Self-study
Hi everyone,
I recently took an untimed practice test to focus purely on accuracy and scored a 154, which was frustrating. I had assumed timing was my main issue, but this result suggests that there are other problems.
However, during Blind Review, I scored a 168. This made me realize that I tend to overthink questions and often get stuck between two answer choices, which leads me to pick the wrong one under normal conditions.
When I revisit the questions I missed during Blind Review, I’m usually able to solve them correctly, which makes the gap even more confusing.
I’d really appreciate insight on a few things:
What might be causing this gap between my untimed score and Blind Review score?
How can I avoid getting stuck between two answer choices?
What strategies can help me become more decisive and close this performance gap?
Thanks in advance!
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2 comments
You'll be better able than we will to identify why you had the score differential since we aren't in your head. Neither of these scores are accurate predictors of where you are currently in terms of scores as neither reflects a real, timed conditions performance. So first off I'd have you do some introspection about what was different about your process each time. As for being stuck between two choices, things that I think are helpful are remembering for the question type do you want strong or weak language, can you bring in things that are not explicitly mentioned in the stimulus, and having a way to "test" an answer choice to make sure it's correct - like the negation test for NA. You shouldn't just be looking at answers and going "this one seems ok," you should be saying "I know this is correct because if the evidence is true, but then this one is true, I'm not so sure about the conclusion."
@julielamberth Thank you so much for your response! As you have mentioned, I think I should practice more on recognizing why the correct answers are correct and the wrong ones are wrong.