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@Jaf299 i might go back to doing that tbh. i was at a consistent -1 and -2 on RC for like 5-6 tests but then dropped to -4-5 recently. i've also been taking tests after poor sleep and stuff but that probably only partially explains it. if u need help with LR tho let me know i have been consistently -2-1 across my last 10 tests
out of curiosity, what is your average LR compared to your average RC? -1 is insanely impressive
conditional reasoning is honestly something that you could fix and resolve within a couple weeks of drilling and is well worth it. are you missing the odd 'must be true' conditional reasoning questions or the parallel flaw questions? i basically stalled my practicing for 2 weeks just to drill purely conditional reasoning problems and now they're my stronger question type.
Hey everyone, im currently trying to get to a consistent -5--6 across the test. I've got my LR down to a combined -3-4 across both sections, but currently struggling to get RC to -2 per the one section. Does anyone here have the inverse problem where they can get -1--2 on RC but struggle more with LR? Was thinking we could potentially join forces...
what question types do you routinely miss on LR and do you miss more questions on LR or RC? i find theres certain techniques where you can get to a point where theres only 3-4 questions on LR where you legitimately are torn between trap answers. im in a similar spot, but i havent take an actual test yet but was around 178-175 PT range until last week and my scores on the newer band have been 173, 170, 169, 168. also these tests all have my RC at -4-5 with LR at 0-2, so thats kind of a wall im trying to break through myself...
@emill1517 i would start by doing like 5-10 question drills on parallel flaw, must be true, sufficient assumption questions under conditional reasoning tags, so you get extra reps practicing drawing arrows and diagramming. do them untimed until you have very good accuracy. mainly focus on getting an intuitive sense of once you see a conditional sentence like 'no Y unless X' you can mentally picture that it means Y>>>X and /X>>>>/Y. overall well worth practicing because at least 5 questions across both LR sections depend on conditional reasoning in some way, even if its a simple sufficiency necessity confusion in a flaw question. the main way i realized i had improved was that i could instantly visualize what a conditional statement is saying quickly, which simply requires practice on the aforementioned question types. Good luck! tip: when i see a relationship like 'all Xs are Y', it helps me personally to think in 'if-then' form, so the sentence means, 'if X, then Y, if not Y, then not X'.