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kylemorton511592
Monday, Sep 28 2020
I wanted to answer your post because I was in your exact same position about a month or two ago. I had been stalling out around -7 ~-10 on LR even after reading the Loophole. I was also frustrated at this stage of my studying. I found the loophole extremely helpful as well as the lessons on here.
Just because I wasn't seeing immediate improvements on my practice sets doesn't mean I hadn't learned anything from the lessons or the books. It just takes a little practice to get quick at it. I would normally run out of time for 4 of the questions. What I started doing was just doing practice tests over and over again (with BR) and I started to see a really quick improvement in everything. I am now regularly getting -3 ~-4 on LR and I have enough time for all the questions. I was also surprised to see improvement in RC from doing this.
At your stage Id say the hardest part is over, try just doing a bunch of PTs and meticulous BR, this was really the key for me breaking through.
I will also add, in regards to skipping strategy, I almost always save the Principle/flaw parallel questions for last, as I find they disrupt my flow, also if you are reading a really complicated stimulus that isn't clicking right away, skip and come back, usually when I come back to it later It registers.
Hope this helps
kylemorton511592
Sunday, Sep 27 2020
I have been taking a number of practice tests the last couple of months and was consistently (slowly) improving my score. Then a couple of weeks ago I had three tests in a row where I completely bombed RC. I took some time to go over those sections and noticed dumb mistakes that I would have normally noticed. The next test I just slowed my self down a bit and focused and am back to where I was and doing better.
I think I was simply not focused and just going through the motions after having done so many. Theres a good chance you are getting into your head. Clearly you know LR fairly well given you were getting -6 regularly, so just go back to breaking down each question and relaxing a bit and just using your intuition. Some fluctuation is totally normal and it sucks if it happens so close to the test, but don't let it psych you out, remind your self you know how to do it and don't let a couple of bad scores get you down. just stay focused.
Hope this helps, Im also writing the OCT test in a week so best of luck!!
Same here was PTing consistently in the low 160s and ended up with a 155. I also felt really good about the test after I finished maybe we both missed something.