First perfect section ever! One week since October (hoping I did this well then). Any tips on consistency throughout sections??
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First perfect section ever! One week since October (hoping I did this well then). Any tips on consistency throughout sections??
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Congratulations! That is awesome, great work! Practicing and really nailing down your process/strategy for each question type may be one way to improve your consistency across sections. I've noticed that sometimes, one tough question or question type a student wasn't comfortable with can really mess with the rest of the section, especially when it takes a long time, so making sure you're comfortable with, quick at, and accurate with those question type strategies can eliminate a lot of that variability.
And beyond that, I always recommend targeted drilling! Pick out a question type you missed, or choose another goal (whether that's reading closely, looking for trap answers, clearly justifying answers, a type of reasoning, or something else) and drill in sets of ~5-10 questions at a time. Start with easier difficulty questions and work your way up. You can start untimed or timed, but you'll definitely want to end up doing timed drills. After each drill, review your answers (perhaps use a wrong answer journal) and reflect on how your goal went. Did you notice an accuracy improvement? Did you feel better or more proficient as you were answering questions? Then adjust your goal for the next drill! Over time, you'll be able to spot patterns and identify what's most difficult for you, and working on those particular issues will most likely improve your consistency across the board. In essence, from here it's about picking out specific/smaller issues, making them goals, and working toward improving them. Hopefully that helps!
@Josephine Thank you so much! I went through my first LR section and noticed I had picked attractive trap ACs on almost all of them, so drilling with the goal of looking for trap answers will be very helpful. Also, me struggling with Q4 definitely affected the rest of that section. Again, I really appreciate your thorough response!