Best Strategy to answer GRE Math
Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:58 pm
Hello:
I have been taking the practice exams recently and am currently wondering what is the best way to answer the GRE Math test. Some say that the best way is to first answer all the questions that are easy and less time consuming and then start to answer the rest?
I am not sure this is the best way to answer the test because it is very hard to identify which are the easy and less time consuming questions.
On another hand, in my view it is virtually impossible to be able to spend sufficient time on all of the questions. It has been my experience that because i spent little time on an easy question i frequently answer the question incorrectly because of an error in my calculations.
In the end what matters the most is that we pass the 80 percentile barrier (which can be attained with roughly a raw score of 48?) so wouldn't it be best to dedicate sufficient time to the questions one after another in order guarantee no dumb calculation-errors? With this method it could be that one answers less questions but increases his precision rate. With the other method, it seems to me, that one answers a lot more questions but decreases precision.
In general, given your experience, what is the best strategy?
Any general advice or personal anecdotes on the matter would be really helpful.
I have been taking the practice exams recently and am currently wondering what is the best way to answer the GRE Math test. Some say that the best way is to first answer all the questions that are easy and less time consuming and then start to answer the rest?
I am not sure this is the best way to answer the test because it is very hard to identify which are the easy and less time consuming questions.
On another hand, in my view it is virtually impossible to be able to spend sufficient time on all of the questions. It has been my experience that because i spent little time on an easy question i frequently answer the question incorrectly because of an error in my calculations.
In the end what matters the most is that we pass the 80 percentile barrier (which can be attained with roughly a raw score of 48?) so wouldn't it be best to dedicate sufficient time to the questions one after another in order guarantee no dumb calculation-errors? With this method it could be that one answers less questions but increases his precision rate. With the other method, it seems to me, that one answers a lot more questions but decreases precision.
In general, given your experience, what is the best strategy?
Any general advice or personal anecdotes on the matter would be really helpful.