Just took first cold practice test. Advice?

Question

Scored 600. I'm reasonably happy considering I did 0 studying and this is my baseline. Any advice on certain areas I should focus on more? What is a reasonable goal score if I take the test in early summer?

Answer 1

I imagine you know the answer to your question by now, provided you did, in fact, take the exam in early summer. 600 is not bad as a starting point, since the learning curve is steep at first regarding the nuances of the questions. The areas you should study more are those in which you have made the most mistakes. For example, perhaps you fared all right in Reading Comprehension and Sentence Correction, but you could not wrap your head around Critical Reasoning, and your Verbal score took a nosedive as a result. Of course, it would be beneficial to hit CR questions harder in practice. The higher you wanted to push that score, the more time and practice you would have to invest into teasing out your specific weaknesses and addressing them, with or without the help of a study buddy, a tutor, or a teacher.

Best of luck in your studies.

Answer 2

Hi Mariyah,

600 is a great place to start, I'd focus on brushing up on the math skills you may have missed (easy to remedy) and then practice practice practice until you reach the high 600s, hopefully you can go higher of course. I think 700-720 would be a good goal given that you can study 10ish hours a week till then.

If you ever do hit a block (can't get to 700, or can't hit goal of 750+ etc) or a specific type of question always seems to trip you up feel free to chat with me, happy to share some specific strategies and methods. I've tutored several students to achieving 700+ scores with anywhere from 1 month-9 months time frame.

Congratulations on the high starting point though, and good luck!