Self-paced
My best PT so far! It's great to see the work paying off.
However, given the jump from my previous scores, I'm hesitant to take this as a definite marking point. Does anyone have any tips for consistency at this level (and translating a PT to a real logged score)?
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That's really great. Don't assume it's a fluke, this is something to be proud of! It's hard to retroactively understand exactly why certain mistakes were or weren't made, nobody has that perfect level of introspection, but my advice would be to try and recognize what felt different about the questions themselves during this test, and what felt different during the overall testing experience. Were you less stressed? Did you slow down on the reading passages more than you had previously? Which section of the test did you feel the least confident in before seeing your results? Compare a question you got right on this PT to a similarly structured one you got wrong on the previous. I think by asking yourself questions like this directly after taking a PT, and taking note of your internal responses to them, you can better understand how you improved, as well as which parts to still focus on in your studying.
My short advice as someone not qualified in any way to give advice: generally the sections you feel the weakest about are the sections you should target with more practice. Personally I've found that when I leave a section less-than-confident, regardless of if that section was a -0, that often correlates to a few lucky 50/50 guesses (which should not be happening!!!). Complete confidence in every answer choice is the goal; along with that confidence comes more consistency in score.
@SimonArmendariz Thank you for your thoughtful comment! I'm starting to realize that listening to my "feelings" about the test is more important than I thought. Best of luck with your study journey!
I'm not sure, but just wanted to say that's a crazy score, congrats.