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You don't need more content. You need better data.

Reddit r/GMATΒ·u/Gurutor_LLCΒ·about 1 month ago
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You don't need more content. You need better data. Most GMAT students respond to a plateau by studying more. More videos, more practice sets, more content. It almost never works, and a student I'll call Ethan is a good example of why. Ethan got 6 of 9 CR questions correct. Sounds like a content problem, but here's what the data actually showed. He got every non-Weaken question right. His targets were well-formed on every question including the ones he got wrong. The problem was Step 4, answer elimination, and even there it wasn't one problem; it was two. On one question he rushed, spending only 28 seconds evaluating answer choices before moving on. On two others he spent over three and a half minutes and still got them wrong. Students who do this are usually struggling to articulate a target that is accurate enough to reflect the argument but concise enough to actually use as a filter. The right balance is key. Too long and it clogs your thinking. Too vague and close answer choices feel equally valid.…

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