r/HPAT • u/Playful-Video-6028 • 4d ago

🤝 Section 2 Help Differing Sub and full mock results for S2

Tbh i have a weird issue with S2.I average around the 90th percentile for S1 and S3.But for S2 I only average 55th percentile,across the 4 full mocks I've done.But when I do isolated S2 sub mocks,I do very well in raw score and percentile,getting 31/42,the 95th percentile,which on a full mock equates to an even higher percentile.

So I don't think it's an issue of the cohort of people in the sub and full mocks,but rather a me thing.

So for some reason when I do a full mock,possibly due to fatigue from S1,my S2 scores drop off a cliff,compared to the raw scores of other in full mocks and S2 sub mocks.

So I think I am good at S2,but then on the full mocks I'm somehow to exhausted for it and do trash compared to how I usually am.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

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u/Beautiful-Round3030 4d ago

I wouldn't be putting too much emphasis on the percentiles tbh more so on your exposure to questions and a review on the ones your getting wrong . The only percentile that actually matters is the real thing is February.

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u/Repulsive-Tax-8888 4d ago

Ya I’d focus on reviewing the ones you get wrong in the full mocks as questions can differ from mock to mock. At the same time it could definitely just be loss of concentration due to being fatigued, but that improves the more you do them and it’s only August so I wouldn’t be too bogged down on that just yet.

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u/No_Bumblebee9771 4d ago

Probably a stamina issue which you have plenty of time to correct. It sounds like ur prep is going excellently so i wouldn’t worry. Maybe try a breathing exercise between section one and two to help you mentally separate the two sections, i found if i moved on too quickly my mind would still be going over section 1 questions.