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  Cant Get Right Yearly + Live Member Sage ⭐ 🍌 7Sage Tutor

  March 2016 27861 karma

  First, if you're aiming for 170+, I just don't see June happening. Postpone until September at the very least.
  
  For logic games, you need to master every game. It's actually good that you're struggling there because of all the sections, the language barrier will be a smaller factor on games than any other section. Great opportunity for points. If you want 170+, you really need to aim for -0 here. Master every game available until anything they can throw at you is just laughable.
  
  Reading is tougher with the language barrier. The best advice I have is basically my reading advice for everyone who struggles with it, but goes doubly for non native speakers. The only way to improve on reading is to read. Read anything, read everything, read constantly. And it doesn't matter if it's something as difficult as a hard science journal or something as easy as a young adult novel. Just read. And read with a pencil. Notate. Then reread. If you catch yourself picking up on new information the second time through, ask yourself, why didn't you recall it from the first read? Do any patterns emerge? Is there any way to adjust your notation strategy to compensate for these patterns? The most important thing with reading is to accept that it takes time to develop, and that, to reiterate, you've got to read read read.
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  jeff.wongkachi Member

  March 2016 410 karma

  I think one important tip for RC is to remember you are not reading for the content. Sometimes difficult/uninteresting subject matter is hard to follow, but remember that the goal isn't to UNDERSTAND. As you continue doing RC, there are patterns (for example, 99% of the time there being a main point question). You are reading purely for matching purposes. There's going to be the odd question that requires more content synthesis, but at the base level it's about A) checking for details and did the author even talk about it. It's probably worth getting the few "deeper understanding" questions wrong in favour of the more common answer types.
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  MrSamIam Inactive ⭐

  March 2016 edited March 2016 2086 karma

  I really don't like offering advice when given a time limit. You shouldn't be scheduling the test, then studying in hopes that you'll be ready in time. Study first, then when you're ready, schedule the test.
  That said, I would use the next 3 months to PT, BR, and drill anything that you haven't mastered yet. RC and LG scores tend to improve with practice.
  For RC: Learn how to predict what the author is going to say. Learn how to link ideas. Most importantly, stay engaged with the passage.
  For LG: Drill drill drill. Keep drilling until a once difficult game seems like a cakewalk. If you can't do it in under the recommended time limit, then you're not ready to move on from that game. It may take 2 tries, or 20. Just keep at it.
  
  Most importantly...be realistic. What is your target score, and at the pace that you are currently going can you achieve it by June? If not, reschedule and take the test at a later date.
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  Sprinkles Alum Member ⭐

  May 2016 11542 karma

  These responses are too legit....
• Nicole Hopkins Alum Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐

  May 2016 4344 karma

  @MrSamIam said:
  Study first, then when you're ready, schedule the test.
  

  Word.