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Hi. I am new here. I am currently studying for the GMAT and I want to start an error log. I have searched the forum, but can not find a template. Does anyone have one they would be willing to share with me? Or can anyone provide any instructions as to how to build one?

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I'm interested in this also, someone please advise!
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I dont have here. But this is what I suggest as columns (and have a sheet for Math, Reading Comprehension, SC, and CR)

Date, Number of Problems (how many you did in one sitting), Problems wrong (the problems you got wrong), Type (PS or DS for math), Source (OG 11, etc), Reason

On the Reason column you will find alot of opinion. Some will tell you to write out if it was careless, lack of knowledge, conceptual error, etc.

I also think JUST AS IMPORTANLY, to keep a sheet entirely for problems you got RIGHT, but solved too slowly.
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I use excel with each page allocated to CR, RC, SC, Math, CATs. Than in each page I have columns: date, source of questions, total N of questions, N of questions correct, N of questions wrong, time taken for a set of questions, average time for each question=latter/Total N of questions, hit rate=N right/Total N. The order of the columns you may adjust for your own needs!!!

Additionally, I would suggest that you copy all questions which you get wrong into separate doc file (one for CR, SC,..), then find answers to these questions which you consider correct (on this forum) and add them to those files (note that you should be subjective while reading answers of forum's participants, i.e. when somebody says it's idiomatic - check this in vocabulary and so on). Periodically review these files.
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Create your own error log. Just keep a space for comments regarding a particular question.

I usually had question number, my answer choice, confidence and comment.

I would leave the confidence portion blank. If I was uncertain or guessed the answer correctly, I placed a ~ next to my answer choice. The comment would be the type of question it was -- divisibility, strengthen/weaken, find the conclusion, prime factors, rate, overlapping sets etc.etc. I also marked it off if it was one of those question types that I was weak at, but improved. Or if the question just piqued my interest.

After a while, you'll find your weaknesses. Attack these weaknesses!!!! Are you weak in reading comp? I was. I forced myself to do minimum 2 passages a day. I hated those remainder question, I did a search for all remainder questions here on gmatclub.

Study efficiently, not stubbornly.

And always, time yourself. No one cares that you can find the probability of being dealt pocket aces if it takes you 10 minutes to solve it.
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