Self-study
I am trying not to freak out. But my most recent PTs have all been steadily decreasing by 1 or 2 points and the same for the blind review (directly proportionally). Plus side, I have been getting harder questions correct. Downside is that I am getting easier questions incorrect and overthinking them even in blind review. I am taking the exam in April. I know they just did a podcast on kind of the same thing, but like I don`t have that much time. I know it's probably stress (health and work), but I don`t feel stressed, just numb to new information. Am I plateauing?
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What do you see when you review why you missed them? Are they all overthinking? Work on making sure you have a "test" for each answer choice. Remember when you took Algebra in high school and you'd solve equations? If you get x=7, ideally before you move on to the next question you plug 7 back in for x and make sure it works. Then you're 99% sure that's the right answer, and you didn't make a mistake along the way. Same thing for LR - have a way to test answer choices. The negation test for NA, walking back through the stimulus for MBT to show yourself why this answer definitely follows. Also make sure you are at least looking at all 5 choices before you pick so that if you've been too hasty in picking A or B you'll have a warning when you get to D or E and go "wait, this also seems to work. Something must be up."
I don’t have an answer. Just wanted to let you know I’m in the same boat. Hang in there.
i feel the same bc of my pts lol and i take it this coming week ahh
You might benefit from taking a break. I have experienced similar "brain fog" type feelings and it's usually due to spending more time studying than I should and getting burnt out. Even if you don't feel burnt out the pressure of studying for so long might be getting to you. My recommendation would be to try taking 2-3 days off if you haven't as a reset- this kind of break also helps reduce anxiety if you are stressed about your study process.