Is there a way to know the difficulty of a particular PT?

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  Ron Swanson Alum Member Inactive ⭐

  May 2016 edited May 2016 1650 karma

  Unfortunately 7sage doesn't have a rankings system for whole PTs. Theoretically, they should all be of the same difficultly since it's a standardized test. However there are certainly some that are harder than others and opinions about that will vary from person to person.
  
  Basically, it all comes down to whether the test asks questions geared to your individual strengths and weaknesses.
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  runiggyrun Alum Inactive Sage Inactive ⭐

  May 2016 2481 karma

  To add to @"Ron Swanson"'s explanation - any objective difference in difficulty between PT's is theoretically accounted for in the grading curve for that particular PT. PT 62 has a generous curve, so the questions are likely slightly more difficult than average. If you read TLS there are countless threads where some people swear it's been their worst PT ever, and some claim they got their first ever 180 on it because the curve allowed for -4 for a 180.
  So, if you did get clobbered, you are not alone. Don't get too beaten down about one PT - they are all just opportunities to expose your weaknesses, and the more weaknesses you expose and fix before your actual test, the better off you are in the end. So, say "Thank you Sir, I'll take another" to PT 62, learn what you need to learn from it and march right on.
• Ron Swanson Alum Member Inactive ⭐

  May 2016 1650 karma

  Haha well put @runiggyrun
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  Edmond.Dantes Alum Member

  May 2016 155 karma

  Hey thanks for the comments @"Ron Swanson" and @runiggyrun, that's exactly my mindset. Anyways, will be BRing in the next two days. The raw score should be pretty bad, but hopefully the BR score is promising.
  
  Thanks!
• __Juan__ Alum Member

  May 2016 184 karma

  That would be a nice feature.
  
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  zurajanai Member

  May 2016 51 karma

  I just did pt 62 today and indeed it was harder than previous preptests. In my opinion, this difficulty is because of the test's evolution. I realize slight changes in the language and the logical inferences from before. Thus I think it's very important to BR this test to understand it thoroughly so that later test will be easier.