I applied to a few schools recently that interview prior to admissions.
If anyone's interested in a mock interview partner helping one another get better at interviewing and are serious about it, then send me a message and we can do mock interview sessions on skype.
Hi- I am retaking a 165 as well. I'd be down for study sessions! If interested please message me for the skype and email.
It's a dull pencil that useful for bubbling but the admission ticket says only HB/#2 are allowed. It has no number (HB/#2).
Would it be allowed?
Are cap erasers allowed (no eraser on pencil)?
Good stuff. I need to learn to quickly move on in the early questions of LR.
How is your time distribution in RC to initial-read of passage/do questions and among different passages in general?
I may be doing the first read of passage too slow and still going back to the passage for detail questions.
Thanks! I think the points you mentioned in your post are key. I'd not consider myself a naturally fast reader.
I try to predict/pre-phrase the answer for many questions and that usually works. I take about 5-6 seconds to predict the answer. For the ones where it's hard to predict or pre-phrase within this time, I jump to the answer choices and go one by one. By the time I am done reading the five choices, I have gotten a better sense of the question and am able to narrow it down to a choice or two. There are some hard to parse questions, however, where I have to (re)read the Q and choices and such Qs take upwards of 2 minutes .
Q1-10 are easy(er) but I don't find them so easy that I finish them in 3 minutes and that may be the difference. Some tests have a couple of tricky ones in the beginning. Do I understand correctly that you finish first-10 in 3 min and first-15 in about 8 minutes? If so, that could make a lot of difference. Even if one moves on after picking the right choice without eliminating others that's still very fast (about 15-20 secs per Q). Is there any specific way you read (not subvocalize etc)? Do you read/do RC any differently?
For those who finish with 10-15 minutes spare in LR/RC, can you describe your approach?
These sections have 26-27 questions so getting through them in 20 minutes would allow time to fix mistakes. I'm scoring 170+ in PTs but I leave LR/RC with little to no spare time and that kills the score.
Looking to have a long-term committed study partner to meet once a week for June '14 test.
Discussing PTs and strategies can provide the benefit of two minds over one; also open to discussing any other sticking points.
I'll be retaking and have invested quite some time on this test by now. Shoot me a message if interested in giving this a try. Best!
What is included in the 7sage mini-course for LR or RC? Does 7sage have explanations for all LR / RC questions ala LG videos?
I'm using the PT grader at this website and find it useful. I sometimes take only a section or retake PTs to drill.
Can it be used to grade only a section of PT or retakes of a PT? thanks.
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I'm looking for a long term study partner for the December test. I'll be retaking in December after October test didn't go as expected. I was PTing in low to mid 170s before the October test two days ago with the highest PT score in upper 170s. I'd like someone shooting for or near 180 who can discuss PTs and questions either on pm or chat a few times per week.
I am good with LG (-0/-1) and LR (-2/-5 total). RC is my worst section at -2/-6. If anyone is interested, please shoot a message and let's set something up.
Not in NY, but interested in a study partner/group to sort out the knowledge kinks. I am prep testing 170+ so it would be good match if the group is aiming and scoring near the ballpark.