Tips on timing? Forum

[WorthlessDegree]

Hey, all!

So, I've gotten to the point in my prep where I miss -1/-2 per section, and consistently score in the low 170s. Unfortunately, the majority of my missed questions come on the last few questions of a section. I get super pressured for time, and will skim the question/answer and more/less guess. I understand the questions, I just don't have the time to address them properly.

Does anyone have tips on how to fix this? Or is it just going to be taking as many PT's as possible between now and test day (February)?

[Dcc617]

Hey, all!

So, I've gotten to the point in my prep where I miss -1/-2 per section, and consistently score in the low 170s. Unfortunately, the majority of my missed questions come on the last few questions of a section. I get super pressured for time, and will skim the question/answer and more/less guess. I understand the questions, I just don't have the time to address them properly.

Does anyone have tips on how to fix this? Or is it just going to be taking as many PT's as possible between now and test day (February)?

Which section?

For LR, my timing trick was to circle any question where the answer didn't pop out at me and then come back to it after I finished the rest of the section. Most of the time coming back to it with fresh eyes worked out for me much better than agonizing over it for an ungodly amount of time. However, I also usually finished a LR section with 5-15 minutes of time left, so I was always very confident in being able to come back to the ones I skipped. Oh, and I also bubbled my best guess in before I moved on in case time ran out or i peed my pants or something.

For LG, my timing improved tremendously when I started running scenarios. Like, any time there was a rule that broke up into two possibilities, I would lay out the two and see what deductions I could make. I also improved when I stopped trying to keep stuff in my head and just wrote everything down. And for me, an underrated tip was to never erase anything. Open up with brand new diagrams for every question. There is more than enough room and it helps a lot.

I never really had an issue with RC. I would just read the passage once and then go back and forth from the questions to the relevant parts. Reading the whole passage was mostly just for the main idea questions.

Hope this helped.

[WorthlessDegree]

Hey, all!

So, I've gotten to the point in my prep where I miss -1/-2 per section, and consistently score in the low 170s. Unfortunately, the majority of my missed questions come on the last few questions of a section. I get super pressured for time, and will skim the question/answer and more/less guess. I understand the questions, I just don't have the time to address them properly.

Does anyone have tips on how to fix this? Or is it just going to be taking as many PT's as possible between now and test day (February)?

Which section?

For LR, my timing trick was to circle any question where the answer didn't pop out at me and then come back to it after I finished the rest of the section. Most of the time coming back to it with fresh eyes worked out for me much better than agonizing over it for an ungodly amount of time. However, I also usually finished a LR section with 5-15 minutes of time left, so I was always very confident in being able to come back to the ones I skipped. Oh, and I also bubbled my best guess in before I moved on in case time ran out or i peed my pants or something.

For LG, my timing improved tremendously when I started running scenarios. Like, any time there was a rule that broke up into two possibilities, I would lay out the two and see what deductions I could make. I also improved when I stopped trying to keep stuff in my head and just wrote everything down. And for me, an underrated tip was to never erase anything. Open up with brand new diagrams for every question. There is more than enough room and it helps a lot.

I never really had an issue with RC. I would just read the passage once and then go back and forth from the questions to the relevant parts. Reading the whole passage was mostly just for the main idea questions.

Hope this helped.

Mainly it's LG and RC. For LG, I have a hard time leaving a question, even when I've identified a correct answer. For RC, I'll get stuck between two answers and then just spin my tires for a while, wasting a lot of time.

[WorthlessDegree]

Anyone else have tips?

[i_wish_i_was_smart]

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