Hi Ver23,
There are a variety of factors that can impact your performance on a CAT/mock, including the type of Exam that you're using, the time of day that you start the Exam, the testing conditions, how well-rested you are, the section-order, whether you've seen any of the questions before, etc. In addition, if you frequently approach questions by 'narrowing the answers down to 2 choices' - and then guessing - then that can potentially lead to a big swing in your performances (since you'll typically get just half of those questions correct, but on a 'good day' or 'bad day' you'll get far more or far fewer correct).
Back in early July of this year, you posted that you were getting lots or RC and CR wrong - so some of the issues that impacted your performance 4.5 months ago might still be keeping you from scoring higher now.
Before I can offer you the specific advice that you’re looking for, it would help if you could provide a bit more information on how you've been studying and your goals:
1) Did you end up taking the Official GMAT back in July? If you did, then how did you score (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores)?
2) How long have you studied in total? Over the last 3 months, how many hours did you typically study each week?
3) What study materials have you used over the course of ALL of your studies? What “brands” of CATs/mocks have you used besides the Officail ones?
4) Other than the 5 recent CATs/mocks that you referred to in this thread, on what dates (or approximate dates) did you take any OTHER CATs/mocks and how did you score on EACH (including the Quant and Verbal Scaled Scores for EACH)?
5) When are you planning to apply to Business School and what Schools are you planning to apply to?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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