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		<title>Two months and 80 points to go: How do I raise my GMAT score? (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>In the first part of this series, we talked about how to analyze your strengths and weaknesses and in which categories of “low hanging fruit” to concentrate your studies. We left off talking about timing; let&#8217;s talk about how to make better decisions as you take the test. I keep messing up the timing on [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10702" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/11/blog-lincoln-partii.png" alt="Blog-Lincoln-PartII" width="676" height="264" srcset="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/11/blog-lincoln-partii.png 676w, https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/11/blog-lincoln-partii-300x117.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" />In <a href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2015/11/16/2-months-and-80-points-to-go-how-do-i-lift-my-gmat-score-part-1/">the first part of this series</a>, we talked about how to analyze your strengths and weaknesses and in which categories of “low hanging fruit” to concentrate your studies.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We left off talking about timing; let&#8217;s talk about how to make better decisions as you take the test.</span><span id="more-10701"></span></p>
<h3><b>I keep messing up the timing on the test.</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’re not alone. You’ve got two broad tasks here. You need to internalize the </span><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2015/09/14/this-mindset-will-make-you-feel-good-about-skipping-problems-on-the-gmat/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">business mindset</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in order to manage your time appropriately. You also need some more specific guidelines about what to do problem-to-problem while you’re taking the test.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 1-minute mark is the key decision-making point for all quant and verbal questions. On quant and CR, the 1 minute mark is the halfway mark. By this mark, you should understand what the question is asking and, for quant, have an idea of how to solve. On CR, you need to understand the argument and have an idea of what characteristics you want the correct answer to have. If these things aren’t true, it’s time to try (if possible) to make an educated guess and / or move on.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For SC and RC, the 1-minute mark is closer to the end of the problem. At this point, you should already have started to eliminate answers. If not, it’s time to guess and move on.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(And, at any point on verbal, if you find yourself going back and forth repeatedly among the same answers, it’s time to move on.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t, though, start watching the clock every minute. That will drive you crazy! Instead, check out </span><a href="//tinyurl.com/GMATTimeManagement"><span style="font-weight: 400;">part 4 of this series to learn how to develop your very own 1-minute time sense</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Before you take your next practice test, you also want to get better at tracking your time throughout each section of the test. If you have access to Manhattan Prep’s Interact lessons, I strongly recommend that you do the Timing lesson associated in the class 6 homework. If not, check out part 5 of the Time Management article linked in the previous paragraph. (But the Interact Timing lesson is better, so do that if you have access!)</span></p>
<h3><b>I’ve learned a bunch of stuff and my timing is getting better…now what?</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great! Now it’s time to take another practice test and repeat the whole process. Ideally, you’ll be studying diligently 5 to 6 days a week, so after about 2 to 3 weeks*, you’ll be ready to take another CAT. You’ll analyze your results, come up with a new list of items in Bucket 2, and repeat the whole process.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">*Note: don’t try to cycle through this in 1 week. You can’t rush this process; your brain will just get tired and you won’t learn well enough.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This general process is your process until you reach about 10 to 14 days before your test date. At that point, you’re going to shift your focus to a comprehensive review.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Note: if, 10 days before, you&#8217;re still more than 50 points from your goal, then you have two choices: postpone your test or lower your goal score. Don’t panic or try to cram in the last 10 days to get another 50 points. The most likely outcome is burn-out and a score drop. If your score isn’t what you want it to be, you can always postpone applications for a round or a year. The world won’t end!)</span></p>
<h3><b>What’s this “comprehensive review” phase?</b></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You need to solidify your strategies and also just review all of the different rules, formulas, concepts, and strategies you’ve been studying for months. If you don’t do this, you risk losing points on the test simply because it&#8217;s been a few weeks since you last reviewed something.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">First, you’re going to </span><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2014/11/07/last-14-days-gmat-part-1-building-game-plan/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">figure out your Game Plan</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Your Game Plan is all about how to make the best executive decisions as you work your way through each section of the test. Follow that link to find out how to plan this.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’re also going to conduct </span><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2014/11/12/last-14-days-gmat-part-2-review/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">a general review of the major question types, content, and strategies</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the GMAT.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, don’t forget that you’re going to wind DOWN for the last two days before your test. You can do some light (and high-level) review, but don’t study for more than a couple of hours each day. Cramming at this point will, once again, just burn you out. You wouldn’t run a practice marathon 2 days before a real marathon, right? Don’t over-study two days before your GMAT either.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All right, you’ve got a plan. Get going and give it your best shot! Happy studying!</span></p>
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<p><em><strong><img decoding="async" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9719" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/06/stacey-koprince-150x150.png" alt="stacey-koprince" width="150" height="150" />Stacey Koprince is a Manhattan Prep instructor based in Montreal, Canada and Los Angeles, California.</strong> Stacey has been teaching the GMAT, GRE, and LSAT  for more than 15 years and is one of the most well-known instructors in the industry. Stacey loves to teach and is absolutely fascinated by standardized tests. <a href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/classes/#instructor/86">Check out Stacey’s upcoming GMAT courses here</a></em></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2015 22:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Most second-round deadlines are in early January, so around now, a lot of people are asking me how to eke out the last 30 to 80 points they need to reach their goal. Let’s talk about what to do to try to lift your score that last bit in the final 2 months of your [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img decoding="async" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10619" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/11/blog-lincoln.png" alt="Blog-Lincoln" width="676" height="264" srcset="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/11/blog-lincoln.png 676w, https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/11/blog-lincoln-300x117.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" />Most second-round deadlines are in early January, so around now, a lot of people are asking me how to eke out the last 30 to 80 points they need to reach their goal.</p>
<p>Let’s talk about what to do to try to lift your score that last bit in the final 2 months of your study.</p>
<h3><strong>Is this article for me?</strong></h3>
<p><span id="more-10616"></span></p>
<p>This article is geared towards those who have already been studying for a while. I’m assuming that you have already been through your core study material at least once, that you know how each question type works (DS, PS, CR, RC, SC, and all 4 types in IR), and that you have generally learned most of the math formulas, grammar rules, and question-type processes (e.g., RC/CR inference; choosing smart numbers or testing cases on quant, etc.). I’m also assuming that you do have weaknesses and need to work more in various of the aforementioned areas—otherwise, you wouldn’t be trying to lift your score!</p>
<h3><strong>Yep, that’s me. Okay, what do I do?</strong></h3>
<p>First, read about <a href="//tinyurl.com/executivereasoning" target="_blank">Executive Reasoning</a> and the <a href="//tinyurl.com/2ndlevelofgmat" target="_blank">2nd Level of GMAT Study</a>. Think about how your prior study has and has not meshed with the ideas presented in those articles and what you may need to change in your approach going forward. Write that down somewhere.</p>
<p>Next, if you haven’t taken a practice CAT in the last several weeks, take one now. I’m going to assume that you’ll take one of Manhattan Prep’s CATs. You can adjust the below based on some other CAT, assuming that the test does give you data you can use to analyze your performance.</p>
<p>You must take all four sections (yes, including essay and IR) and you must take all 4 sections seriously. (If you don’t, then you may wind up with an artificially inflated score.) You get two 8-minute breaks: one after IR and one after quant.</p>
<p>Take the test under normal timing conditions as well (30 minutes each for IR and essay, and 75 minutes each for quant and verbal, unless you have extended time).</p>
<p>Okay, go.</p>
<h3><strong>What do I do with all this data?</strong></h3>
<p>Pull up the test results and give yourself about 1 to 2 hours to do your high-level analysis, using the process detailed in this 2-part article, <a href="//tinyurl.com/analyzeyourcats" target="_blank">Analyze Your CATs</a>.</p>
<p>Now, what’s in your Bucket 2? (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you did not click to the second half of the article. <a href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2014/02/17/4-steps-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-cats-part-2/" target="_blank">Go back and finish</a>.)</p>
<p>You should have content areas and question types in 3 Bucket 2 categories:</p>
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<li>Careless Mistakes</li>
<li>Right but a Bit Too Slow</li>
<li>Holes in your Foundation</li>
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<p>Let’s talk about what to do with each one.</p>
<h3><strong>Careless Mistakes</strong></h3>
<p>These are so annoying. Okay, so after you slap yourself on the side of the head…what are you going to do about it?</p>
<p>The most annoying thing about careless mistakes is that we tend to make the same kinds of mistakes over and over. So you need to figure out what your bad habits/patterns are, and then you need to practice new habits until they become second nature (and crowd out the old, bad habit). Follow <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13_RpToSQtqRtHuBJfYCAYUo8N7B3Vh7svMGmDW0gItw/edit" target="_blank">this link</a> to learn how.</p>
<p>Do NOT neglect to address careless mistakes. These are the lowest of the low-hanging fruit. You already know how to get that problem right! You just need to build a good habit that will let you perform under the pressure and stress of test day.</p>
<h3><strong>Right but a Bit Too Slow</strong></h3>
<p>You’re already answering these correctly, but you’re spending maybe 60 seconds longer than average for that question type. Can you learn to shave off 20 to 30 seconds without compromising your accuracy?</p>
<p>Start investigating alternative ways to do the problem. Are you doing <a href="//www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2015/10/23/avoiding-calculations-on-gmat-problem-solving" target="_blank">more math calculations than are really necessary</a>? <a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2012/01/03/what-to-read-and-what-not-to-read-on-rc-passages/" target="_blank">Are you reading more/ deeper than you need to on RC</a>? Are you agonizing back and forth on your last 2-3 verbal answer choices? (No article for the last one. If you’re agonizing, you don’t know the answer. Just pick and move on!)</p>
<h3><strong>Holes in your Foundation</strong></h3>
<p>The GMAT rewards generalists over specialists. If you have too many holes in your foundation, you’ll keep getting lower-level problems wrong and, as a result, you’ll never lift your overall score to a higher level. Get to be pretty good across (almost) everything before you look to lift yourself even higher in your stronger areas.</p>
<p>Identify a resource such as the MPrep Foundations of Math or Foundations of Verbal strategy guides. Start by going to the end of the first chapter and trying some problems from the problem sets. For anything that&#8217;s wrong, takes a long time, or just feels funny, dive into the chapter and learn the relevant material. Then come back to the problem set and do the rest to drill your new skills. (Note: if you do use our books for this, you can find additional drill sets in your student center account on our website.)</p>
<p>As you work through problems in each of the above categories, make sure you are doing the in-depth analysis described in your <a href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2013/07/22/the-second-level-of-learning-to-take-the-gmat/" target="_blank">2nd Level</a> article (the same one linked earlier).</p>
<h3><strong>Anything else I should do with the data?</strong></h3>
<p>Yes! I’ve saved the most important analysis for last. Overall, you must make sure that you are making good business decisions as you work your way through the test.</p>
<p>If you continue to take the “old school” mindset and try to get everything right, you won’t maximize your score on the GMAT. Here’s more on <a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2015/09/14/this-mindset-will-make-you-feel-good-about-skipping-problems-on-the-gmat/" target="_blank">developing this business mindset</a>.</p>
<p>Make sure you are practicing these skills regularly via <a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2014/03/06/how-to-create-the-most-effective-gmat-problem-sets/" target="_blank">timed sets of mixed practice questions</a>. Don’t forget to analyze your decision-making to ensure that you’re learning how to get even better in future.</p>
<h3><strong>My timing is seriously problematic. Any tips?</strong></h3>
<p>Glad you asked. The second half of this article discusses time management (in the context of both individual problems and overall test sections), as well as what to do after you’ve improved on the things we’ve talked about so far, and what to do in the last 10 to 14 days of your studies.</p>
<p>Did you find this post helpful? Check out part 2 of this series <a href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog/2015/11/23/two-months-and-80-points-to-go-how-do-i-raise-my-gmat-score-part-2/">here</a>!</p>
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<p><em><strong><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-9719" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/gmat/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/06/stacey-koprince-150x150.png" alt="stacey-koprince" width="150" height="150" />Stacey Koprince is a Manhattan Prep instructor based in Montreal, Canada and Los Angeles, California.</strong> Stacey has been teaching the GMAT, GRE, and LSAT  for more than 15 years and is one of the most well-known instructors in the industry. Stacey loves to teach and is absolutely fascinated by standardized tests. <a href="//www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/classes/#instructor/86">Check out Stacey’s upcoming GMAT courses here</a></em></p>
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