Stuck Around 650680 in Mocks, How do I take the next leap?

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Hi guys,

Most of my recent mock scores are in the 650–680 range, and I have tried different approaches, but I cannot break this plateau.
These are how my tests are generally going, I took the OG tests, section specific practice, but I do not know what to do.
Quant: Q45–47 
Verbal: V32–34 
DI: very inconsistent 
I review my mistakes as well, but I do think DI is my weak link, how do I get better?
Thanks for helping guys

mauja007 · Answer

how did you get 650-680 with Q 45-47 and v 32 - 34 in the first place ?

ExpertsGlobal · Answer

Hello  skundu07 ,

Here is a structured, step-by-step approach to help you push through:

1. Consolidate your concepts
Revisit all the conceptual material you have covered so far and work on strengthening it. If you are still struggling with certain topics, consider investing in a solid prep course. Keep in mind: while the official material is excellent for practice, it’s not designed for teaching concepts from scratch.

2. Re-attempt all previously incorrect questions
Review your mistakes from earlier practice. Understand why you got them wrong and how to avoid those errors going forward.

3. Practice with a new set of high-difficulty questions
Use either official sources or reliable third-party material to build deeper familiarity with challenging questions.

4. Practice consistently over the next few weeks
Every couple of weeks, go back and re-attempt your earlier incorrect questions. Continue revisiting weak areas in your conceptual understanding along the way.

By diligently following these four steps over a few focused weeks, you will likely find yourself performing at a significantly higher level.

All the best!

Experts' Global

Edskore · Answer

Your Quant and Verbal scores honestly aren't what's holding you back — Q45–47 and V32–34 will get you to 650+, which checks out. The real bottleneck is DI inconsistency, and it's a pattern I see often at this score range.

The thing with Data Insights is that it punishes the same mistake differently across question types. For Two-Part Analysis (math-based), students rush the setup and pick answers that satisfy one column but not both. For Multi-Source Reasoning, the mistake is over-reading — people try to "understand" the passage instead of treating it like a find-and-verify exercise. And for Data Sufficiency within DI, inconsistency usually means you're not building the inequality or equation before evaluating the statements.

What helped me most was doing DI question types in isolation — not mixed sets. Spend a week doing only TPA questions, then only MSR, then only G&T. Once you stop getting blindsided by format-switching mid-section, the inconsistency drops sharply. Also track why you got each one wrong — timing issue, misread, or conceptual gap. They need completely different fixes.

At 650–680, you're one section away from a breakthrough. DI is fixable fast if you attack it systematically.

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