Getting worse? not sure what is going on

Question

Maybe ran into a bad test for me?

Pictures of my breakdown (if someone can post as a picture that would be great)
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So 1 thing, is a marked C instead of D on 1 data sufficiency question, so probably at 600.

I usually hit my Problem solving at 70% , not sure what happened here. But got crushed by this version. Some very silly mistakes when reviews, mistakes where the only thing I could learn from them is slow down a bit.

I also did notice for sentence correction I was really unsure of myself on every answer. They all sounds decent to me, and I am having trouble eliminating one with 100% certainty.

Not sure what I am going to do to combat this.

I am thinking of making a few daily posts with the SC I get wrong, and remaking the questions while hitting many different GMAT errors.

Any advise would be great.

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi GMATDemiGod,

I'd like to know a bit more about your studies so far:

1) How long have you been studying?
2) What resources have you been using?
3) You mention how you're not able to eliminate the wrong answers in SCs. How have you been studying for SC? What 'steps' do you go through when dealing with a typical SC?

4) What is your goal score?
5) When are you planning to take the GMAT?

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

GMATDemiGod · Answer

1) about 1.5 solid months
2) Veritas, MGMAT, OG
3) Yeah i have, just feel overwhelmed when reading the sentence for some reason. Maybe a lack of confidence.

Step:
Read Answer, Understand logic, see if any errors pop out
Address easy to spot errors
Split test
Use rules I know to eliminate

4)Goal 720
5) When i get a score around 720

EMPOWERgmatRichC · Answer

Hi GMATDemiGod,

Many Test Takers spend 3 months (or more) on their studies before they hit their 'peak' scores, so it's likely that you just have not put in enough time and effort yet.

It's not clear from your post exactly what resources you've used. Can you be more specific (more than just naming the companies that produced the resources)?

With a 590, you have some serious work to do to raise your score to a 720+, but you don't appear to be under any immediate deadlines, which is good. How have you scored on each of your practice CATs (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for each)?

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

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