Hey Dan, love your content. Wanted to check on one thing with Target Test Prep - I noticed that some of the sections there had only one test per difficulty level. How do you implement the streaks method there as I’m guessing steaks requires a lot of questions per topic. Should I augment my study with the GMAT Club’s question bank/search function? Look forward to any input you could provide.
I'll be making another method on how to actually use that method properly. Its a Refinement technique. You shouldn't be using it during learning. You use TTP during learning, then move to OG and refine things with refinement techniques, such as the streaks method Use it with OG questions, which you find on GMATClub with the search function here gmatclub.com/forum/search.php?view=search_tags
Alright, look forward to it. If you have any samples/examples of flash cards you used that would be cool to see too, as I’ve never really used them so not sure how to structure them - would be great to see how they are put together.
@@Masamune2001 Only create flashcards on weak topics. There's not much value in me sending my own flashcards as they were designed to improve my weak areas. Suggest that you finish Learning phase, then enter refinement. In refinement, you work on streaks. Then when you break a streak, i suggest you create a flashcard (digital flashcard ONLY) with that question on it. Then create a flashcard teaching that concept. That's what i did. Practice your flashcard deck each time you break a streak until you no longer break it. There you go. Some free GMAT tutoring :)
@@Dcummins Haha, would gladly pay for a tutoring sesh, but maybe closer to test day :) Thanks for the detailed explanation though, will be tearing through the learning phase starting tomorrow so this is super helpful to know 👍
Gave few practice mocks and found that verbal is my weak area. Scoring V 25,28,31,39 Q 49-50. I have just started with the streaks method, and I hope that the streak method works for me. The real problem is reducing the time in verbal. As I try to reduce time in verbal, the efficiency drops significantly. Without time limit I am able to solve the question with good accuracy. I think I need to improve my muscle for verbal with practice. A bit of advice from you will be very helpful😃.
I am a non native speaker. I was really bad at verbal. I enrolled for a course and thought that I will be able to make progress within a month 😂. Before enrolling for the course and without going through the stuff, I gave my first mock in which my scores were V 6/8 ( I don't remember exactly, but yes near to this only) & Q49/50. This mock I gave around a yr ago. Then in between I didn't study anything for about 5-6 months, and then I enrolled for a course ( for past 5-6 months-- studying in a proper manner).
@@himanshutomar9260 I cant exactly give you specific advice over a youtube comment channel, but I dont know what course you used. Its important that you dig deep and build proficiency in the concepts, then make sure you have a view of your weaknesses. I can do a session with you via email. But I only do paid sessions now unfortuntately
Thanks a lot for this brilliant video Sharing the screen shots of actual test reports was insightful For someone aiming to get score nearby 720 , I think it is important to try our best as to not rush and end up messing answers in the initial 2 slots ? (Gmat being an adaptive test , it probably ruins the algorithm if we start getting qstns wrong initially) As you stressed , marking the easy/medium questions incorrectly messes up the score as gmat penalizes you for it However one can get the difficult ones wrong and not be penalized heavily .
Will create a separate video on the algorithm (just waiting to finish my website before i drop any more videos), but yes that is correct, and I did mention this in the vid. Basically what can be clear to see is that the first two quartiles are extremely important in placing you in the upper score bound. I would go so far to say that they are critical, and ESR data can back this up. You need to consistently get easy/medium right, but then to get a 700 you need to get at least some hard right. Your overall difficulty in a given section may average out to medium / medium=high, but the fact of the matter is you'll likely see a mix of easy, med, hard questions in that
Hey Dan, love your content. Wanted to check on one thing with Target Test Prep - I noticed that some of the sections there had only one test per difficulty level. How do you implement the streaks method there as I’m guessing steaks requires a lot of questions per topic. Should I augment my study with the GMAT Club’s question bank/search function? Look forward to any input you could provide.
I'll be making another method on how to actually use that method properly. Its a Refinement technique. You shouldn't be using it during learning. You use TTP during learning, then move to OG and refine things with refinement techniques, such as the streaks method
Use it with OG questions, which you find on GMATClub with the search function here gmatclub.com/forum/search.php?view=search_tags
Alright, look forward to it. If you have any samples/examples of flash cards you used that would be cool to see too, as I’ve never really used them so not sure how to structure them - would be great to see how they are put together.
@@Masamune2001 Only create flashcards on weak topics. There's not much value in me sending my own flashcards as they were designed to improve my weak areas.
Suggest that you finish Learning phase, then enter refinement.
In refinement, you work on streaks. Then when you break a streak, i suggest you create a flashcard (digital flashcard ONLY) with that question on it. Then create a flashcard teaching that concept.
That's what i did.
Practice your flashcard deck each time you break a streak until you no longer break it.
There you go. Some free GMAT tutoring :)
@@Dcummins Haha, would gladly pay for a tutoring sesh, but maybe closer to test day :) Thanks for the detailed explanation though, will be tearing through the learning phase starting tomorrow so this is super helpful to know 👍
@@Masamune2001be sure to use my link! I stand what I endorse
Gave few practice mocks and found that verbal is my weak area. Scoring V 25,28,31,39 Q 49-50. I have just started with the streaks method, and I hope that the streak method works for me. The real problem is reducing the time in verbal. As I try to reduce time in verbal, the efficiency drops significantly. Without time limit I am able to solve the question with good accuracy. I think I need to improve my muscle for verbal with practice. A bit of advice from you will be very helpful😃.
Have you gone through and learnt all the concepts in verbal? It’s unclear to me over what time you scored those Verbal scores
Yes gone through all concepts. It has been more than 5 months. And score have been sporadic like in last mock I got V 25.
I am a non native speaker. I was really bad at verbal. I enrolled for a course and thought that I will be able to make progress within a month 😂. Before enrolling for the course and without going through the stuff, I gave my first mock in which my scores were V 6/8 ( I don't remember exactly, but yes near to this only) & Q49/50. This mock I gave around a yr ago. Then in between I didn't study anything for about 5-6 months, and then I enrolled for a course ( for past 5-6 months-- studying in a proper manner).
@@himanshutomar9260 I cant exactly give you specific advice over a youtube comment channel, but I dont know what course you used. Its important that you dig deep and build proficiency in the concepts, then make sure you have a view of your weaknesses. I can do a session with you via email. But I only do paid sessions now unfortuntately
Thanks a lot for this brilliant video
Sharing the screen shots of actual test reports was insightful
For someone aiming to get score nearby 720 ,
I think it is important to try our best as to not rush and end up messing answers in the initial 2 slots ? (Gmat being an adaptive test , it probably ruins the algorithm if we start getting qstns wrong initially)
As you stressed , marking the easy/medium questions incorrectly messes up the score as gmat penalizes you for it
However one can get the difficult ones wrong and not be penalized heavily .
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong . I am still a beginner in this
Will create a separate video on the algorithm (just waiting to finish my website before i drop any more videos), but yes that is correct, and I did mention this in the vid. Basically what can be clear to see is that the first two quartiles are extremely important in placing you in the upper score bound. I would go so far to say that they are critical, and ESR data can back this up.
You need to consistently get easy/medium right, but then to get a 700 you need to get at least some hard right. Your overall difficulty in a given section may average out to medium / medium=high, but the fact of the matter is you'll likely see a mix of easy, med, hard questions in that