Hi
I took a cold mock (no prep) (pp1)
Verbal - 154
Quant - 166
AWA - 3.5 (scored by chatgpt)
I have one month to prepare and my target is
Verbal - fine with the score
Quant - +1 point increment
AWA - +1 point increment
My analysis
I got 25/27 and the 2 question wrong is due to careless mistakes.
My question,
A 1 point jump in math is pretty much in the margin of error. Without knowing your situation, the best way to reduce careless mistakes is to be more organized when solving questions, and to do “sense” checks periodically within a question (basically, did I add these numbers right, etc.). Really, its just about being mentally aware. If you can increase your speed/proficiency, you can also have more time to check questions after.
Have you watched greg’s essay video here?: https://youtu.be/KSL3XXrFfH4?si=wpDCAR01p6_YrwrL
To practice, Id practice a handful of brainstorming sessions where you spend 5 minutes trying to plan an essay outline. Use ETS’ bank of essay topics here: https://www.ets.org/pdfs/gre/analytical-writing-pool.pdf
After that, maybe try to write out a couple full essays and compare. If you have the ETS general guide, read the essay section and really compare the examples they give of a 6, 5, etc.
Thank you for your advice , let me break it down
1. A 1 point jump in math is pretty much in the margin of error.
Yes it is the margin of error but I have room of improvement of 4 marks.
I got 166 and could potentially get 170
2. Without knowing your situation
Let me tell you my exact situation
I studied for various competitive exams eg CAT, GMAT where maths are pretty much the same, and moreover
I am going through routine quant quizzes which proves my foundation are strong.
The careless mistake I am taking about (please correct me otherwise)
X^4 = 625 and in my mind I accidentally took x = 25 instead of 5
a number is rounded of to 3, I accidentally took max value of it as 3.4 not 3.4999999…
to do “sense” checks periodically within a question - That I tried but it used to take so much time but yeah time management should be improved in my case.
Really, its just about being mentally aware. - That is the method I want to know as how to be focussed all the time.
Have you watched greg’s essay video here?: https://youtu.be/KSL3XXrFfH4?si=wpDCAR01p6_YrwrL
For AWA, I am watching the 6 videos of AWA issue essay and watched 7 deadly sins of grammer.
In these videos I am actively practice homework and questions he gives in the class, then I will write maybe 2-3 essays on my own
and compare with the essay and use ChatGPT to grade and proof read.
Use ETS’ bank of essay topics here: https://www.ets.org/pdfs/gre/analytical-writing-pool.pdf
Yes using this
After that, maybe try to write out a couple full essays and compare. If you have the ETS general guide, read the essay section and really compare the examples they give of a 6, 5, etc.
That can be done.
Now I want to know about my study schedule along with above clarifications