How long did it take you?

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  HelloMoto Member

  January 2021 400 karma

  I am not sure how long it took me but one tip that helped me was skipping. I would skip a question immediately if I didn't understand the stimulus or if I did understand the stimulus, went through the answer choices and was still lost. This helped me twofold. 1. I was able to grab all of the low hanging fruit. 2. On the second pass, I looked at questions in a calmer state (since I saw all of the questions already).
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  EagerestBeaver Alum Member

  January 2021 703 karma

  Eight months. I got to -4/-5.

  -2/-3 in real terms means you are getting every question right except the PF and one other question (or maybe you get the Parallel Flaw problem but miss two others). To get to this point, that would imply that you have sufficient time to either grapple with every question but two. Basically, there can be no luck. It is mastery and efficiency.

  @HelloMoto has a good point. You want to get to the point where you are breezing through easy questions. You aren't just getting them right, you are getting them right so quick that you have time to grapple with the rest.
• chaplin___ Alum Member ⭐

  January 2021 601 karma

  Around 5 to 6 months, I relearned the fundamentals of conditionality, learned to not get married to my AC prephrase (especially for flaw), read slower while noting important quantifiers, qualifiers, comparative statements, value judgments (should) etc., dropped the 10 in 10 rule, tried to understand each AC more comprehensively and not cross it off just from one word like “many” or “few” or “some”, learned to be more flexible and not simply rely on hard and fast rules like for example noting premise/conclusion indicators which can only get you so far
• fullstop Member

  January 2021 169 karma

  I too am around the same number with MBT and flaw questions being my main weakness. Did you resolve your issues with either question type? If so, could you shed some light on how you did it?