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Please add your tips on improving on LR, my priority questions according to analytics are PHen Hyp, Conditional Reasoning and MSS. I plan on taking the exam in October and really want a goal score of late 160s to 170s. I do a review and WAJ of every question I get wrong and feel that I understand the why I got it correct but sometimes when I try the reinforcement drills, I get them wrong again.
I have gone through the logic of causation module and various materials on conditional reasoning. Is this goal score attainable and any tips on improving?
Thank you!
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Hello! Since you mentioned WAJ in the comment below, I would like to add something regarding that.
When reviewing, ask yourself: Why did you ignore the correct answer and instead choose an incorrect AC? What detail in the stimulus did you miss? Is there a typical flaw that you tend to find more challenging to notice on your first pass?
For instance, I had a tendency to miss Part-to-Whole (or vice versa) flaws more frequently than other typical flaws. When I realized this, whenever I read a stimulus and couldn't figure out the flaw right away, I asked myself if it could possibly be a Part-to-Whole flaw.
Most importantly, ask yourself: What can you do to prevent repeating that mistake? Whenever you work on your wrong answer journal, you are doing it because you want to ensure you never repeat that same mistake again. For example, 'I will never misread MSS Q stem as Strengthen Q stem.' You can build a detailed 'never misread' strategy like that example.
Another example: I used to miss Paradox questions that compared two groups. In one question, Group 1 shopped with a list, and Group 2 shopped without a list but only bought items on sale. Group 2 spent much more money. My instinct was, 'Group 2 just bought way more items!' That would have been a valid answer... except I missed a detail in the stimulus stating they bought 'a comparable amount of goods.' So, I created a strict new rule for myself: 'I will never miss features shared by the two groups being compared to ensure I do not violate the stimulus constraints.'
So try to build specific strategy to make sure that you never repeat your mistake again! I hope this helps, and best of luck!
Hi! That goal score is absolutely attainable.
I'm not sure exactly what your WAJ looks like, but in addition to noting why your answer is wrong and why the right answer is right, adding in why you chose that answer in the first place can be really helpful to understand where your thinking is taking a wrong term. Being really specific about what tweaks you're going to make going forward is also really important!
If you're not already doing it, I would do your drilling untimed. Diagram out every part of the stimulus and pre-phrase as much as possible. Elimination drilling (in addition to choosing one answer, you have to tell yourself why each other answer is wrong) is another way to make sure you're fundamentally connecting to the information.
I hope that helps, and happy studying!
@PhoebeHopp hi phoebe, thank you for your response. I do believe this specificity that you mention in WAJ is lacking. Any tips on how I get there? I am always like don’t do this lol next time. I.e it’s very general.