Analyze Your Data
Using OG Archer and CAT analysis reports, you can see aggregate data on your per question timing.
Regularly checking in on your statistics will make you aware of your average per-problem pacing for
each question type and will encourage you to consider time as you work through GMAT problems.
Determine the question types that are generally costing you more than your average per question time.
Note whether youre getting these “expensive” questions right or wrong (across the various categories—
for example, Rate problems or Modifier SCs). For those that you re answering correctly, the primary
question is: How can I become more efficient when answering questions of this type? For those that
you’re answering incorrectly, the initial question is simply: How can I get this wrong faster? (You’re
getting it wrong anyway— so if you can get it wrong faster, which shouldn’t be that hard to do, then at
least you won’t be hurting yourself on other questions in the same section.)
How do you get things wrong faster? Quickly recognize problems that fall into categories that you do
not yet solve very well, either because you have not studied them yet or because you just don’t really
“get them” yet. On the test, you need to make an educated guess— or a random guess if you just don’t
understand what the question’s asking. Longer term, you may then decide to study that particular area
or topic more closely in order to try to get better at it. Alternatively, there may be a couple of question
types (such as Combinatorics or Advanced Divisibility) that you decide just don’t come up frequently
enough to be worth the time they would take to master. Plan to always quickly guess on questions that
fall into these categories. Interestingly, the hardest problems to solve are often the easiest to rule out
some answer choices on, based on commonsense reasoning about the possible answer range.
Also notice the question types that are buying you time (those that consistently take you less than the
allotted time). First, make sure that you are not making many careless mistakes with these; working
quickly is not a positive thing if you sacrifice a question that you were capable of answering correctly.
You may actually need to slow down on some of these in order to minimize your careless mistakes. The
goal is not to minimize the time spent, but rather to maximize the number of correct answers per time
spent.
If you do find areas that are both highly accurate and quickly solved, excellent; these are your strengths;
stay very aware of these while taking the test. If you find yourself running behind on time, still take
your normal amount of time to answer any “strength” questions; don’t sacrifice the ones you can answer
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