Can Someone Explain To Me

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  gazall.amiri Live Member

  November 5 edited November 5 22 karma

  I think that means your understanding of material is great, but timing affects your performance. Maybe try to do drills or sections and have an estimated time as your goal that is more than the target time. For example, it is advised to the first 10 questions in 10 mins. Maybe do the first 10 questions untimed first but time yourself to see how long it takes you. Then do the 10 in 20 mins, do you get to do all with great accuracy? Then do 10 in 15mins and onwards until you reach the target time with good accuracy.

  Also, I think you may need to choose and go right away instead of spending time to be completely sure that your choice is correct. Like pick with 60/70 percent confidence and move on for the sake of time. I hope this helps!
• mhann007 Core Member

  November 9 34 karma

  @"gazall.amiri"

  Thanks for the advice!
• 1625Ford Core Member

  November 11 edited November 11 25 karma

  As a person stuck in the high 150s, I have completely started to ignore my blind review score because it gives you an inaccurate view of how you actually understand the concepts.

  First off, you may see the disparity in your real score and your blind review score and come to the conclusion that your problem is timing. For people who are stuck in the 150s (such as myself) this is 90% of the time not the problem. By the time you hit your blind review, you have already read all the stims, question stems, passages, and answer choices at least once. Its a given that it will be easier to understand because its material you've already sat with and have had a whole hour/day to absorb. My issue, comes from the fact that I didn't understand what was said the FIRST time. I didn't read carefully enough or I didn't make good inferences.

  Second off, look at your real answers and your blind review answers to see how many times you narrowed it down to the correct answer and a wrong answer. If you picked the wrong answer in that 50/50, then you didn't understand or solve the question. Now in your blind review, you pick the correct answer choice because you may subconsciously feel the need to pick the other option in a 50/50. If you didn't do the work to figure out why that answer choice is correct, well then you still didn't understand or solve the question. It is just padding your blind review score and giving you false hope that you actually understood anything.

  If you are really leaving 10 questions unanswered or skipped a section, then your problem really is time. If on the other hand you are not skipping 10 questions, then your problem more like mine.

  I'm not trying to come off as mean, but this is brutally honest advice and absolutely something that I should apply to myself. IGNORE your blind review score. It is not a good metric of your understanding. Focus on your mistakes, explaining exactly what happened why you picked the wrong answer and why you didn't pick the correct answer. Explain exactly why four of the answers are wrong and why 1 is correct. Even on questions you answered correctly, ask yourself how you could have solved it faster. Best wishes on your journey!
• mhann007 Core Member

  November 11 edited November 11 34 karma

  @1625Ford

  Thanks for taking the time to respond and comment! Really appreciate it!

  I really appreciate the advice as well, however, I think it ignores the fact (which I alluded to in my original comment) that my "Blind Review" process didn't involve going back to review everything.

  It only entailed my going back to finish those questions I either skipped over to begin with or the ones I didn't get to at all under timed conditions.

  Thus, there was no going back to review and/or potentially change the answers to the questions I was able to successfully answer under timed conditions. My rationale for doing so was to keep myself as honest as possible so I can really see where I stand in terms of understanding.

  With that being the case, then, I would think my blind review score is more reflective of my understanding and that time really is the primary issue for me, although those two things are related.

  That being said, you still have some good advice that I will look into employing and maybe others might benefit from it as well. Good luck to you, too!