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Friday, Dec 12 2014

Thanks Allison and jdawg. Yeah, my BR's are often not much better (sometimes 2-4 pts.) than my original score and I try to do them as strict as possible. I'm pretty sure I need to fix my fundamentals and finish some more of the curriculum. Thanks again to you both!

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Tuesday, Dec 09 2014

flinch8322

Hitting a Low PT

I've been prepping since September for the Feb. 2015 test using the 7Sage curriculum. My original diagnostic was a 150. I've taken 15 PT's now (36-49 & June. 2007), ranging from 150-164 with avg. around 157, but I've been hitting 159-162 lately, and I just got a 156 on PT 49. I'm only 2 months out and I'm just getting concerned that I won't be able to get the score I want (high 160s-170) with the current methods I'm using and I need some reassurance. I've done BR with every test, and reviewed what's wrong as diligently as I could. I guess I'm also wondering if this is a typical (loose term) trajectory for high-scorers around this time in prep. Or maybe PT 49 was just harder.

I've been studying while in school (light schedule) and will have about 6 weeks free over the holidays to prepare. I didn't complete the whole 7sage curriculum, just really got a foundation. I'm just trying to realistically decide whether or not I should take the Feb. test. Thanks in advance!

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Friday, Jul 03 2015

@.Yamata Thanks for replying and that's a great point about the old tests. I'm sure I wouldn't get a 180 on them, and I love the idea of reducing the time limit. Looks like it's back to work!

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Friday, Jul 03 2015

@ Thanks for the tips, and I should have mentioned that for a while (at least those last 10 tests), I had only been doing BR on the questions I missed. I started doing this because in the past (PT's 36-55 maybe), I would consistently find myself switching correct answers to incorrect ones. I don't know how much value doing BR for questions you know that the answer you picked is wrong adds, since you can normally narrow it down to 2 choices anyways. You would recommend going back to the full-section BR? Thanks again!

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Friday, Jul 03 2015

@ Yeah it's definitely going to be harder to study now if I do retake. I guess reusing the same stuff will have some benefit, if even just to keep me sharp until Oct.

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Friday, Jul 03 2015

flinch8322

Retake Questions

Alright, I'll try to make this as short as possible. I'm trying to decide whether or not to take the Oct. 2015 test, which would be my third time. I sat in both Feb. (159) and June (164). I got a solid boost, but I was really wanting 167+ for the schools I want to go to. As soon as I left, I knew that the games destroyed me (my worst section), but I ended up with -4 (not too bad for me), and -7 on RC (normally my best section, -3 or -2). I also got the LG/LR/LG first three sections, which drained me mentally and may have killed my morale a bit. I've completed the 7sage curriculum and taken every test from 36-74 except for # 72 (and I heard that there's a previously undisclosed one out now?), so I won't have any fresh PT's to study with. The average over my last 10 tests was a 165.8 (which is right on target supposedly), but the range is huge: from 161-173, with a 171 in there also.

I feel like I should retake just on the fact that I did worst on my historically best section and the chance that I get a test that meshes with me better (like the 170's I hit). But the average is where it's supposed to be, and I pretty much have nothing to study with except one PT, so I thought I'd ask you guys. Thanks for reading!

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