First test analysis

[badri077]

Finished an analysis of my first timed test(Abysmal).
GMATPrep Test 1
Analysis is time consuming (Recording, understanding, resolving)
Thanks Stacey and others for the previous tips. I've tried to apply them moving forward. Look forward to any comments / suggestions.
Thanks,
-B

T-39 to go!

580
Q - 35
(Attempted only 28 out of 37 questions)
PS - 11/17
DS - 4/10

V - 35
(Learnt from my QUant debacle and finished in time)
SC - 8/14
RC - 12/14
CR - 5/11

My takeaways
Overall
- Tracking performance and focussed study
- Pacing & Timing

Q
- Am confident will get better. Need more practice
- Learn/recognize patterns, figure out when to guess and move on
- Improve pacing/timing, pattern recognition and hit rate

V
- Learn/apply recommended strategies
SC - Improve reading speed
RC - Above average performance. Can get better with practice. Is this usually the case with everyone ?
CR - Below 50% hit rate. Need to learn/apply strategies.

[Stacey Koprince]

Yes, you must improve your timing on the math. Leaving that many blank will seriously impact your score. If it is possible, take one of our practice tests, so that you can get the question-by-question breakdown of time spent and difficulty levels. This will make it a lot easier to figure out where you need to improve.

If you attend one of our free sessions, you get a 30-day free pass to use our practice tests and the assessment reports that come with them. (There's a virtual one tonight starting at 6p Pacific / 9p Eastern and I'll be one of the presenters! Go to our web site for details and to sign up.)

For math, make sure you know the fundamentals and start working on your timing - all of your practice should be timed, as you need to train your brain to figure out what you can possibly do in that two minutes, and then you have to train your brain to move on if it's just not happening.

For verbal, make sure you know ALL of the grammar rules - this will of course help you on answering questions but will also improve your speed so you have more time for reading on the other two question types. And, yes, clearly need to work on CR strategies.

Go to one of our sessions, take a free test, and then take a look at that data (and post it here) to figure out what to do in much greater detail.

[badri077]

Thanks for those tips Stacey.
I couldn't make it to your virtual sessions. When is the next on ? I'll also look up your website.

-B

[Stacey Koprince]

There are a bunch - just take a look at the web site b/c I don't know them all!