Third take advice Forum

kangaroo430 · Post by **kangaroo430** » Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:51 pm

Long time lurker here. So basically I scored 166 in June and bombed the October one(163). I intend to do my third take in December and I really want to push myself to >168.
I guess I just found myself in some 160s plateau. For LR, I've read both Bible and Manhattan. But I still don't think I've mastered LR. For my practice tests, I usually got from -2 to -4 for each LR section. For my October test, I got 7 wrong for my first LR(ughhh). So I think I definitely need some serious improvement for my LR. The recent PT70s' LR also hit me hard. I think the assumption family questions(and flaws) just became a lot harder.
But unfortunately I have used up all my PTs(except the ones in 90s) I guess I can redo the games but I remember too much of the LR to not be affected by memories.
So is there any good advice to improve my LR in one month and a half? Will drilling packets(PT1-38) help me at all? I am a little desperate now...
Thank you so much in advance!

somethingElse · Post by **somethingElse** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 10:01 am

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kangaroo430 · Post by **kangaroo430** » Sat Oct 24, 2015 2:10 pm

somethingelse55 wrote:My third take as well in December, I got 171 on October and LR was my main issue as well (-0 LG, -3 RC, -8 LR)

I'm going to do the entire (most of it, I'm on like problem 100ish) Cambridge "Difficult Questions" packet. The questions in that packet are IMO as tough as any you'll see on a modern PT. I also personally don't buy into the whole "newer PTs are way tougher" theory though, so I would even say drilling 1-38 would help for sure. It would help even if you do buy into that theory, just for the sake of practicing the question types.

If you don't already, I would make sure you're actively eliminating wrong answers based on specific words/phrases. Also make sure you completely understand the stimulus word for word and perhaps read it just a bit slower than you usually would. Third, pre-phrase what you think TCR could be as often as possible, but be flexible just in case they choose to go another route with TCR.

For all the assumption family Qs, its about understanding the reasoning. By reasoning, I mean the relationship between the conclusion of the argument and its premise(s). In other words, how the premise(s) support the conclusion. Then from there you'll want to pre-phrase based on what kind of question it is (necessary, flaw, etc).

Thanks very much! Do you mean I need to read questions a little slower and do some blind review?
Congrats on the score btw! I am sure you will score even higher on the next take!

somethingElse · Post by **somethingElse** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 11:39 am

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