Advice needed on retake (mid160s to 170+)
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 12:35 pm
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Study smart, don't study hard.steven21 wrote:In a similar situation. Most recent PT was 164 -15 LR, -2 LG, -6 RC. How did you go from -15 to -3 on LR? (I have read the PS LR Bible Manhattan LR and have drilled through the Cambridge LR Packets)
This is good advice, especially the writing down why each answer choice is wrong/right.NoodleyOne wrote:Study smart, don't study hard.steven21 wrote:In a similar situation. Most recent PT was 164 -15 LR, -2 LG, -6 RC. How did you go from -15 to -3 on LR? (I have read the PS LR Bible Manhattan LR and have drilled through the Cambridge LR Packets)
Ugh, okay. LR is incredibly improveable, but brute forcing your way through packets isn't the way to do it. You have to start understanding that shit. For NA/SA/Weaken/Strengthen/Main Conclusion questions, put a post-it over the answers, read the question and try to prephrase an answer on the Post-it. Then check and see if you got it right. Often you won't, but the idea is to start looking for the flaw in the argument, and identifying said flaw, BEFORE you look at the answer choices. Get better at it. After each question, write down why each answer is wrong, and why the right one is right. After you do a test, let it sit for a few days WITHOUT grading it, then go through it again and see if you can guess which ones you got wrong, and why you got them wrong.
Those are just some general tips. Drilling mindlessly isn't the answer, you have to be internalizing what you're doing.
I KNOW it's good advice. Duh.gaud wrote:This is good advice, especially the writing down why each answer choice is wrong/right.NoodleyOne wrote:Study smart, don't study hard.steven21 wrote:In a similar situation. Most recent PT was 164 -15 LR, -2 LG, -6 RC. How did you go from -15 to -3 on LR? (I have read the PS LR Bible Manhattan LR and have drilled through the Cambridge LR Packets)
Ugh, okay. LR is incredibly improveable, but brute forcing your way through packets isn't the way to do it. You have to start understanding that shit. For NA/SA/Weaken/Strengthen/Main Conclusion questions, put a post-it over the answers, read the question and try to prephrase an answer on the Post-it. Then check and see if you got it right. Often you won't, but the idea is to start looking for the flaw in the argument, and identifying said flaw, BEFORE you look at the answer choices. Get better at it. After each question, write down why each answer is wrong, and why the right one is right. After you do a test, let it sit for a few days WITHOUT grading it, then go through it again and see if you can guess which ones you got wrong, and why you got them wrong.
Those are just some general tips. Drilling mindlessly isn't the answer, you have to be internalizing what you're doing.