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SankalpJ117
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Strategy for studying CR

by SankalpJ117 Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:49 pm

Hi, I have gone through MGMAT CR book twice. After that I attempted 20 questions from the OG'16 out of which I could manage only 13 right. My target score is 700+. What should my strategy be?
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Re: Strategy for studying CR

by StaceyKoprince Sun Sep 20, 2015 7:25 pm

A 13 / 20 correct rate doesn't actually tell me much.

For instance, I would be more concerned if those were all easier, lower-numbered questions and less concerned if those were all harder, higher-numbered questions.

I would be more concerned if, afterwards, you looked at the answers and said, "I still don't understand at all why the correct answer is (A) and not what I picked."

I would be less concerned if, afterwards, you looked at the answers and said, "Oh, I see, my answer is wrong because [blah blah blah] and answer (A) is actually correct because [blah blah blah]. Got it."

So my next question for you is, how did it go when you reviewed those problems? What did your analysis tell you?
http://tinyurl.com/2ndlevelofgmat

Also, how did you do on CR on your most recent practice CAT?

Are there any trends in terms of the CR sub-types that you tend to find harder / get wrong more often?
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