Plateau in the mid 150s

mollyotoole9

Currently, I'm scoring around 156-158, with the goal score of 163. When taking practice tests and blind reviewing, I'm pretty confident in my answer choices and feel like I have a good understanding. I've been going to tons of classes and working on my weaker areas (RC science passages, LR causal reasoning and weakening questions) but the same scores keep staring back at me. It feels like no matter what I do my goal score will always be out of reach. Does anyone have any tips/advice? I'm writing in January and I know I'll end up taking it again in June, so any words of wisdom or commiseration are appreciated.

fsantos60321

is there a difference between your timed and blind review score? I am on the same boat.. with hitting high 150s on my timed and high 160s on my BR. I just recently broke a 170 on my BR for my most recent test.. i think it is definitely taking the time to understand even the questions you got right fully. And for me personally, its just remembering to slow down because i find that when i go too fast i mess up and overlook the arguments/assumptions/correct answers.

natemanwell1

question types aren't the weakness. it's the more foundational skills. don't just work on science passages, read a lot outside the tests. same thing with arguments. work on identifying the argument parts, not on question types.