EMPOWERgmatRichC wrote:
Hi sahilsnpt,
Raising a 460 to a 590 is a significant achievement - and you're closer to a 650 than you probably realize.
After taking each CAT, it's important to do a full review of your performance (with the goal of defining WHY you got questions wrong). While a full Mistake Tracker or CAT Analyzer would provide more detail, there are some basic questions that you should look to answer after you take each CAT (and the more specific you can be with your answers, the better).
After reviewing each section of this CAT, how many questions did you get wrong....
1) Because of a silly/little mistake?
2) Because there was some math/verbal that you just could not remember how to do?
3) Because the question was too hard?
4) Because you were low on time and had to guess?
5) In the Verbal section, how many questions did you "narrow down to 2 choices" but still get wrong?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Thank you rich for the response! I have analyzed my CAT and found the following:-
Total Number of Questions I got in Quant is 19 and Verbal is 21.
Coming to your questions:-
1)Because of a silly mistake:-
Quant:- In this section 12 out of 19 were mistakes due to silly errors i.e Misreading the question, Overthinking about the solution led me to take the wrong approach, Calculation mistakes. I tried all those questions after the test and I got most of them correct within seconds.
Verbal :- I found only 1 question wrong due to silly mistake.
2) Because there was some Verbal/Math that I could not remember how to do?:-
Quant:- Nil
Verbal:- yes, there were some evaluate, reasoning CR questions which I failed to do.In fact, when I tried them after the test I made mistakes.To my surprise in the Verbal Part I don't know why most of the questions for CR came from Evaluate and BF section which is unusual(what i've read online)
3)Because the question was too hard:-
Quant:- 2 questions were a bit tricky for me (Functions chapter,A.P)
Verbal:- I found 8 questions from SC and CR and 1 RC passage difficult. It took me a whole lot of time to understand and Answer the RC.
4)Because of Low time:-
Quant:- I marked 6 questions randomly
Verbal:- In the end I panicked because I had 10 questions left to do in the last 9 minutes which made me guess a whole RC and the some other CR and SC questions.
5)Narrowed down to 2 questions:-
There are 3 questions in which I had narrowed down to 2 choices and I messed up in the end.
Summary:-
I overestimated the quant section which made me complicate things and diverted me from following simple logic and tactics.
Verbal section was full of panic and anxiety mostly due to timing and RC.
Sir, I am freaking out as hell. I have spent nearly 4-5 months in my preparation and till now I haven't even crossed 600.
I am just 6 weeks away from my test and I want to score as high as possible.
I would love to hear your opinion about my performance and I need urgent advise for my further preparation.