Hi! I have been at this plateau for the last ~6 months. In the last 9 practice tests I've taken, only 3 have been in the 170s. How do I move past this barrier when I feel confident abt questions during the test? Are there recommended daily study routines? I fluctuate between getting -2 and -5 wrong on an LR section and I would just love to get consistent.
Please help. My goal is mid -170s
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I had a shorter plateau, and I found doing massive drills of the questions types i'm bad at to help me break through.
I feel like if you consistently score in the high 160s, that probably means you basically just know most of the answers, but the 2 or 3 hardest questions are basically guesses, and maybe 1 question type is basically a guess.
For me I was weirdly bad at conclusion questions. And I did a 50 drill set of all conclusion questions. And finding the conclusion 50 times in a row kinda made those type of questions automatic for me in a way that doing 50 conclusion questions spread across 20 drills and 5 practice tests wouldn't.
You could also do some 3 question drills that are only level 5 difficulty questions, and take as long as you want, like literally >10 minutes per question, and practice fully solving them
Do fewer practice tests. Do more timed sections and drilling with deep review afterwards.
same here so demoralizing
The fact that you have scored 170+ multiple times already indicates you've mostly gotten over this plateau. This kind of variance 100% happens pretty much at every level. If you can maintain -2 to -3 between all sections you'd already be on course for a mid 170 score. Just focus drill your biggest weaknesses and the hardest questions. Go back and re-study the basics if you need to.