Does anyone have any tips on how to break into the 160s? All of my PTs are in the early 150s, but my BR scores are 165/166 for my past 2 PTs. I am taking the exam in September and I am wondering what I can do to at least enter into the 160s.
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I just broke out of the 150s myself after two months of being stuck hovering around 155. Honestly, my biggest piece of advice is focusing on timing by doing individual sections. I alternated between doing fully timed sections and blind reviewing, and doing 25 question drills that tell you immediately if you got it wrong, so you can slow down, review, and continue after you fully understand what you did wrong (it's also more casual than the timed section, and I found the slowing down part really helpful).
Also, make sure you take breaks! I hit a massive plateau because I was doing a timed section every single day. I broke out of my plateau after forcing myself to take a complete break for two days and then coming back to it. Make sure you're giving your brain time to rest and process, it's just as important as putting hours into studying.
For LR be in the habit of finding the conclusion and predicting before heading into the answers. For RC focus on creating little summaries for each paragraph so that they act as little mindmap anchors. Also always predict the Main Point for each passage. I also have some other general tips in my post you might find helpful.
Hi! Highly recommend searching the title of your post in discussions, lots of great advice on here if you look for it :)