Self-study
I'm signed up for the July test, and my primary goals are drilling logic games and taking practice tests. After watching a 7Sage webinar on skipping, I've been inspired to think of the test differently and try something new as a secondary goal. Up to this point, I've been averaging one skip in LR with -5 or -4 in each section. I would like to shave that down to an average of -3 by using a few more skips in exchange for time at the end to go over any other tricky questions. (Essentially, I would like to choose which questions to get incorrect.)
So far, my issue has been trying to rush through the questions to shore up more time by the time I reach the last question. When I do, my accuracy suffers. This is only my first week of trying this new strategy but it does pain me a bit to see my score go down in my drills as a result.
People who have used this method successfully, what am I missing here? Do I simply need more time practicing it? Is five weeks before test day enough time to make it work? Would I be better off doing more blind review to sharpen my conceptual understanding? If more/better BR is the trick, what should I be asking myself to go faster without losing accuracy?
Yeah, definitely take it. July is going to be me third take. I've had test anxiety for the first two and, as a result of the stress, the scores from my final month of study always went down a few points. This all caused me to spiral and lose confidence weeks before test day (lowering my PT average even further).
To avoid that problem this time around, I'm not letting the actual scores dictate my confidence. Even though I under-performed from my previous average this month (as was to be expected), I still have a process that I was able to follow and do well with a month ago. For me, the next few days are about reviewing that process through my notes and by doing basic drills.