GMAT format: So Simple :) {reported on a scale of 200 to 800}

• Two 30min essays (optional 5min break) {reported on a scale of 1 to 6 with half pt increments}
• 75min - 37q MATH i.e. 2min max. for each question {reported on a scale of 0 to 60}
• Prob solving
• Data sufficiency
• 75min - 41q VERBAL i.e. 109sec or 1min 49 sec - Target should be 1min 30mins per question {reported on a scale of 0 to 60}
• Reading Comprehension
• Sentence correction
• Critical reasoning

• Interesting to note that one quarter of the questions in Math and Verbal sections don’t count to the score!! Anywayz, this doesn’t matter to us!
• I lost my Princeton review CD, but glad to know that I can take the same tests online @ www.princetonreview.com/cracking
• Strategy sugd by PR: You must always tell your interviewer what he or she wants to hear, same with GMAT too… i.e. know how ETS thinks while setting the paper and think accg.ly….. And PR finally says that we should jever accept the score ETS assigns us as an accurate assessment of our abilities; it suggests us to think of GMAT just as game - a game we can wit at!! GAMES always makes me more interested than my studies, so even GMAT should be a good challenge for me if I treat it a game!! Thanks PR for those words :)
• PR uses Mr. Joe Bloggs as an example to show how not to think about different questions. PR asks us to use Joe Bloggs principle (1) to use POE to eliminate incorrect answer choices (2) avoid careless mistakes; but PR cautions us here - when using Joe Bloggs principles, we need to make adjustments as the difficulty levels go up! I need to go thru the entire book to know how to make adjustments :)
• Early questions count more than later questions
• should I take extra care at the start, taking lil more time for each question if required?
• PR suggests starting slowly and gradually picking pace; they say even if you end up with very lil time at the end, you can still reach 700 coz a mistake later in the test is less costly!! But the imp. thing here is we have to answer all the questions with intelligent guesses using PR's POE (Process of Elimination) method
• PR book orgn - test taking techniques with review of major topics first, practice test and then bins of practice questions!! But is the PR's review on major topics enough?? I don’t think so….
• BIN strategy - know your bin first!! PR mentions this at many places through out the book to make intelligent guesses!! They say an EASY QUESTION in math usually takes 1 or 2 simple steps, where as a MEDIUM QUESTION takes min 2 steps and a DIFFICULT QUESTION min 3 steps to solve!
• Activity on 6th june
• Tried to schedule my GMAT date online… but it said the info is incomplete and that they'll get back to me in 2/3 days :(
• Gave my schedule to a doctor whom I've approached to make me physically fit - just to ensure I'm accountable for someone through out my GMAT prep!