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- dmacioce
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Re: Strange RC trend
Have you analyzed the questions you are getting wrong? Do you understand why you are missing them? Is there a consistent pattern?
Have you tried breezing through the earlier passages, as you do on the later passages, and relying more on your gut feelings?
Have you tried breezing through the earlier passages, as you do on the later passages, and relying more on your gut feelings?
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- Sh@keNb@ke
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Re: Strange RC trend
I had this problem as well.
Solution: WARM UP with an RC passage.
It did wonders for me.
Solution: WARM UP with an RC passage.
It did wonders for me.
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Re: Strange RC trend
When i started studying, i was getting -3/-4 on RC. Then after instense amounts of studying i started missing more! the more i prepare, the worse I seem to do.RedShift wrote:I've been noticing that the questions I get wrong are often concentrated in the beginning of the section, on the "easier" passages. I will sometimes get -2 or -3 on the first passage and then none wrong after. This is also the passage I spend the most time on. Conversely, I rarely get anything wrong on the final passage, and I am usually rushing through it, just going with my gut feelings on answers.
Anyone else get this and have a way to combat it?
I don't notice anything particular about missing a few on the first passage for me, but when I get the 5 minute warning and am just finishing up the 3rd passage, I end up skimming through the last passage, barely reading it and trying to make scarcely educated guesses. And i find I am always quite surprised at how many of those I get right!
I think with so much practice I tend to overanalyze; that happens sometimes in LR too, and it can slow you down or mislead you. I think the reason people do so well is that they just do so many preptests that shit just becomes instinctual.
All I can say is maybe try to be a little more confident and a little less analytical? I definitely think trusting your gut is feasible.
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