Freshman Scholarships vs. Transfer Scholarships?

mom2collegekids
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:11:06 +0000

was because she took time to check her answers and just did it slowly. I am hoping she is more prepared this time around.

Instruct her to check answers AFTER she’s completed a section. That’s kind of basic strategy. If she’s checking answers after she answers each question, no wonder she doesn’t finish.

Sit with her while she does a timed practice section. When she finishes a question, have her move to the next one. Tell her she can only “check answers” AFTER a section is complete IF THERE IS STILL TIME.

There isn’t time to check every answer. That’s what’s killing her. Certainly she’ll want higher scores, so use that as an incentive.

BTW…if she has an hopes to go to grad school, she’d going to have to overcome this anyway. The GRE is a timed test, and if she gets low scores then grad school will not happen.

And, frankly, once she’s in a university setting, she also may not have enough “test time” to check every answer. She may only be given enough time to just “do” every answer without checking.

Since your D is homeschooled, she may have become used to taking as long as she wants. And, maybe her CC lets her take extra time. She probably should get more used to timed-tests at home.