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@canihazJD yeah I think you're right with what you say and not mastering enough games... the question is how many games! I have done every PT and a lot of them I have done twice, so it's not like its a quantity of practice issue, right? The proble…
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Honestly I have no idea which test/section, but the one with the artifacts (javelin, pot, etc.) still haunts me. In terms of misc, the one with the clans was a real piece of hell but I can't say I recommend it as a study piece because it seemed pret…
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Forgive me for sounding a bit contrarian and I do not mean to derail the question but I have never quite understood the point of those target times. Like, I guess it makes sense from the point of view of seeing how quick one's process is compared t…
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I'm now at a point where I consistently am -0 to -2 on RC even on 'harder' sections and I truly think it's the one that is the most mentally demanding, even more than LG. RC is naturally intimidating because it requires a lot of focus and attention …
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Below applies to timed PT's (and the real test) only... Note taking during LR is generally unnecessary IMO. The only time I do it is for more difficult parallel reasoning/flaw questions and that's only because those typically involve the transposi…
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-8 on LR without any time pressure at all (BR) speaks to some fundamental lack of understanding of multiple questions types. I don’t say that to be discouraging or disparaging, just to be honest. It’s not that it’s a “bad” score so much as it’s in …
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Lots of different 'tricks', but 'tricks' are no substitute for technique. Quite honestly, you need to focus on not getting hung up on any of the passages. Common sense says if you must skip a passage, you should skip the ones with fewer (~6) questi…
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AC B says the research focuses on using peptides to bind crystals together. But, well, does it? Does the passage actually say that the focus of the research is using peptides to bind crystals together? Maybe it does, maybe I'm just too tired to s…
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You need to do the curriculum. LR isn’t all that difficult, ninety nine percent of it comes down to figuring out the conclusion and the relationship between conclusion and support. The curriculum will cover everything. All else is practice. I starte…
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I average about -1 to -2 on RC and have achieved -0. If this approach works for you then great and, depending on score target, a fairly reliable -4/-5 on RC might be good enough, in which case it's maybe a no-brainer. I agree that this is a 'low sc…
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Read more. It's a cliche, but it's true. RC is the easiest section if you are a good reader, the hardest if you are not. Reading is a skill, not an arcane ability, and it needs to be ingrained. You should be reading thousands of words daily of mater…
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@okkkkkkkkkkk said: I think you misunderstand my point as you seem to mischaracterize it somewhat. By saying I have 'studied everything' I am referring solely to the theory. I mean I have read multiple books, watched every one of the videos, a…
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It's not arbitrary whether or not you can be focused -- it's a choice. You can, and must, choose your focus and interest level by appropriating the right attitude to the task going in. Rather than approach RC as a matter of 'I need to be focused' t…
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@okkkkkkkkkkk said: @luckysat1 said: if you do not see a pattern in your incorrect LR answers while usually getting -4 you are not looking hard enough. I didn't say there wasn't a pattern. I said the pattern does not seem to b…
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It's perfectly fine, really, it's just more effort. But even then not really. I have a theory that if rather than one big chunk + a dozen questions about what chunk contains the exact same length and content was simply dissected out into, say, 20 p…
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I average -3/-4 on RC (-1/-2 on BR) but have PT'd with a -0 more than once. When I started I was closer to where you are averaging. This is what helped me: Train yourself to be interested. Assuming you enjoy reading nonfiction material to an avera…
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I am in the same boat. Consistently score 162+ with my median solidly at 165 (my last four PT’s have been 165) and every now and then I randomly get a 173. When I get in the 170’s it tends to come down to catching a lucky break in both logic games …
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I always do the science passage first, usually then followed by law. I do these because I find they tend to be subject areas I come into with less foundational knowledge than the humanities. More crucially, the tone and style of them are just gener…