Manhattan practice test on 2 minutes for question mode

[Ran]

any one tried that
is it useful to do it for time managmnet practice

many thanks

Ran

[StaceyKoprince]

Don't do it at 2 minutes. (You just end up panicking at about 1.5 min and can't work properly.)

If you are REALLY struggling with holding yourself to time on quant, set the per-question timing to 2.5 minutes instead of 2. Otherwise, do the regular timing, just like the real test, and just make sure to look through the timing data - if you are using too much time early on, make sure you notice how much it's hurting you at the end so you can stop yourself from taking too much time on some problems!

On verbal, don't use it at all, b/c you need 3-4 minutes to read the RC passages and if you set it that long, then you're not really "cutting yourself off" on the other problems.

[Ran]

im losing on quant 2-3 min on the first 10 then somehow im losing about 12 min on the next 20
same happens in all the practice tests even those i scored over 700 i took till now and probably on my first GMAT
(trying 4 the 2nd time now)
so 15 min time lose on quant is my main problem

[RonPurewal]

im losing on quant 2-3 min on the first 10 then somehow im losing about 12 min on the next 20
same happens in all the practice tests even those i scored over 700 i took till now and probably on my first GMAT
(trying 4 the 2nd time now)
so 15 min time lose on quant is my main problem

if you're losing 12 minutes on twenty quant problems, then you should try to follow the prescription outlined by stacey above: set the time limit to about 2:30 for each problem. this is more realistic; it's actually unreasonable to use 2:00 for the limit, because that's supposed to be the AVERAGE time spent on a problem.

try the practice test with that time limit instead, and see how it goes.

also:

NEVER, EVER DELIBERATE.
if you think of a technique that might solve a problem, don't sit there and think endlessly about whether to try that technique; just try it.
if you're down to guessing, and you're stuck between two equally attractive answer choices, don't just sit there staring at those two answer choices; just pick one.
if you're like most other students, a large part of the poor time management consists of just sitting there staring at the problem when you have multiple options, rather than just doing something.

let us know how the practice test goes with this new time limitation.