Help in time management strategies (quantitative)

[oscar.delgado.cortes]

Hi,

I've just took the gmt two days ago and scored 650 (39 Q, 40V), 49th percentile Quantitative and 90 percentile Verbal. I'm looking forwards for a masters in a top european university perhaps HEC Paris or St Gallen so I really need a 700 or so. I've started studying two months ago, basically with OG 12 and both OG quantitive and verbal review along with the OG archer. Yet i'm experiencing huge trubles in time managent during the test, specially in the quantitative part. I couldn't finish the exam so I'm sure I got penalized. Oddly enough i've never scored better in the verbal section than in the quantitative part, in none of the three gmat practice test I've took, so I blame it on time managment.

I'm looking forward for some advice on time management strategies. Hope someone might give me a few pointers

Thanks.

[StaceyKoprince]

Fantastic job on the verbal!

Pointer #1 - you haven't actually been studying much yet. There's a huge difference between *doing* practice problems (which you have been doing) and actually studying / analzying / learning strategies for how to get better. You're going to need to identify some resources that explicitly teach you what you need to know (from both a content perspective and a "test taking strategies" perspective). Every test prep company out there has books that will teach you these things - and obviously each company will recommend its own books, so I'll let you decide (since I'm biased!).

Read this:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... an-part-1/

Note: in the above article, absolutely the MOST important section is the part about HOW to learn. Make sure to read that part, and the additional articles linked in that section, very carefully.

Next, time management (which is also covered in the above article, but I'll repeat here). Read these two articles:
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... to-win-it/
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... nt-part-1/

And start doing what they say. I'll also guess that you're probably making careless errors, because those go hand-in-hand with timing problems.
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... -the-gmat/

In terms of what specific resources to purchase, you could decide to get the "full set" of one company's quant books (eg, we have 5 books that make up the main set, along with a Foundations of Math book that covers the more, well, foundational topics). You could also pick and choose individual books based on your strengths and weaknesses.

You can use the below to analyze your most recent MGMAT CAT(s):
http://www.manhattangmat.com/blog/index ... ice-tests/

Then, if you'd like, you can come back here and tell us the results of your analysis and what you think you should do based on that analysis. (Note: do share an analysis with us, not just the raw data. Part of getting better is developing your ability to analyze your results - figure out what they mean and what you think you should do about them!) We'll then tell you what we think of your analysis and we can discuss strategies for moving forward.