Wow, Christopherr - thank you so much for the great advice!! You are absolutely right that it is harder to read the stimulus only once. I've definitely been struggling to build my instinct on when to just skip a question. I took PT 81 and went -7 on section 2 (first LR section), but realized 3 of the misses were do to silly mistakes like misreading or not noticing a connection the first read through. I think the time pressure gets to me at times. I hope that in the next couple of weeks that I can try to work on skipping the questions using this advice.

I've noticed that I usually tend to miss all of the "level 5" difficulty questions. Do you have any ideas on how to increase accuracy there? Is it just drilling the more difficult questions? I always go back and review all the questions I miss to try to understand what went wrong, but I guess my attempt is somewhat futile in long term improvement.

And you are absolutely right -- I was definitely stressed when I wrote this and took it slow last week with studying to step back a bit. :smile:

Thank you again!

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Hey there! There are two things that can improve your score on LR:

Learning formal logic and reasoning

Specific Section Strategy

It sounds like you need to work on number 2.

Here are some things in my strategy that I used to improve in LR.

I am always on high active reading and engagement mode. I read slow and try my best to process everything to make sure I truly understand the stimulus AND the answer choice. (Sometimes people forget that answer choices are hard and take time to process, too!) You might think reading slow is a waste of time, but it's the exact opposite. You're more confident in what you're reading which lets you be more aggressive and fast, and you're less likely to make silly mistakes.

Because I'm trying my absolute best to process everything, I only get to read the stimulus once. If I do not understand what I read, I immediately skip the question. (It's harder than you think to actually do! Your instinct is to reread, but it will be a waste of time. You already tried your hardest to engage with it. Skip and come back when you attempt everything else.)

When attempting the answer choices, I almost never go back to read the stimulus, unless it is to clarify a detail that will only take no more than 5 seconds. Trying to go back to grasp a logical relationship or connect inferences is never worth your time.

If I eliminated all of the answer choices, I skip the question. DO NOT go back and reread every answer choice again. Absolute waste of time, assuming you're following rule 1, which you should be!

If I eliminated some answers but I'm down to two or three answer choices: Reassess each answer choice with an open mind (no biases is important! You can't be against or for any specific answer choice.) and choose which answer you think is best. If you still don't know, skip and immediately move on.

Also, you sound very stressed out. Which is totally understandable. This test is hard and there can be a lot of emotions flowing through because of it. But remember to breathe and take a step back. Try your best to have a positive attitude so you're not burning out.

I hope this helps you! Good luck studying! pm me if you have any questions I can answer.

Thanks, Daniel! I am definitely trying to work through that. I have a bit of a bad habit of spending too much time reading a perplexing stimulus and AC instead of skipping it and coming back to it.

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Do you have a skipping strategy for LR? Giving yourself enough time to figure out those tough questions is the key to mastering LR. But having enough time requires that you use your time efficiently on the easier questions and that you don't spend too much time on any one question.

For those author inference questions in RC, it may help to go into the questions with a general prephrase of the author's position. Then, you won't be as likely to get lost in the answer choices.

For July, they sent an email two days before sign up was available and gave the exact time that it would go live. It was about 2 weeks before the test. They also gave the range of dates that it would be available to take. They allowed about a week, but most time slots were over a range of 2-3 days (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, I believe). My guess is that they will let us know sometime this week. Probably Wednesday with sign up on Friday.

I'd like to join as well - ankovic989@.com. I typically score in the low to mid 160s, but I am aiming for 170 range as well. My diagnostic was 153. I plan to take the test in July!

@ thanks for the advice! I definitely second guess myself more than I should. I have not tried hyper skipping. I have heard of it, but I have always been hesitant to try it. I think I am a little worried I will run out of time to come back to it especially if I have read it once or twice. I think I will try it on a few practice sections this week to see how it fares. thank you again!