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I’ve been studying this test for a few months now and today I finally broke 161. After that I did another LR section and got -12!! Wayyyyy worse than I have been doing. Same thing happened last week, I was drilling all day and when I took a PT I scored worse than I have in months. Is this over practicing and mentally exhausting myself or am I getting lucky with my better scores? Driving me nuts. Any ideas? And has this happened to anyone else?
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Happened to me!! In my case it was def burnout. When you drill a ton and then take a PT, you're inevitably going to be fatigued. It's why common advice is to ease up/avoid cramming in the days leading up to the actual test.
I realized that my mental fatigue was causing me to not apply the techniques I'd been practicing in my drills. I was tired, frustrated, wanted it to be over--so I (subconsciously) wasn't taking the time on each question that I should've been.
What helped was deciding when to take PTs in advance, and dedicating a study session to just that day's PT. So I'd do a quick warmup beforehand (maybe 5 LR questions, 1 RC passage), then take the PT. Afterward, I'd do blind review and consider how to improve based on the results. This gave me more consistent scores. Good luck!!
girl, I'm in the SAME boat! I'd been scoring consistently 160/161/162, and my last two PTS have been 155s, and I'm gonna crash out bc I take my test on Wednesday! Wishing you the best of luck <3