Hi HSPA,

My own opinion is that scoring on practice tests made by private companies are inherently inaccurate. If you want a good idea of how you might score on the actual GMAT, the official Prep CATs can tell you that. Full length practice tests are a GREAT way to improve your stamina and work on pacing, but only after you have mastered the content areas and have adopted strong strategies for each question type.

It sounds like you should take a step back from full practice tests for awhile, and work to build your skills. For RC specifically, you'll need a solid strategy that allows you to break down the passages so you can understand the rhetoric.

Here are some articles I wrote on RC. Some of them were written for GRE and SAT students, but they still apply to GMAT passages. I hope they are helpful to you:

https://grockit.com/blog/gre/2010/12/16/ ... -passages/

https://grockit.com/blog/collegeprep/200 ... g-passage/

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/2010/06/ ... assage-map

https://grockit.com/blog/collegeprep/201 ... te-taking/

You can also see sample note-taking I have done for passages in the RC section on these boards. Good luck to you!

Hi Vivian,

Out of the 4 links the last link is exceptional and very helpful.

Question:
As test is CAT driven... marking seems a distant option.... so do you recommand to capture those 'underlined things' using notepad on PC.
Do we have a notepad on GMAT test PC
Now a days typing on PC seems faster than pen to paper...