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I have attempted 3-4 mock test, and plan to take a couple of them more before my test.
In the last couple of attempts it has been decent score and I think with 15 days of practice I can improve by 20-30 points which is my target score.
But I do have test anxiety and I face anxiety even while doing mock exams at home and I know at test center that is just going to increase. So, would love to know how people cope with it on test day. Because in the past anxiety really dragged my score down at home in one of the tests. Like a 80 point difference, so it's really bad.
Additionally, I have been just wondering regarding the DI section as I struggle with it a little. Even if I am doing good and I see one question which throws me off all my section gets ruined. And knowing there are experimental question in the real test has made me wonder whether they are always difficult and were you able to tell based on the pattern of question that it seemed something which you have never seen before.
And if there is an expert here, do they always show up in the end?
Any other insight which might help me with my anxiety will help!
In the last couple of attempts it has been decent score and I think with 15 days of practice I can improve by 20-30 points which is my target score.
But I do have test anxiety and I face anxiety even while doing mock exams at home and I know at test center that is just going to increase. So, would love to know how people cope with it on test day. Because in the past anxiety really dragged my score down at home in one of the tests. Like a 80 point difference, so it's really bad.
Additionally, I have been just wondering regarding the DI section as I struggle with it a little. Even if I am doing good and I see one question which throws me off all my section gets ruined. And knowing there are experimental question in the real test has made me wonder whether they are always difficult and were you able to tell based on the pattern of question that it seemed something which you have never seen before.
And if there is an expert here, do they always show up in the end?
Any other insight which might help me with my anxiety will help!
26 Jun 2025, 06:08
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Are there certain types of DI questions which throw you off more than others? Including/mentioning a few with an example or two may be helpful. One thing that may also help a bit is checking out the scoring factors for DI mentioned on the Understanding Your Score page on the MBA website.
26 Jun 2025, 07:02
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I think logic based TPA's usually throw me off more than anything, or if a GI has too much calculation I might feel my time is being wasted which will has a ripple effect on my next questions. Additionally, DS although when I practice untimed I get a good accuracy but in test usually trying to disprove the statements takes more time and if it isn't visible at my first glance, I feel that I have first wasted my time and second got a question wrong which is my strength.
I am kind of aware if I can control my anxiety I might do better at DS but I don't know how to not think about time, as I have always kind of skipped like the last 3-4 questions in DI. Doesn't happen with me in any other section so I am even more looking at the clock in DI.
For e.g., in quant even if a couple of questions take 4 mins I am pretty relaxed as I am confident I will get a couple of questions in 1 min to cover for it. In Verbal as well, only 1-2 times I have guessed on the last 2 questions due to lack of time. But DI is something which I am not able to crack. Although i have seen a DI82 in my recent mocks but I am aiming for a top 2-3% percentile score so I can't leave DI to be at 82 I need to go for a 84-85. And even these 82 feels like false positives to me as I am never happy from DI once I am done.
I am kind of aware if I can control my anxiety I might do better at DS but I don't know how to not think about time, as I have always kind of skipped like the last 3-4 questions in DI. Doesn't happen with me in any other section so I am even more looking at the clock in DI.
For e.g., in quant even if a couple of questions take 4 mins I am pretty relaxed as I am confident I will get a couple of questions in 1 min to cover for it. In Verbal as well, only 1-2 times I have guessed on the last 2 questions due to lack of time. But DI is something which I am not able to crack. Although i have seen a DI82 in my recent mocks but I am aiming for a top 2-3% percentile score so I can't leave DI to be at 82 I need to go for a 84-85. And even these 82 feels like false positives to me as I am never happy from DI once I am done.
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