Posted Mar 8, 2020, 9:58 PM UTC
ETS has been using the same logical reasoning shortcuts for decades... the big book harder questions are great practice, especially if you make sure to find the quick / logical way to do the problem.
Yeah I mean the problem is me😝
Once I see the solution I’m like dooh I totally knew about this. But in the moment I struggle. Especially when it’s timed. Thank you!!
Keep an error journal: 1. What did I do wrong 2. What do I wish I did instead 3. What did I learn (write these down)
Most people will benefit from the above, in my experience.
That’s a great idea!!
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I found that magoosh might be good for learning concepts if you have had little previous exposure but not so great at replicating the trickiness of the real test. A lot of their quant feels very un-ETSlike. I assume you are fairly comfortable with the concepts by now. If I were you I wouldn't use magoosh. I would redo the 5LB and all ETS before Magoosh but that's just me. If you have the cash its possible that Magoosh could provide some good supplemental practice. Also Big Book is good for practicing the easier quant questions but you won't find any 4 or 5 difficulty problems in there. They have made the test significantly harder since then.
Thanks so much! Yeah, redoing ETS problems makes sense for sure. At the same time, I have a pretty good memory and mostly remember how the problems got solved (especially since I did most of em in the last 2-3 weeks). So obvs that is great BUT my biggest problem is that I am a solid learner and memorizer but NOT a creative thinker when it comes to math. Can get hard problems right with effort but always spend a lot of time and go about it the hard way. I get the math is basically like an iq test and I feel like I’m lacking in that department. I try really hard but often still feel like a dum dum. So I can redo problems but then on the real GRE would probably still feel stunted when a crazy question comes along. Oh well. Thanks again!