One Hard Question Should Not Cost You the Next Three
A simple reset for protecting the rest of a GMAT section.
One question can affect the next one.
After a difficult question, students often replay what happened or worry about the time they lost.
The next question gets only part of their attention.
Carryover changes how you work.
- You rush to make up time.
- You read less carefully.
- You abandon the process you practiced.
Protect the questions that remain.
Practice a deliberate reset.
- Make your best decision and bookmark the question in case you want to revisit it.
- Take one calm breath and let the question go. There is no need to replay it.
- Give the next question your full attention.
You can always return to a question if time remains at the end of the section. Continuing to think about it does no good.
Don’t let one difficult question control the rest of your section.
Reset your attention. Protect the questions that remain.
