When I am taking my practice tests I often come across questions (in LR sections, specifically) where I am certain that 3 of the answers are wrong, but am unable to clearly distinguish between the other two. For time's sake I usually put the answer that seems best and move on. Somehow, at a percentage that seems mathematically impossible for a 50/50 scenario, I miss almost every one of these questions. Is there any tricks, or specific things to look for in order determine the better of two decent answers?
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I scored 167 after averaging around 169-172 on my most recent practice tests. Was a definite case of test day environment hurting my score by a few points, but overall I am pleased with a 167. I missed 4 on LG (was PTing around -1/-2 but didn't get to 3 questions and was lucky to even get a guess down). I missed -2 and -2 on the two LR sections. This is where 7sage probably helped me the most, I was extremely happy with this score. On reading comprehension I went -8, which is about 4 worse than my usual. However, I felt RC was the hardest section and the two LR sections were slightly easier than normal so it was evened out.
To all prospective December takers my main word of advice would be to really drill yourself hard on time management while you are PTing, staying on your schedule and not having to guess and play catch up is half the battle IMO.
I was in a similar situation this June. I found 7sage about two weeks before the test and I was scoring around 160-165. An act of fate (a misspelling on my admission ticket) prevented me from taking the test in June, and I believe it is the best thing that could have happened. With the extra time I enrolled in a 7sage course and bumped my scores up to the 172-175 range. So I would say the extra time would definitely help your score.
However, it comes down to, in my opinion, whether you're willing to accept a score in the range you have been getting. If a 160-166 gets you in your target schools then taking the test next week would be smart to, as you mentioned, take advantage of rolling admissions.