165+ scorers, drop in your advice here for us newbies please

propilot

highly appreciated

Constantine

Please don’t hesitate to ask for help as you did here. I recommend meeting with a few people who understand the test to review a passage or two together. Try to internalize their way of thinking.

jeanchan

Be able to identify the premises and conclusion for each LR question. When it comes to RRE, Weakening, Strengthening, Flaw questions, be able to identify the gap/jump between premises and conclusion.

vanessa.liu24

Seriously cannot underestimate the benefits of doing full length PTs at least once a week. Learn how to block out all unnecessary background info intuitively. I personally don't find diagramming to work for me, but I gave it a shot for a month and can conclusively say it doesn't work for me- so 100% try it (I know it saves some people) but also be totally fine with not needing to use it if it's not for you- don't force it is basically what I'm trying to say. Stay on a schedule where you give yourself 1 to 2 days off a week (I work FT so this is extra necessary for me) in order to not feel burned out.

mark.andrew.garner

Omgosh how did I get here?

It definitely was a point at a time. Having a full breadth understanding of approaches to EACH question type (some of which have a primary and secondary strategy). And then not being too hard on yourself for making mistakes (even for the second or third time), but knowing how to fix them eventually.

I think one of 7sages most recent podcasts said it best, that your studies aren’t going to feel linear zoomed in. Meaning, your trend line isn’t always going to be score increases every PT. But as a whole, from when I started it’s definitely up and positive! Best of luck friends!

finnlyn26

Honestly my first piece of advice would be to have faith in yourself. I struggled with a plateau for months and then finally it started to click and my scores have increased ever since.

I would also focus on your wrong answer review more than anything else. For every single question I get wrong I would ask why did I get this wrong and then say out loud to myself why I will never make that mistake again on another question.