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The most common thing I hear from clients is this: "I've taken the test twice (or 3,4 or 5 times) but my score is stuck at the same level. Each time I studied hard between tests, did lots of practice problems and took practice tests. But more score isn't moving."
It's frustrating, demotivating and demoralizing. Here's the problem. After you hit your plateau score, studying and more practice problems isn't going to help UNLESS you do this ONE THING:
Change your in-test process.
It's not just about what you know (formulae, rules, standard shape, angles etc.) It's about how you use that knowledge.
Remember, the GMAT is a test of reasoning -- not a Math or English test. The test just uses Math and English as way to test your reasoning skills.
Great reasoning skills are all about process. In quant, it about how you:
1) capture and preprocess the prompt, answer choices and (in the case of DS) the statement. That's before you start trying to answer the question.
2) visualize -- ie. convert the words and numbers in the question into visual format. Tables, number lines, Venn diagrams etc.
3) setup (the calculation or equation)
4) execute (the calculation) -- including estimation, quick calculation, testing divisibility etc. are you using the most efficient method to get to the answer
For each level of study (content knowledge) there a ceiling of score based upon your in-test process. How you manage key stages of quant (and verbal which has it's own similar stages) is the key thing creating that ceiling.
So if you're hitting a score ceiling -- and you can't break through, focus on your in-test process. If you can't figure it out yourself, which is normal, then get expert help from a performance coach who knows how to get the best out of your core knowledge.
It's frustrating, demotivating and demoralizing. Here's the problem. After you hit your plateau score, studying and more practice problems isn't going to help UNLESS you do this ONE THING:
Change your in-test process.
It's not just about what you know (formulae, rules, standard shape, angles etc.) It's about how you use that knowledge.
Remember, the GMAT is a test of reasoning -- not a Math or English test. The test just uses Math and English as way to test your reasoning skills.
Great reasoning skills are all about process. In quant, it about how you:
1) capture and preprocess the prompt, answer choices and (in the case of DS) the statement. That's before you start trying to answer the question.
2) visualize -- ie. convert the words and numbers in the question into visual format. Tables, number lines, Venn diagrams etc.
3) setup (the calculation or equation)
4) execute (the calculation) -- including estimation, quick calculation, testing divisibility etc. are you using the most efficient method to get to the answer
For each level of study (content knowledge) there a ceiling of score based upon your in-test process. How you manage key stages of quant (and verbal which has it's own similar stages) is the key thing creating that ceiling.
So if you're hitting a score ceiling -- and you can't break through, focus on your in-test process. If you can't figure it out yourself, which is normal, then get expert help from a performance coach who knows how to get the best out of your core knowledge.
01 Sep 2020, 11:11
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Oh, thanks for sharing, very useful.
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