32
After Q37

Answer 4

60 minutes
48 minutes
36 minutes
15minutes
0 minutes

Question 5

Time remaining after each question in verbal?
After Q8
After Q16
After Q24
After Q32
After Q41

Answer 5

60 minutes
45 minutes
30 minutes
15mins
0mins

can be 3 mins over or under
don’t skip. but if you have to only skip Critical reasoning questions

Question 6

How should you approach every GMAT problem?

Answer 6

Glance, Read, Jot
Reflect & Organize
Work

Glance: look at the answers they can tell a lot about the problem
Read & Jot: get the info you need down
Reflect: Translating is very important, what are they asking?
Organize: Make sure you write clearly and keep it organized