Self-study
Hey everyone,
Good luck to those taking the September exam.
I recently realized that I am severely weak in games that have minimal upfront inferences, require using additional info in the questions, and have more questions that make me try brute forcing through the answer choices. I have 3 questions regarding this type of game:
Any general advice on how to approach these types of games? One problem is that I try to force out an inference (either in the set-up or a particular question), fail to do so, and waste so much time. Yet, this kind of mentality seems to help me when there is actually an inference to be made. Do you have something like a general limit? Like, "if I don't figure out an inference 10 seconds for this question, I am going to brute force it"?
What are some difficult rule-driven/brute-force games that would be good practice?
Is it just me, or do the preptests from 70+ have more of these rule-driven games?
Thanks for the advice everyone! Having everything laid out like this really puts everything into perspective.
@nathanieljschwartz435 I haven't... that seems really difficult to accomplish from where I am now haha
@gregoryalexanderdevine723 Any tips on how I can reach that BR 180? LG BR isn't really an issue, but there are always 1-2 questions in each section of RC and LR that I can never seem to wrap my head around, no matter how much time I spend.
@jkatz1488955 Yeah, after reading what you said, I think the timing issue is a mixture of the things you were talking about. I will definitely try to take a 3 day break (I feel so guilty...), and then try to see what is wrong.
@rgiggi3304 So so true... I would be halfway throughout the PT thinking that I will finally break my plateau, and then a hard reading comp or game will then suddenly hit me in the face... the woes haha