Hey so I've recently been running into an issue where I perform a lot better on individual sections when I do them in isolation, compared to doing sections consecutively on a full preptest, and I feel a bit contributing factor to that is switching gears from RC to LR can be quite difficult for me. Recently I did a PT where I'd just finished an RC and moved onto the next LR sections, I literally spent several minutes blank staring at the first 2 questions. On the other hand, switching from LR to RC I feel like I'm forgetting to use basic RC skills like slowing down and doing low res summaries, and it didn't come back to me until later in the section. I think I'm going to try doing more LR and RC drills back to back to deal with this. Has anyone had similar experience/dealt with this before?

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  • Edited Monday, Dec 29 2025

    Yes, what works best for me is simply pausing, focusing my eyes on something not on the screen, and reminding myself what to do on this next section. Usually it’s something like: “I’m not here to score a -0, but to read each stimulus/passage, prephrase/low-res, and select the best answer.” That’s how I spend my two-minute breaks.

    It sounds like you already know what you need to remind yourself of. You will find your little routine and be just fine.

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