@Erika Tyler-John Hey Erika I have posted a question on work experience please answer that and I have 1-2 more questions as well so is there any way you can answer that also like where do I ask them
Hi erica, wow. I did my first gmat test 2 weeks ago, after 3 weeks of studying and I got 760. I think that THIS is the real skill if you want to get a high score in the quant section: being able to understand in 15 seconds if a question will take too long to answer and skip it. I did it for 3 hard questions and saved a lot of time for the others, still getting a 51/51
@@Selahhhhhhhhhhh I don't think so, at least for my personal experience. In the quant is possible that you'll find a couple of questions that are really too long to do, even if you know the process to solve them, it would take 3-4 mins to find the exact answer. Moreover, it is likely that after you start doing it you'll find out that you don't know how to continue and you will then have Lost 2-3 mins and guessed the question, like you should have done from the beginning. As I wrote previously, I got 51/51 and I still guessed 3 difficult question after 15 sec that I read them. So I gained 4/5 minutes for the remaining questions
@cesare2340 Hello, I am trying to have the same results and your study technique seems to be very productive. Could you please tell me which material you used to have this result ? Thanks very much 🙏
@@pauline9324 hi Pauline. I just bought the main Gmat book (the big one with 1000 exercises) and the two smaller ones (with 300 exercises for verbal and 300 for quant). Personally I just used the code and did them online to save time. Did all of them doing 20/30 exercises in blocks just to practice also the length. After each "block" I reviewed the wrong ones and wrote down the solution on a paper. After finishing all 1600 exercises I re-did the one I got wrong (maybe like 400-500 of them). After that I re did the ones I got wrong also the second time (like 100 of them) and then just reviewed this ones I got wrong 3 times. The last week I did 4 practice tests (2 free and 2 extra bought). I hope to be helpful in some way!
This is the first video I ever saw in relation to GMAT and I find it mindblowing for someone is planning to start the preparation. Scrolled down and realized the channel is posting videos from 11 years with single focus on GMAT. Will be checking out other videos in future, all the best team and thank you Erika!
"Perfection is not required for a perfect score" "Every time you make the same mistake, you make it more likely that you're going to build this bad habit" SO HELPFUL!
My first experience with him gave me the assurance that has made me recommend him to my friends without fear of them failing, I got four of my friends involved with him already
I'm impressed by your level of speaking fluency and clarity, congratulations!!! May I ask something ? . Which is the most practical way to detect if a question will take too long to be answered? Are there any hacks or shortcuts to know this? Thanks!
Thanks Erika and the Magoosh team behind this insightful video. I would love to know more on point of Never making mistake more than once. What was the approach? Is it using an error log or writing down notes for every single error on the Excel? Curious to know how a test taker can live up to such a high standard?
Hi Millicent! If you get more than half of the questions right, then the GMAT will start to give you harder and harder problems, until each one is extremely difficult. It will only decrease the difficulty when you start to get less than 50% correct. Your score, then, is the level of difficulty of the questions you get right half the time. If you get a very high score, then you will get more than half of the section correct, since it will take a few questions for the system to hone in on your ability level. But eventually you will get half right and half wrong, and then the system will know your score. The only exception would be if you are like a top 1% scorer, in which case you might get more than half correct even of the hardest questions possible! The scoring can be quite confusing, but luckily you aren't required to understand it :) Your job now is to learn as much as you can, and your only task on the test is to do your best and get as many right as you can!
Hi Zeyna, it's very hard to tell the precise level of a question! GMAT scoring is notoriously opaque and complicated. That said, this article might help! magoosh.com/gmat/is-this-a-700-level-gmat-question/
Hi! You can start by watching this th-cam.com/video/xO3YaB7rc24/w-d-xo.html and this blog post magoosh.com/gmat/how-to-prepare-for-gmat/. Hope this helps!
Hi Erica - just curious, how would you tackle a problem like this one Technically, "quicksand" is the term for sand that is so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid's character. (A) that is so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid's character (B) that is so saturated with water that it acquires the character of a liquid (C) that is saturated with water enough to acquire liquid characteristics (D) saturated enough with water so as to acquire the character of a liquid (E) saturated with water so much as to acquire a liquid character
I'm new to this but what does missing a question mean? Like leaving a question without selecting an option? Or just selecting a random option and move on?
Hey there! I think this blog post is what you are looking for: magoosh.com/gmat/gmat-score-calculator/ But GMAT scoring is very complex and opaque! So I wouldn't worry too much about it. From the chart, though, you can see that there are many ways to get a 750, including around Q49 V43. Hope that helps!
@Erika Tyler-John thank you so much mam. I tried to follow your tips, am getting 80% accuracy in SC for the GMATClub tests in 500 level. But for 700+ it drops to 50% :( shall I start from the basics? Just 2 weeks since I started my preparation.
thanks for your help mam. It's very much appreciated! I, focussing only on the 700+ was a faulty strategy. Although it works for me in Quant, this does not suffice in the Verbal esp the SC section.
Check out our helpful article What is the GMAT: Everything You Need to Know--magoosh.com/gmat/gmat-101/. And, be sure to check out our GMAT study plans, which take you through everything you need for the test-- gmat.magoosh.com/plans. 😃
Guys how difficult is to get a 650 score?
@Erika Tyler-John How to identify the questions to be in the 500s or 600s or 700s.
@Erika Tyler-John Hey Erika I have posted a question on work experience please answer that and I have 1-2 more questions as well so is there any way you can answer that also like where do I ask them
Hi erica, wow. I did my first gmat test 2 weeks ago, after 3 weeks of studying and I got 760. I think that THIS is the real skill if you want to get a high score in the quant section: being able to understand in 15 seconds if a question will take too long to answer and skip it. I did it for 3 hard questions and saved a lot of time for the others, still getting a 51/51
Oh wow can you explain this a bit more? It's okay to skip questions? I kept reading that you're not supposed to skip any at all.
@@Selahhhhhhhhhhh I don't think so, at least for my personal experience. In the quant is possible that you'll find a couple of questions that are really too long to do, even if you know the process to solve them, it would take 3-4 mins to find the exact answer. Moreover, it is likely that after you start doing it you'll find out that you don't know how to continue and you will then have Lost 2-3 mins and guessed the question, like you should have done from the beginning. As I wrote previously, I got 51/51 and I still guessed 3 difficult question after 15 sec that I read them. So I gained 4/5 minutes for the remaining questions
@cesare2340 Hello, I am trying to have the same results and your study technique seems to be very productive. Could you please tell me which material you used to have this result ? Thanks very much 🙏
@@pauline9324 hi Pauline. I just bought the main Gmat book (the big one with 1000 exercises) and the two smaller ones (with 300 exercises for verbal and 300 for quant). Personally I just used the code and did them online to save time. Did all of them doing 20/30 exercises in blocks just to practice also the length. After each "block" I reviewed the wrong ones and wrote down the solution on a paper. After finishing all 1600 exercises I re-did the one I got wrong (maybe like 400-500 of them). After that I re did the ones I got wrong also the second time (like 100 of them) and then just reviewed this ones I got wrong 3 times. The last week I did 4 practice tests (2 free and 2 extra bought).
I hope to be helpful in some way!
@@cesare2340 can you tell me about these book?
This is the first video I ever saw in relation to GMAT and I find it mindblowing for someone is planning to start the preparation. Scrolled down and realized the channel is posting videos from 11 years with single focus on GMAT.
Will be checking out other videos in future, all the best team and thank you Erika!
Awesome, welcome to the channel! We hope it's helped you as much as it has the students before you :)
"Perfection is not required for a perfect score" "Every time you make the same mistake, you make it more likely that you're going to build this bad habit" SO HELPFUL!
My first experience with him gave me the assurance that has made me recommend him to my friends without fear of them failing, I got four of my friends involved with him already
Studying consistently can be challenging, I'm glad that Magoosh has study schedules!
Erica from PrepScholar. Nice to see her here.
We're glad to have her here as well :)
Yes Erika, i would love a video on verbal sectional scoring. Please
@Erika Tyler-John Did u happen to make that video on how verbal is scored differently than quant section? Thanks
I'm impressed by your level of speaking fluency and clarity, congratulations!!! May I ask something ? . Which is the most practical way to detect if a question will take too long to be answered? Are there any hacks or shortcuts to know this? Thanks!
GMAT scoring is so hard to understand. I think that'd be a great video! :)
It's nice to know you can intentionally guess on a few and still get a top score 😅
I was just practicing from Magoosh when this video showed up. Please put up videos of Erika on SC and CR particularly.
@Erika Tyler-John Thanks a ton :-)
Thank you Erica... Youe videos, as always, are so helpful ❤️
This single video is better than some entire coaching institutes' routine preparation plans
Thanks Erika and the Magoosh team behind this insightful video. I would love to know more on point of Never making mistake more than once. What was the approach? Is it using an error log or writing down notes for every single error on the Excel? Curious to know how a test taker can live up to such a high standard?
@Erika Tyler-John Thats amazing! Thanks a ton
Really great video. Understood some deep insights of GMAT that is needed for a test taker. Thanks for making such a valuable video. Keep inspiring us.
Hey Erica thank you for your invaluable advice ❤️❤️❤️
You're very welcome! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment :) I think these are some really helpful videos!
Is there a video with more information on the strategy of how to let difficult questions go?
This went over my head
Keep working at it!
Harvard: We want you to have around 700+ on GMAT
Me: I identify as a 800 GMAT scorer
Checkmate
🙌
Hi Erika, I'm really confused on how getting half of the questions right and half of them wrong can guarantee you a top score on GMAT
Hi Millicent! If you get more than half of the questions right, then the GMAT will start to give you harder and harder problems, until each one is extremely difficult. It will only decrease the difficulty when you start to get less than 50% correct. Your score, then, is the level of difficulty of the questions you get right half the time.
If you get a very high score, then you will get more than half of the section correct, since it will take a few questions for the system to hone in on your ability level. But eventually you will get half right and half wrong, and then the system will know your score. The only exception would be if you are like a top 1% scorer, in which case you might get more than half correct even of the hardest questions possible!
The scoring can be quite confusing, but luckily you aren't required to understand it :) Your job now is to learn as much as you can, and your only task on the test is to do your best and get as many right as you can!
Thank you so much
How do you know at what level the gmat question is? Where do I find 500 level questions, 600 level questions, 700qs?
Hi Zeyna, it's very hard to tell the precise level of a question! GMAT scoring is notoriously opaque and complicated. That said, this article might help!
magoosh.com/gmat/is-this-a-700-level-gmat-question/
Hiii magoosh. I'm a beginner for GMAT , can you send any videos to start my preparation.
Hi! You can start by watching this th-cam.com/video/xO3YaB7rc24/w-d-xo.html and this blog post magoosh.com/gmat/how-to-prepare-for-gmat/. Hope this helps!
Hi Erica - just curious, how would you tackle a problem like this one
Technically, "quicksand" is the term for sand that is so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid's character.
(A) that is so saturated with water as to acquire a liquid's character
(B) that is so saturated with water that it acquires the character of a liquid
(C) that is saturated with water enough to acquire liquid characteristics
(D) saturated enough with water so as to acquire the character of a liquid
(E) saturated with water so much as to acquire a liquid character
Who are you?
B
C?
B
I'm new to this but what does missing a question mean? Like leaving a question without selecting an option? Or just selecting a random option and move on?
@Erika Tyler-John Yes, it does! Thank you so much for explaining this. Much appreciated!!
Hey Erika,
What should be the verbal and quant scores to get a 750 in 2021?
Could you guys kindly make a video on GMAT score pattern?
Hey there! I think this blog post is what you are looking for:
magoosh.com/gmat/gmat-score-calculator/
But GMAT scoring is very complex and opaque! So I wouldn't worry too much about it. From the chart, though, you can see that there are many ways to get a 750, including around Q49 V43. Hope that helps!
We will also definite consider a video on this, since it's so complicated :)
Nice video
How do you know the questions in the 500 and 700
can u please make a video about section video on the gmat?
Indeed, more will be coming!
On an average how many questions can you miss (combining both hard and medium level) to get a 730+?
When you say 'miss questions', you mean afford to get them wrong? Can someone please clarify?
Is it better to skip a question or to give an incorrect answer?
thanks mam. can you please take a SC session on comparison & parallelism?
@Erika Tyler-John thank you so much mam. I tried to follow your tips, am getting 80% accuracy in SC for the GMATClub tests in 500 level. But for 700+ it drops to 50% :( shall I start from the basics? Just 2 weeks since I started my preparation.
thanks for your help mam. It's very much appreciated! I, focussing only on the 700+ was a faulty strategy. Although it works for me in Quant, this does not suffice in the Verbal esp the SC section.
I am totally new to GMAT and educated in the UK (law) what would you suggest for a beginner please ?
Check out our helpful article What is the GMAT: Everything You Need to Know--magoosh.com/gmat/gmat-101/. And, be sure to check out our GMAT study plans, which take you through everything you need for the test-- gmat.magoosh.com/plans. 😃
What is the difference between To be and as big as in the last official example of killer whale ??
Sorry, I'm not sure what question you're asking about 😬
@@MagooshGMAT I think I wanted to ask this question in GMATNinja video. Posted at wrong place 😑😑
What is the reality I get accepted to a university MBA program with a couple C's on my transcripts but a 700+ GMAT?
It really depends on the program! Try looking at the average GPA and test scores for each program to see how it compares to yours.
Understood. So the GMAT is the real world Kobiyashi Maru.
🤣 It can feel that way but it can be won!
build regularity
👍
Taking a test only test your ability to take test.
Pretty much!
What a cutie!
Nice video