Dear All
Dont keep Statistics. Statistics lie.
You might be looking for a problem where there isnt and in the other case, you might think everything is ok when it isnt. In other words, getting 70 percent correct does not mean anything. Even 100% correct does not mean anything. You still have to perform on test day.
Looking at your mistakes does help, but apparently in your case, you have to take it a step further.
Document your thought process. Try to find out how you get answers right or wrong. Is there a particular way you solve problems? Documentation like this will clearly show whether there is a strategy flaw or there is simply a random variation in performance.
I dont particularly like Kaplan CR, but thats my opinion. Practise with standard quality stuff. you have
the official guide, then you have the 9 ETS papers tests and again you have MY personal favorite , the LSAT's. LSAC recently came out with a book, which has explanations for three real LSATs administered in the past.
After you document and analyze, here are some EXAMPLES of the things you may find.
1. You might not be clearly understanding a passage well, but you might still be getting problems right..... This is not a good sign because it tells you are doing ok , but in reality you are not. Reading and Understanding a passage/sentence/passage in verbal is critical to doing well.
2. You may be bringing information outside the scope of the argument and you might be doing most problems wrong .... again, not good...
3. You may be doing great on untimed CR's, but not so great in timed ones... not good, you need to work on reading quality stuff from sources such as WSJ, Economist, Scientific American etc.
Again, all the three points i mentioned are examples, but this is the kind of critical analysis that , in my opinion, will help you go forward.
Hope this helps
Praetorian