One of the biggest mistakes students make after a GMAT practice test is jumping straight into the explanations. It makes sense. You want to know what you missed. You want to see the right method. You want to understand the official logic. So, you click into the explanation and start reading. But if you do that too quickly, you lose something valuable: your memory of your own thinking. Right after a practice test, you still have access to information that will fade quickly. You may remember where you felt stuck, which answers tempted you, which questions caused panic, where you guessed, where you rushed, and which problems you thought you got right but weren’t fully sure about. That information matters. Once you read the explanation, it becomes harder to see your original thought process clearly. The correct solution can make everything feel obvious. You may think, Oh, I see it now, and assume the problem is fixed.…