Tally up your score and write your results below.
Total
Total Correct: out of 20 correct
By Question Type
Look back at the questions you got wrong and think about your experience answering them.
If you struggled to answer some questions, then to improve your score, you need to pinpoint exactly what “roadblocks” tripped you up. To do that, ask yourself the following two questions:
Am I weak in the skills being tested?
This will be very easy for you to judge. Maybe you’ve forgotten how to calculate an average or what PEMDAS stands for. If you know you need to brush up
on your math skills, review the content in chapters 10 through 15 in this book.
Did the question types throw me off?
If the answer is yes, then you need to become more comfortable with them! Quantitative
Comparisons have a unique format, and Data Interpretation can be daunting with its
charts, graphs, and tables. If you struggled, review chapters 16 through 18 of this book. Make sure you understand the principles and how to apply the methods. These strategies
will help you improve your speed and efficiency on Test Day. Remember, it’s not a
math test; it’s a critical reasoning test.
Did you answer some questions quickly and confidently but get them wrong anyway?
When you come across wrong answers like these, you need to figure out what you thought you were doing right, what it turns out you were doing wrong, and why that happened. The best way to do that is to read the answer explanations!
The explanations give you a detailed breakdown of why the correct answer is correct and why all the other answers choices are incorrect. This helps to reinforce the Kaplan principles and methods for each question type and helps you figure out what blindsided you so it doesn’t happen again.
Now read through all the answer explanations for the ones you got right. You should check every answer because, if you guessed correctly without actually knowing how to get the right answer, reading the explanations helps you make sure that you learn what you need to. Equally important, on a problem you knew how to do, there may be a faster way to get to the answer than the way you chose, or even just a different way. Understanding more than one approach to a given problem will deepen your critical thinking skills. Reading the explanation for a question you got right also helps to reinforce the Kaplan principles and methods for each question type, which in turn helps you work more efficiently so you can get the score you want. Keep your skills sharp with more practice.