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how did you guys learn GMAT math?

doesn't seem as straight forward as LSAT prep
stirring organic girlfriend locus
  08/29/14
could there be anything less straightforward than lsat prep?...
Contagious dog poop
  08/29/14
youre going to want to brush up on fundamentals of algebra/g...
laughsome temple wrinkle
  08/29/14
/thread although ill add get really good at combi...
Ivory cruel-hearted background story karate
  08/29/14
one weird trick but yeah maybe that should be emphasize...
laughsome temple wrinkle
  08/29/14
"child MATHLETE where combinatorics always seemed to be...
Ivory cruel-hearted background story karate
  08/29/14
I went to high school.
Self-absorbed Fear-inspiring Garrison
  08/29/14
(aspie virgin nowag striver)
laughsome temple wrinkle
  08/29/14
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know-it-all twinkling uncleanness
  08/29/14
I didn't learn it sufficiently. I googled around and found ...
Dull school sneaky criminal
  08/29/14
yeah with the time pressure the hard questions are going to ...
laughsome temple wrinkle
  08/29/14
The test was definitely PROBLEMATIC. I told the proctor tha...
Dull school sneaky criminal
  08/29/14
"i felt like the data sufficiency questions really didn...
laughsome temple wrinkle
  08/29/14
know all your basic math facts (see if you can find an onlin...
Ivory cruel-hearted background story karate
  08/29/14
LOL what? GMAT math is middle school to freshman high school...
Mahogany Internet-worthy Gaping
  09/01/14
most Lib arts shitheads haven't done math since high school....
stirring organic girlfriend locus
  09/01/14
Manhattan books and official Quant review -> 50Q
arousing shaky rigpig
  09/01/14
Manhattan GMAT quant is the best. That being said, afte...
Awkward national
  09/01/14
what helped you increase your score?
stirring organic girlfriend locus
  09/01/14
Took algebra 2 in the 8th grade in a middling public school ...
Jade painfully honest windowlicker
  09/01/14
(Neil deGrasse Tyson)
Dull school sneaky criminal
  09/01/14
Mostly, I graduated from high school and remembered 1/10th o...
Multi-colored Green Main People Mediation
  09/01/14


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Date: August 29th, 2014 2:50 PM
Author: stirring organic girlfriend locus

doesn't seem as straight forward as LSAT prep

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231648)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 2:51 PM
Author: Contagious dog poop

could there be anything less straightforward than lsat prep? you can't even study for an entire section of the test.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231654)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 2:55 PM
Author: laughsome temple wrinkle

youre going to want to brush up on fundamentals of algebra/geometry/combinatorics if youre a poli sci-->jd shithead who hasnt done math since high school but after that its pretty much just not sucking at mathematical intuition and not being a slow as shit drooling tls retard at simple things like calculation & numerical pattern recognition.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231672)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 3:04 PM
Author: Ivory cruel-hearted background story karate

/thread

although ill add get really good at combinatorics. emphasis on that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231721)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 3:07 PM
Author: laughsome temple wrinkle

one weird trick

but yeah maybe that should be emphasized more than i realized since its obvious to me as a former child MATHLETE where combinatorics always seemed to be the go to for lazy boomers trying to write "clever" but not too technical math problems

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231728)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 3:11 PM
Author: Ivory cruel-hearted background story karate

"child MATHLETE where combinatorics always seemed to be the go to for lazy boomers trying to write "clever" but not too technical math problems

"

yep. it's also the area of math where....theres the greatest disparity between the "hard way" to do it and the "easy way". like...combinatorics is a pain in the ass if you think in terms of binomial notation but lots of striver types do it that way and WILL regurgitate it on these standardized tests.

its all about realizing the implicit constraints so you can set it up and avoid bullshit. the box poasted a problem about marbles where the red ones couldn't be next to each other a while ago and the problem would be horrendous if you actually didn't realize the trick (and in this case basically impossible under test conditions).



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231745)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 2:56 PM
Author: Self-absorbed Fear-inspiring Garrison

I went to high school.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231676)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 2:57 PM
Author: laughsome temple wrinkle

(aspie virgin nowag striver)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231682)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 3:01 PM
Author: know-it-all twinkling uncleanness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231704)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 2:57 PM
Author: Dull school sneaky criminal

I didn't learn it sufficiently. I googled around and found a website where a guy had uploaded 6 or 7 pages of formulas, geometrical properties, number properties, probability, and other HS math stuff that appears on the test. Spent 3 or 4 days reading that stuff over and doing a few practice tests. Was good enough for ~80th percentile on the Q, but not enough to feel comfortable with everything and to learn how to attack the questions efficiently.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231683)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 3:03 PM
Author: laughsome temple wrinkle

yeah with the time pressure the hard questions are going to be problematic and NOT OK if youre trying to remember some clue about how to solve it from some cliff notes you just tried to memorize the day before

to get the azn grinder level gmat ?s you really want to be going full tilt at the problem itself with no hesitation about what youre supposed to be doing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231719)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 3:13 PM
Author: Dull school sneaky criminal

The test was definitely PROBLEMATIC. I told the proctor that future versions should come with a trigger warning prior to the first quant question.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231757)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 3:19 PM
Author: laughsome temple wrinkle

"i felt like the data sufficiency questions really didnt consider my perspective & narrative as a woman of color, you know?"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231796)



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Date: August 29th, 2014 3:05 PM
Author: Ivory cruel-hearted background story karate

know all your basic math facts (see if you can find an online ...sparknotes type thing). and practice lots of combinatorics problems. if you are automatic on this shit, you'll go fast. speed it the main issue.

as for the pattern recognition, that is innate/comes from experience. you wont develop it anymore than it is now without hours of practice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26231725)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 4:25 PM
Author: Mahogany Internet-worthy Gaping

LOL what? GMAT math is middle school to freshman high school math.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26248257)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 7:19 PM
Author: stirring organic girlfriend locus

most Lib arts shitheads haven't done math since high school.. I'd like to know the best way to re-learn this shit in 2 months

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26249086)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 8:16 PM
Author: arousing shaky rigpig

Manhattan books and official Quant review -> 50Q

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26249309)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 8:17 PM
Author: Awkward national

Manhattan GMAT quant is the best.

That being said, after working through the workbooks for three weeks I only increased my Q score by 1.

However, I still copped that 760.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26249313)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 9:53 PM
Author: stirring organic girlfriend locus

what helped you increase your score?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26249890)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 8:17 PM
Author: Jade painfully honest windowlicker

Took algebra 2 in the 8th grade in a middling public school system

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26249315)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 8:19 PM
Author: Dull school sneaky criminal

(Neil deGrasse Tyson)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26249320)



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Date: September 1st, 2014 10:21 PM
Author: Multi-colored Green Main People Mediation

Mostly, I graduated from high school and remembered 1/10th of what they taught me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2660201&forum_id=2#26250063)