Consistantly scoring very low on Practice Test - Don't know

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Thank you very much on your reply and on your feedback. I would say that my math skills are ok, verbal need to work on. Especially reading comprehension and critical reasoning. It seems that I have not "cracked the method" on solving these questions. I would say that is the main problem.

Do you have any advice here?

If you analyze question patterns and carefully read each question, you could almost always relate to certain concepts, don't rush things, don't think of the answer immediately, really think the question through and see beneath the words.



This sums up roughly 50% of your problem, you always have to simulate test environment, for example, I always answer quant questions in multiples of 37 under timed conditions (not only PS, but DS too). Also, do as many CATs as you can, I'd recommend doing at least MGMAT + GMATPrep CATs.

Here's one perspective from which you can think about the GMAT.

Yes, the GMAT is pretty intimidating -- all kinds of concepts and reasoning brain teasers, etc..

But if you think about it - there's only so many types of ways that GMAT can test you on the same thing. There are somethings --- for example, the calculation of standard deviation, and other complex formulas -- that will definitely not be tested. The concept may be tested, but the calculation will not be tested. So if you hone in on the questions from the OG and GMATPrep -- you'll get a sense of what you might see on the actual test.

It's OK if you get many questions wrong - but the key is to learn from your mistakes. If you can learn from each mistake you make --- even if you initially get every question in the book wrong---as long as you learn from you, you should be able to eventually get everything correct.

Put yourself to the test -- keep asking yourself what you could have done differently to get the correct answer. Is there a different part of the question you could have focused on to save time? Is there a misreading on your part of exactly what the question is? If the question asks you for what 20% of x is ---and you do all the fancy math to solve for x----well, the answer is NOT x! ---it's 20% of x -- so don't fall for those kinds of traps. Learn from it -- and next time --- before you choose your final answer, make sure you are actually answering exactly what the question is asking you about.

So with this philosophy that there are only so many types of ways the GMAT can test you on ---as long as you keep learning from your mistakes -- you should eventually be able to master every GMAT question. From there, it's about repeating the process in a timed, pressured environment.

Only after you review your mistakes should you consider taking another practice test. When you do, try this one: https://www.gmatpill.com/gmat-practice-t ... ctice-test

And if you need assistance with the OG SC questions - take a look at our video solutions here: https://www.gmatpill.com/official-guide

Good suggestion from GMAT. I was extremely disappointed from my gmat practice score, first one actually.(I gave it few days ago). I lost points at places i thought i shouldve known the answer! It was easy for me to know when i was certainly wrong and I realised the only way I could improve was to practice. From school days, i tend to practice the same thing over and over again. at certain points you are like, oh i could've done it this way too. You get different angles to the same problem, and this way it becomes easy to solve many types of problems. I am going to apply the same methodolgy to my gmat preparation. I only hope i dont end up wasting too much time in the prep

Please tell from where to get these MGMAT CAT