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Guess an entire passage in RC

by ARASH4339 Tue Dec 25, 2012 5:47 pm

I have GMAT exam in 2 weeks and I am really confused about the RC section.
I am a non-native test taker and some RC questions are really hard for me. it happened to me time and time again that after spending too much time on a long tough passage finally I answered more than 75% of the questions wrong! (awful isn't it?)
Finally I decided to take the following strategy for RC:
Select a tough passage, and guess all the questions without reading it. in this way not only i can save more time on the other questions , including other time-consuming and difficult RC questions that require too much time, but also it will reduce my stress.
I'd really appreciate it if you can guide me about this strategy.
moreover, if you think that it is a good idea to do o, how can i guess the entire questions of a passage in a way that i can reduce the probability of wrong answers?
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Re: Guess an entire passage in RC

by Willy Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:57 pm

I will say this is really dangerous strategy! If I were you and in your shoes, I would have gone for option C or D as these two answers are correct on about 66 of the 139 problems on OG12. Also, check out what is the most common answer choice on GMATPrep software. I know there is no magic trick to predict answer choices and no one can predict answer choices algorithm of GMAT but this is at least you can do.

Also, visit general-gmat-strategy-questions-f9.html
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Re: Guess an entire passage in RC

by tim Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:49 pm

by the time you get to the GMAT, if you encounter a question that you just CANNOT solve or understand at all, then yes you should guess on that question. the bigger concern is why someone would schedule their GMAT knowing FOR SURE that they weren't fully prepared. perhaps if it's not too late you can reschedule your GMAT for a time when you will have developed all the skills you need for the test..
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