Struggles with PTs 150+

Hi everyone! I'm wondering if anyone has advice for struggling with the PTs in the 150s. I know a lot of prep companies etc. say that there isn't much that is different about these newer exams, and it's oftentimes just test anxiety that makes people do worse, but I uniquely score below my median only on certain exams in the 150s (specifically 150 itself, 151 and 152 were most difficult for me).

For anyone else who has this issue, were there specific question types, etc you worked on drilling? I'm wondering what I can do or hone to make sure that this no longer is somewhat of a blind spot for me. For the most part, I get tripped up in these RC sections, but also on LR questions with atypical ACs (as opposed to one question type more so than the others).

The tests in the 150s are subtley and objectively different from all the other tests but not necessarily more difficult or more easy in my humble opinion. The arguments in the LR sections of the PTs in the 150s have flaws that are more subtle and less evident and the RC questions of PTs in the 150s test on more implied/unstated questions and ask less questions regarding what was directly stated in the passages, so you have to make more inferences, which requires more engagement with the passages main points. However, many of the really hard LR problems come from the last few questions in the section on older PTs in like the 120s thru 140s in my opinion, but those sections on the earlier exams also each had like 10 relatively easy questions in the beginning of the section and then a few really hard ones at the end. On the newer PTs in the 150s each section only has like three relatively easy questions in the beginning a couple dispersed in the middle of the section and then most tend to be level 3- medium difficulty questions, so finishing the first ten questions in the first ten minutes wasn't super easy for me personally. In fact, almost all the questions in the LR sections in PTs in the 150s seemed to be of moderate difficulty.

Anyways, yeah! I think 7 Sages smart drilling feature is incredibly useful and then spending as much time analyzing what went wrong in those PTs and what aspects about the RC passages the writers of the LSAT like to ask about is really useful. I noticed that the writers of the LSAT really care about spotting differences of opinions, specific methods scientists use to conduct an experiment, old vs. new developments and methods, and arguments. I've been struggling with RC sections in the 150s as well, but I'm now focusing on the trends of what the LSAT writers ask in addition to understanding the main point and the author's tone. ~

Also, taking brief notes on questions you missed and then revisiting those same questions you missed like 1 - 2 weeks later and trying to answer them again under timed conditions is really helpful. I'm also focusing more on concepts rather than questions - concepts like cost-benefit analysis, the ideal experiment, etc.

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Edited 6 days ago

The tests in the 150s are subtley and objectively different from all the other tests but not necessarily more difficult or more easy in my humble opinion. The arguments in the LR sections of the PTs in the 150s have flaws that are more subtle and less evident and the RC questions of PTs in the 150s test on more implied/unstated questions and ask less questions regarding what was directly stated in the passages, so you have to make more inferences, which requires more engagement with the passages main points. However, many of the really hard LR problems come from the last few questions in the section on older PTs in like the 120s thru 140s in my opinion, but those sections on the earlier exams also each had like 10 relatively easy questions in the beginning of the section and then a few really hard ones at the end. On the newer PTs in the 150s each section only has like three relatively easy questions in the beginning a couple dispersed in the middle of the section and then most tend to be level 3- medium difficulty questions, so finishing the first ten questions in the first ten minutes wasn't super easy for me personally. In fact, almost all the questions in the LR sections in PTs in the 150s seemed to be of moderate difficulty.
Anyways, yeah! I think 7 Sages smart drilling feature is incredibly useful and then spending as much time analyzing what went wrong in those PTs and what aspects about the RC passages the writers of the LSAT like to ask about is really useful. I noticed that the writers of the LSAT really care about spotting differences of opinions, specific methods scientists use to conduct an experiment, old vs. new developments and methods, and arguments. I've been struggling with RC sections in the 150s as well, but I'm now focusing on the trends of what the LSAT writers ask in addition to understanding the main point and the author's tone. ~
Also, taking brief notes on questions you missed and then revisiting those same questions you missed like 1 - 2 weeks later and trying to answer them again under timed conditions is really helpful. I'm also focusing more on concepts rather than questions - concepts like cost-benefit analysis, the ideal experiment, etc.

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