Self-study
Hi all! I'm consistently getting 179-180 on BR but in the mid/high 160s on AT. Any advice on closing the gap? I understand speed is likely a big part of this, but I'm curious what has worked for others in closing this gap? Is it doing drills where you gradually give yourself less and less time? I particularly feel that the timing on RC is really tough.
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For LR my strategy is to speed through the first half of the section, aim to be done with the first 12 questions in 12 minutes, then you can have about 2 mins per question on the last 10 hard questions. The key to making this work is predictions and pattern recognition, if you know what kind of answer you need before you even read the AC's, it will save you much time. For RC there's no shortcut to being faster, its just something that comes with practice. However, I will say active reading is a better strategy than making low resolution summary. Think you're making a summary in the back of your mind about the passage, and every sentence you read you update that summary a bit. Hope this helps!
In the same boat! What helped my LR timing a bit was first 15 in 15 drills and drilling level 4-5 questions constantly and trying to attend a lot of Cracking 170 and LR Lightning Round classes. I’m still struggling with RC timing a bunch so open to tips on that!