Bit by bit, I feel like I am decreasing my variance.
I made a post on here after June's exam, talking about how a lot of the exam took me by surprise. I put my observations in the post, but it was mostly about how the entire thing was a diabolical phenomenon-hypothesis + quantifier + causal reasoning + correlation bomb.
I have worked on strengthening each area that gave me pause, and I think I am better than I was in June. But it is impossible to tell. I scored a 178 today, a 180 on my test before that. Only one question on the Ptest I took today reminded me of what I saw in June (it was a phenomenon-hypothesis question about waters surrounding Shooter's island, which thankfully I have grown wise enough to get right).
But technically, every test I take now is either some % not fresh or I haven't seen the content in a very long time. Literally no score is "representative" and I feel like I could get absolutely decimated on the exam, even though in every "fresh" metric I am mogging my June self.
I got a 168 in June despite multiple mid 175 performances. What has changed between then and now is the confidence I go at questions with. I assume the way I interpret words, negatives, phrases, etc. is always correct and I don't look for "safer" answers. I hope it pays off. But I may very well be shocked again and join y'all this October.
If any tutors/instructors see this, do you have any thoughts about how I should interpret my testing data?
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