Regarding Staceys Timing Articles

[ErikM411]

Hey,

I just finished my first CAT and my timing was incredibly off on the quant section. I read the article about analyzing the CAT's (https://www.manhattanprep.com/gmat/blog ... ts-part-1/) but I am still a bit confused regarding what to do about the timing.

I noticed I spent more than 4 minutes on two quant questions, which is completely unacceptable if I wish to obtain a good score. This actually forced me to guess on the last four questions, which I got 4/4 wrong.

Stacey goes

"All of the above allows you to quantify just how bad any timing problems are. Now, I’m going to make a pronouncement that will wow you: you have a timing problem!"

Okay, now what?

Any tip on how I can take advantage of this insight, rather than just realizing that I spent too much time on certain questions?

Thanks

[aguirrestom]

You can afford to spend four minutes on two questions if they are in areas you feel confident with. What you can't afford is to spend extra time and have to rush towards the end (and hence get a number of problems wrong in a row). In the "Roadmap" book they have this thing called "water tight quant timing". You can maybe try this out, and if you follow it, based on how the exam is graded, it should help improve your score.

[StaceyKoprince]

You quoted from the end of the first half of the article. Did you then click on the two links shortly after that quote? (The red text = links) Those two articles talk about how to get better at timing!