Any advice on getting over a plateau?

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  RealGeeker Core Member

  November 27 56 karma

  Depends a bit on how long you've been studying and if you're having problems with any particular set of questions. I was doing PT's every 2-3 days and stuck at virtually the same score, took a week off with light studying, and then came back and PT'd twice more and got the same score. It was really frustrating. I would recommend stepping away entirely and taking up hobbies and practices that can help your test taking abilities in other ways.
  Practice reading unfamiliar text, like books you wouldn't normally read or news from a different source or foreign country.
  Practice a mindfulness routine, like meditating or yoga, running etc. Even something like cooking a medium-difficulty meal each night.

  I felt my problem was I would just keep drilling to try and bolster my understanding of the concepts of the test, where I think my problem was more keeping my mind clear and being able to digest each question better, rather than harkening back to the tricks and mindset I would have when drilling
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  zachwalker21 Core Member

  November 27 20 karma

  @RealGeeker Great comment! I appreciate the insight. I think I align with the last part of your comment... I might need to clear my mind in order to digest the stems better...
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  Happymedium12 Live Member

  December 1 45 karma

  For me, getting out of the 150's was about attacking my weak points, i did this by breaking down questions i got wrong and why? am i lacking concepts needed to answer correctly? not spending enough time in the stim? not predicting answer choices? etc. for a while it was the conceptual knowledge i lacked.
• natemanwell1 Core Member

  December 2 40 karma

  no. it's not about breaking down individual questions. if you just do that you're not going to see any patterns. you need to look at the commonalities of what you get wrong.
• JuliaShaw Free Trial Member

  December 3 1 karma

  Ok, thanks.