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16 Jul 2021, 15:50
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Just finished the second official mock exam!
Curious how everyone analyzes their official mocks (aside from understanding why you missed the problem)?
Do you do a thorough topic analysis of what you missed, or a difficulty analysis? Any advice helps!
My overall score was a 710, Q47 and V41.
Curious how everyone analyzes their official mocks (aside from understanding why you missed the problem)?
Do you do a thorough topic analysis of what you missed, or a difficulty analysis? Any advice helps!
My overall score was a 710, Q47 and V41.
16 Jul 2021, 22:14
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Generally, when people consider their performance on practice tests, they consider the following.
- What types of questions did you not answer correctly?
- What types of questions took you a long time to answer?
- Why did you miss questions? Knowledge gaps? Skill gaps? Careless errors?
- If you had knowledge or skill gaps, what did they seem to be?
- Did any particular topics have a significant negative affect on your performance?
- What types of questions were you most comfortable answering?
- What types of questions were you least comfortable answering?
- Did you feel that you "got lucky" in answering any of the questions you got correct? If so, which ones?
- How was your timing for each section? Did you finish early? Did you guess on some questions at the end?
- Would guessing on a few questions that you were having trouble answering have resulted in your scoring higher?
- To what degree did nerves, anxiety, or psychology affect your performance?
- What do you have to do to go from what you scored on this test to your score goal?
For some more ideas on taking practice tests, see this post. https://blog.targettestprep.com/taking- ... ice-tests/
- What types of questions did you not answer correctly?
- What types of questions took you a long time to answer?
- Why did you miss questions? Knowledge gaps? Skill gaps? Careless errors?
- If you had knowledge or skill gaps, what did they seem to be?
- Did any particular topics have a significant negative affect on your performance?
- What types of questions were you most comfortable answering?
- What types of questions were you least comfortable answering?
- Did you feel that you "got lucky" in answering any of the questions you got correct? If so, which ones?
- How was your timing for each section? Did you finish early? Did you guess on some questions at the end?
- Would guessing on a few questions that you were having trouble answering have resulted in your scoring higher?
- To what degree did nerves, anxiety, or psychology affect your performance?
- What do you have to do to go from what you scored on this test to your score goal?
For some more ideas on taking practice tests, see this post. https://blog.targettestprep.com/taking- ... ice-tests/
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Ha ha. I like the list of the dozen or so questions that Marty composed above, only I might alter the word people in the first line to 99th-percentile aspirants. I work with enough people to know that many students of the test do not put nearly as much thought into the review process as the list of questions might suggest. If you have earned a 700+ score, though, you might be one of the few, and you would do well to leave no stone unturned. I will add a single bullet point to consider (not even a question, since I do not mean to suggest that Marty left anything out):
In Verbal especially, if you do not understand what makes the wrong answers incorrect, then you will be much more likely to stumble into a snare in a subsequent practice test (or on the real thing). One point on this process: a glance at an explanation and a thought that something makes sense is not the same as keeping track of where you went wrong and knowing how to correct your reasoning. Some people use notecards, some use spreadsheets or error logs, but almost every high-scoring candidate I have worked with or known has made a more conscious effort to address deficiencies than to make mental notes. A focused approach will lead to greater gains, simply stated.
Good luck with your studies.
- Andrew
- Look up every question you missed, guessed on, or labored over (while the information is still fresh) in the forum to see whether the insights of others may help guide and refine your thought process on similar questions you may encounter down the road
In Verbal especially, if you do not understand what makes the wrong answers incorrect, then you will be much more likely to stumble into a snare in a subsequent practice test (or on the real thing). One point on this process: a glance at an explanation and a thought that something makes sense is not the same as keeping track of where you went wrong and knowing how to correct your reasoning. Some people use notecards, some use spreadsheets or error logs, but almost every high-scoring candidate I have worked with or known has made a more conscious effort to address deficiencies than to make mental notes. A focused approach will lead to greater gains, simply stated.
Good luck with your studies.
- Andrew
