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Dr. Yamata
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PT 72 was the one with that horrible game 4. I'm pretty sure the curve on that test reflected the fact that most people doing that game were just bubbling in random letters of words they could think up that were spelled with ABCDE. Bad Cead. Bead Ac…
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It may be an unpopular view, but I see timing as purely a function of capability and accuracy. There's no special "timing tactic" to use on the questions if you're planning on doing all of them and getting them all right. Familiarity with the questi…
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What brought my score out of the -12 to -9 range was summarizing each paragraph mentally and making a little visual picture or "movie" of what it was saying. Visual memory sticks with us longer and also more clearly in the short-term, which is what …
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I'm probably going to get flamed but I say read all the answer choices all the time. EXCEPT under the "5 minute buzzer trying to get the section complete" scenario. The writers can and will put attractive "shell game" answers up top for just this re…
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I think that doing 2 or 3 "hypotheticals" at the beginning of the game helps whether or not you actually split 2 master boards. This goes along with making inferences up-front rather than waiting for the questions to force you to do so. Sometimes I'…
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Taking a few seconds to pause and summarize the paragraph in my mind and also create a small visual scene or "movie" has been monumental. It's easy to just keep reading lines and lines without internalizing any of the information. Before you know it…
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I never have an issue with the density of the passage. As a Philosophy M.A I'm used to reading dense confusing crap for hours on end. I also usually nail the earlier PTs RC sections.. but they've really been making it harder, and I think most of the…
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There's pretty much always a sequencing game.. a grouping game.. perhaps one that contains a bunch of conditionals like the Birds in the Forest game or the Trees in the Park.. and then one or two that throw you a curve ball.. like the Tudor House/Ra…
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I heard that test had a Circular Table game.. and then PT 72 had an oddball matching game.. so much for not paying attention to the "Forgotten Few" in Logic Games Bible..
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Release the Kracken
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What changed my avg score from a -12 to a -4 or -5 was a few things: -Develop a small system of note taking that you will use consistently and understand. It doesn't matter what it is as long as you can instantly remember it. Like.. "X" for "exampl…
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It depends on how you look at the PTs.. some people see it as "gambling" and subsequent validation or invalidation of their expectations about how they will score. I find this to be a silly approach however. PTs expose weaknesses. If you take a PT …
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The key is something that will spike glucose, but not severely. The brain functions best with a supply of glucose, but not an overdose. Some huge chocolate caramel thing with all types of sugar is probably a bad idea.. but something with a good comp…
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I'm not leaving any stone unturned. The conventional wisdom floating around is that the weird games (NOPST clans, RSTVZ speeches, Circular Tables, Circular Zones with planes flying around, Subway lines, mixing chemicals, etc.) are not going to make …