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16 Jan 2013, 11:18
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Hey everyone,
I've been studying for the GMAT, and I noticed that the error log that GMAT Club produces for OG breaks down questions by difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard). I've been getting around 60% correct of the "hard" questions for the verbal section, and a little closer to 70% correct for the quant section (and 80-90% for the Med-Easy sections). It would be impossible for us to apply a numeric score on these questions because they aren't computer adaptive. But, I was wondering if anyone could assess how I am doing on these "hard" questions. I'm learning form my mistakes and reading the explanations to get a better understanding of what I need to do better, but I would really appreciate any feedback or experience anyone might have. Thanks in advance for your help.
I've been studying for the GMAT, and I noticed that the error log that GMAT Club produces for OG breaks down questions by difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard). I've been getting around 60% correct of the "hard" questions for the verbal section, and a little closer to 70% correct for the quant section (and 80-90% for the Med-Easy sections). It would be impossible for us to apply a numeric score on these questions because they aren't computer adaptive. But, I was wondering if anyone could assess how I am doing on these "hard" questions. I'm learning form my mistakes and reading the explanations to get a better understanding of what I need to do better, but I would really appreciate any feedback or experience anyone might have. Thanks in advance for your help.
16 Jan 2013, 12:49
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Dear jppaa,
I would find it difficult to hazard a guess, only because a few important things are not clear. It's great that you are reading explanations and learning from them --- I guess one question is: when you see the same concept again in a new question, with what frequency to you make the same mistake? Ideally, you would never make the same mistake twice, but that's hard to do. Your potential for change depends, in part, on your ability to learn from previous mistakes and to avoid them.
Relatedly, you say you are getting "a better understanding", and I would ask you to reflect a bit on that word. Consider the distinction of "six levels of understanding" described in this blog post:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/understand ... rformance/
At what level is your "understanding" of the hard questions?
To some extent, focusing on the bird's eye view (how well am I doing overall? what's my predicted score) is very much besides the point. For each hard question you get wrong, what are the concepts and strategies you could have used to avoid your mistake? I would recommend keeping your focus down in the trenches, at the level of individual questions and individual concepts and individual strategies. Ironically, the attention you pay to "big picture" stuff, overall performance, actually contributes zilch to your overall performance, and may even take value time & energy & focus away from the specifics you need to master. Here's a more philosophical post along these lines:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/the-gmat-b ... g-picture/
Does all this make sense?
Mike
I would find it difficult to hazard a guess, only because a few important things are not clear. It's great that you are reading explanations and learning from them --- I guess one question is: when you see the same concept again in a new question, with what frequency to you make the same mistake? Ideally, you would never make the same mistake twice, but that's hard to do. Your potential for change depends, in part, on your ability to learn from previous mistakes and to avoid them.
Relatedly, you say you are getting "a better understanding", and I would ask you to reflect a bit on that word. Consider the distinction of "six levels of understanding" described in this blog post:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/understand ... rformance/
At what level is your "understanding" of the hard questions?
To some extent, focusing on the bird's eye view (how well am I doing overall? what's my predicted score) is very much besides the point. For each hard question you get wrong, what are the concepts and strategies you could have used to avoid your mistake? I would recommend keeping your focus down in the trenches, at the level of individual questions and individual concepts and individual strategies. Ironically, the attention you pay to "big picture" stuff, overall performance, actually contributes zilch to your overall performance, and may even take value time & energy & focus away from the specifics you need to master. Here's a more philosophical post along these lines:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2012/the-gmat-b ... g-picture/
Does all this make sense?
Mike
16 Jan 2013, 13:05
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Mike,
I appreciate your reply. My question centers more around wanting to understand how well I'm doing for the purpose of properly judging the difficulty of the question, rather than the quality of my preparation. I appreciate your articles and advice, any other information you can offer would be great.
I appreciate your reply. My question centers more around wanting to understand how well I'm doing for the purpose of properly judging the difficulty of the question, rather than the quality of my preparation. I appreciate your articles and advice, any other information you can offer would be great.
