Retaking the exam in 40 days. how to increase Q46 to Q50?

When it comes to mastering Data Sufficiency questions, there are several important strategies, such as rephrasing the target question, the table method, choosing "good" numbers to plug in, etc.

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Cheers,
Brent

Hi Anushri Dixit,

First off, a 650/Q46 is a strong score (right around the 80th percentile), so this score might be enough to get you into Business School (depending on the schools and the overall strength of your application).

While DS questions account for a big part of the Quant section, you haven't provided any information that proves that DS is ACTUALLY your problem area. You might need to focus on mastering tactics/patterns instead working on a specific question type. If you can answer a few questions, then we can probably figure out what you should be working on:

1) How long have you been studying?
2) What were your scores on each of your practice CATs (including the "brand" of CAT and the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
3) Which CATs did you take in their ENTIRETY and which CATs did you skip sections on?

4) Of the questions that you got wrong on each of the Quant sections, what fraction of them were DS questions? What fraction of them were because you made a silly/minor mistake?

5) Is there a reason why you're focused on the Quant section? You actually have a much greater opportunity to pick up points in the Verbal section?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich

Hi Anushri Dixit,

You mentioned something in your last post that I'd like you to explain further. When you say that you get DS questions wrong because of a "lack of understanding", what do you mean? Since you've been studying for about 2.5 months, and you scored a Q46 on your Official GMAT, I have to assume that you are comfortable enough with DS questions and most of the Quant concepts that appear on the Test. Do you have a formal "process" for dealing with DS questions? Are you looking for one?

GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich