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Hi AJ1608 - there are lots of DS resources and it has a lot of similarities to PS (though being less about calculations and more about the word problems).

There are some DS Verbal questions as well which are honestly a doozy type of questions. Fun but not super clear questions when it comes to the Official sources.

Anyway, my big encouragement to you would be to get down to the specific question types and perhaps get DS split into categories and test yourself and figure out where you are weak. Here are the DS question subtypes:


Arithmetic
Combinations
Distance and Speed Problems
Fractions and Ratios
Functions and Custom Characters
Mixture Problems
Multiples and Factors
Number Properties
Overlapping Sets
Percent and Interest Problems
Probability
Remainders
Sequences
Statistics and Sets Problems
Word Problems
Work and Rate Problems
Math Related
Non-Math Related


There are also Yes/No questions on the DS.
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Hi AJ1608,

Since DI is your weakest area, here is some advice you can follow to improve your DI skills.

When students struggle with DI questions, the first thing I always ask is whether they have fully completed their quant and verbal prep. Not doing so can really affect how well you handle DI questions, as many of those questions involve quantitative and verbal concepts. So, would you say you are in that boat?

In addition, one way to improve each individual DI question type is to engage in topical practice. Doing so lets you pinpoint your weak areas in JUST ONE question type. For example, when practicing TPA questions, perhaps you see a pattern that you struggle with 3-part ratios or weighted averages. If you can find those micro weaknesses, you can fix them in real-time and thus improve your accuracy in DI questions..

Lastly, when working on DI questions, for the time being, make sure to practice them untimed so you can focus on JUST accuracy. As you become more familiar with these question types and get more accurate, better timing will follow.

For more advice, check out this article: How to Prepare for GMAT Data Insights

Feel free to reach out with any additional questions.
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Hi Scott,

Thank you so much for your response.

I believed my Quant was okay because I have gotten 97th+ %ile in my Practice papers. However, I did feel some discrepancy in the difficult of questions in the Practice papers/Practice bundles vs the actual test.

Would you have any comments on that? (PFA the Quant report from my test)

I will definitely take you and bb up on the suggestion of trying to zoom into Question type on DI.

I have attached my DI report as well - any further insights you could share based on that?

One thing that really threw me off was non-math DS questions. I had not practiced any and I got 2 (as far as my memory serves me). Could you please recommend some sources for practicing that and DS in general?



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Hi AJ1608,

Since DI is your weakest area, here is some advice you can follow to improve your DI skills.

When students struggle with DI questions, the first thing I always ask is whether they have fully completed their quant and verbal prep. Not doing so can really affect how well you handle DI questions, as many of those questions involve quantitative and verbal concepts. So, would you say you are in that boat?

In addition, one way to improve each individual DI question type is to engage in topical practice. Doing so lets you pinpoint your weak areas in JUST ONE question type. For example, when practicing TPA questions, perhaps you see a pattern that you struggle with 3-part ratios or weighted averages. If you can find those micro weaknesses, you can fix them in real-time and thus improve your accuracy in DI questions..

Lastly, when working on DI questions, for the time being, make sure to practice them untimed so you can focus on JUST accuracy. As you become more familiar with these question types and get more accurate, better timing will follow.

For more advice, check out this article:

Feel free to reach out with any additional questions.
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I'm sorry if I missed it somewhere, but how many mistakes did you make on DI? I'm guessing around 10. You haven't attached the most important screenshot - the graph that shows where the mistakes were and how much time you took for each question. Anyway, is it possible that you just had an off day? Given your mock test scores, you should have certainly scored higher.

For DS practice, the Official DI Review book should be a great resource, in case you haven't used it already. And make sure you aren't immediately jumping into the 2 statements in DS. You want to dome some pre-thinking or pre- solving on most questions to know what exactly you are looking for in the two statements.
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Hi Sarfraz, thank you for your response.

I got 6 wrong and missed 2 questions at the end.

To some degree, I had mentally noted which question is what - 4/6 of my wrong answers were from DS.

My biggest take away right now is to focus on DS and revise my approach/understanding.

Regarding missing two questions - never happened before. During my prep/practice tests, I have always gotten done with DI with 5+ minutes to spare.

I was completely thrown off by the difficulty of the first few questions on Quant, got inside my head, and messed up DI quite a bit.

Would you have any comments on the difficult of Quant in the test VS the difficult of the practice bundle and practice paper questions?
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I'm sorry if I missed it somewhere, but how many mistakes did you make on DI? I'm guessing around 10. You haven't attached the most important screenshot - the graph that shows where the mistakes were and how much time you took for each question. Anyway, is it possible that you just had an off day? Given your mock test scores, you should have certainly scored higher.

For DS practice, the Official DI Review book should be a great resource, in case you haven't used it already. And make sure you aren't immediately jumping into the 2 statements in DS. You want to dome some pre-thinking or pre- solving on most questions to know what exactly you are looking for in the two statements.
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I got 6 wrong and missed 2 questions at the end.
See now this is useful information. With the first question incorrect, and essentially the last 5 incorrect in a row (with 2 that you missed, which really pulls down the score), that 75 doesn't look that surprising anymore.

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Would you have any comments on the difficult of Quant in the test VS the difficult of the practice bundle and practice paper questions
Ha, this has been the case all the time. Even on GMAT Classic, a lot of people used to find the actual test more difficult than the practice tests. Do I think that's actually the case? Not really. It's an adaptive test after all, so how does one even judge that?

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Regarding missing two questions - never happened before. During my prep/practice tests, I have always gotten done with DI with 5+ minutes to spare.

This isn't as surprising as you think. On test day, everything usually looks more difficult than it is. For obvious reasons - nerves, pressure, the works. Plus, you know this is the day that really matters, so there's a tendency to solve everything as much as possible and recheck everything, just to make sure that there aren't any silly mistakes. This can often lead to people taking more time on the actual test than on practice tests, where you know you'll get a second chance.

So definitely get more practice in on DS. And make sure you are doing some pre solving, as I said earlier. PM me if you want some difficult DS sets from the Classic version (DS used to be a lot more difficult then). It won't be a bad idea to prep at a slightly higher difficulty level for your retake, so that whatever you encounter on test day will look a lot more manageable.
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Thank you for the insight, Sarfraz.

Does missing questions impact the score more than getting questions incorrect?

PM'd you for questions!
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I got 6 wrong and missed 2 questions at the end.
See now this is useful information. With the first question incorrect, and essentially the last 5 incorrect in a row (with 2 that you missed, which really pulls down the score), that 75 doesn't look that surprising anymore.

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Would you have any comments on the difficult of Quant in the test VS the difficult of the practice bundle and practice paper questions
Ha, this has been the case all the time. Even on GMAT Classic, a lot of people used to find the actual test more difficult than the practice tests. Do I think that's actually the case? Not really. It's an adaptive test after all, so how does one even judge that?

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Regarding missing two questions - never happened before. During my prep/practice tests, I have always gotten done with DI with 5+ minutes to spare.

This isn't as surprising as you think. On test day, everything usually looks more difficult than it is. For obvious reasons - nerves, pressure, the works. Plus, you know this is the day that really matters, so there's a tendency to solve everything as much as possible and recheck everything, just to make sure that there aren't any silly mistakes. This can often lead to people taking more time on the actual test than on practice tests, where you know you'll get a second chance.

So definitely get more practice in on DS. And make sure you are doing some pre solving, as I said earlier. PM me if you want some difficult DS sets from the Classic version (DS used to be a lot more difficult then). It won't be a bad idea to prep at a slightly higher difficulty level for your retake, so that whatever you encounter on test day will look a lot more manageable.
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Of course it does. A lot more. I'm surprised you didn't know this, coz this one of the first things I tell my students. Never leave questions unattempted at the end of any section.
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Thank you for sharing this!

Will definitely keep in mind for my second attempt!

Feeling a lot more motivated for the next take, thank you!
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Of course it does. A lot more. I'm surprised you didn't know this, coz this one of the first things I tell my students. Never leave questions unattempted at the end of any section.
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