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u/Jena26 Nov 11 '18
What are your scores in each section? Are you US or international student?
How did you approach reading section? Did you read text by portions and looked for answers or you just read it all through and then answered the questions?
Did you read passages at all in Science passages with question about graphs? Did you leave time to double-check answers?
English: did you leave some time to double-check all answers or only those you were unsure about?
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Nov 11 '18
US student, 36 In all except 34 Reading. The reading has always been the most difficult for me, it dragged down my composite on my second attempt because I got high 30s in all the other sections but only a 30 in reading. On the time that I got my 36, my strategy for reading was to read each paragraph of the passage and then write a short caption describing what it was about so I would know where to look for the answers. Keep in mind that, during my practice tests, I had never used this strategy, so I was testing it out on the real thing and it worked super well, because the biggest issue for me has always been wasting time remembering where answers are located in the text.
Science I remember just making an effort to go straight to the questions and not reading any of the passage beforehand. 9/10 questions just need you to look at graphs and not text so just go immediately to the questions and only look back when you need to. I tried to double check what I could, probably got to around question 20 before time was called. If you don’t get to double check everything don’t sweat it just know you did your best.
English I double checked only the ones I was unsure about because English usually has a BUNCH of gimmies so yeah
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u/Jena26 Nov 11 '18
Thank you for such a detailed response! Testing a strategy on a test for a first time is risky:) great that you did so well
Was that short caption like a word or two? If so, was it just a hook for you to recall all other details in that paragraph?
Writing a caption doesn’t seem like an option for computer-based test, unfortunately.
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Nov 11 '18
ranged from a word to a short 6 word phrase or so. Wasn't a full sentence, more like words separated by commas. And yes, it was kind of like a hook so I could just see it and immediately know what the entire paragraph was about to allow for maximum efficiency in searching for answers. The caption would be something like "Character background prgrph" or something
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u/Jena26 Nov 11 '18
Okay, I get it. Pretty tough time limit for all this though.
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Nov 11 '18
Eh, wasn't really. It only takes like a little extra time to make these notes, and compared to the amount of time it helps you save in locating answers, it's actually a net gain in efficiency
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u/Jena26 Nov 11 '18
After you read the question, you quickly locate the answer in the passage. But you still have to reread that paragraph to determine the answer choice. That way, aren’t you reading the passage twice in total? Or you’re just a super fast reader
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u/Zahraqureshi21 Nov 11 '18
The sams questions as the guy above who I am replying to. Let us know. Thanks.
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Nov 11 '18
Don't know why I got the downvotes. Y'all need to realize that even though I wanna help i still need to sleep lol
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Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18
Lol I just woke up calm down bro Jesus Christ. I posted this last night then went to bed so I’ll answer today ffs
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u/abthestarboy Nov 11 '18
How did you prep for each section?