@juooper I am probably the worst to give advice as I took almost two years of studying to get here lol but I started to keep track of questions that I took exceptionally long time on. I realized my initial impulse was more often correct than not. So if I took longer than two minutes on a question, I would just pick my best gut instinct, flag the question, and move on. By giving myself that out, it relieved a lot of pressure and I had more stamina for the rest of the test. If you are in the high 160's, you are probably in the same boat as me and small tweaks in strategy are probably the best way to get a couple of extra questions right before your test.
@EshawnSingh What would you say were other small tweaks in strategy? I'm in a very similar boat and want to see a greater increase. Do you do a lot of drills and sections in between tests? Sometimes I feel like I'm just going through the motions without seeing improvement! Thanks!!
@Isabella! I have done mostly drills and sections! It is easier to do a couple of questions throughout the day using the 7 Sage app. And I do the drills untimed to fully allow my brain to work through the problem and each answer choice. This is where I have found accuracy training to be the most helpful. Try and make a game out of how many you can get right in a row (5 right, 10 right, 20 right, etc.). If you try and do accuracy training with sections or practice test, you'll get too caught up on the final score.
Couple of tweaks I started to do though:
1. Read the question stem first and identify what you are suppose to do in plain English (I know this is hit or miss, people on both sides swear by reading/not reading the stem first, I found it grounded me between each questions, see if its works for you)
2. Take way longer than you think on the RC passage and TRY HARD to not look back at the passage (unless of course its asking for a specific word or sentence)
3. Catch yourself when your are glossing over or skimming and just go back and read the sentence word by word, make a translation in plain English in your head (it will cost more time later if you don't understand what you have read)
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Congrats!! That’s awesome. Do u have any tips to get from high 160s to hit that 170? I’m stuck around 167 ish, what did you do to make that jump?
@juooper I am probably the worst to give advice as I took almost two years of studying to get here lol but I started to keep track of questions that I took exceptionally long time on. I realized my initial impulse was more often correct than not. So if I took longer than two minutes on a question, I would just pick my best gut instinct, flag the question, and move on. By giving myself that out, it relieved a lot of pressure and I had more stamina for the rest of the test. If you are in the high 160's, you are probably in the same boat as me and small tweaks in strategy are probably the best way to get a couple of extra questions right before your test.
@EshawnSingh What would you say were other small tweaks in strategy? I'm in a very similar boat and want to see a greater increase. Do you do a lot of drills and sections in between tests? Sometimes I feel like I'm just going through the motions without seeing improvement! Thanks!!
@EshawnSingh that’s honestly really helpful because i do the same thing. Thanks!
@Isabella! I have done mostly drills and sections! It is easier to do a couple of questions throughout the day using the 7 Sage app. And I do the drills untimed to fully allow my brain to work through the problem and each answer choice. This is where I have found accuracy training to be the most helpful. Try and make a game out of how many you can get right in a row (5 right, 10 right, 20 right, etc.). If you try and do accuracy training with sections or practice test, you'll get too caught up on the final score.
Couple of tweaks I started to do though:
1. Read the question stem first and identify what you are suppose to do in plain English (I know this is hit or miss, people on both sides swear by reading/not reading the stem first, I found it grounded me between each questions, see if its works for you)
2. Take way longer than you think on the RC passage and TRY HARD to not look back at the passage (unless of course its asking for a specific word or sentence)
3. Catch yourself when your are glossing over or skimming and just go back and read the sentence word by word, make a translation in plain English in your head (it will cost more time later if you don't understand what you have read)