Chossing wrong answer after nailing to final two choices

[NIKESH_PAHUJA]

Hi Stacey/Ron

I took Gmat Prep three times, and found a very annoying pattern on the questions I got wrong

On all the tree test, In verbal section, I got almost 8 questions wrong,2-3 of each of RC, SC and CR.

Every time, out of 8 questions, I got 5 wrong after nailing the questions down to two choices.

Thus approx on 5 questions in each verbal sections, I eliminated 3 wrong choices, nailed down to two choices ( i.e. probability of getting question right was 50% ), and selected the wrong answer.

I tried going to explanations thoroughly after each test, but not able to get rid of this pattern. This is kind of frustrating, because had it got those questions right, probably I would have got a better verbal score.Please let me know if there is some trick I can follow to choose correctly between the two final choices that I have nailed down to .

If you want, I can post the problems which I got wrong for your reference.

Thanks in advance for your time and effort.

Regards
Nikesh

[RonPurewal]

Hi Stacey/Ron

I took Gmat Prep three times, and found a very annoying pattern on the questions I got wrong

On all the tree test, In verbal section, I got almost 8 questions wrong,2-3 of each of RC, SC and CR.

Every time, out of 8 questions, I got 5 wrong after nailing the questions down to two choices.

Thus approx on 5 questions in each verbal sections, I eliminated 3 wrong choices, nailed down to two choices ( i.e. probability of getting question right was 50% ), and selected the wrong answer.

I tried going to explanations thoroughly after each test, but not able to get rid of this pattern. This is kind of frustrating, because had it got those questions right, probably I would have got a better verbal score.Please let me know if there is some trick I can follow to choose correctly between the two final choices that I have nailed down to .

If you want, I can post the problems which I got wrong for your reference.

Thanks in advance for your time and effort.

Regards
Nikesh

it is nearly certain that this is an illusion.

the problem is this: you don't notice the problems on which you guessed CORRECTLY from two choices, because those problems blend in with your other correct answers. therefore, you notice only the ones you got wrong, leading you to believe that this always happens when you get down to 2 choices.

on your next practice test, try writing down the problem number of EVERY problem on which you guess between 2 choices, AS YOU TAKE THE TEST. then go back, count up those problems, and see how many are wrong. chances are that you'll find a result near 50/50.