Hi, is there anybody taking orgo 2 in the fall willing to switch sections with me? I have Bliss-Roche on TR at 6:30-7:45pm but wanted to switch to any other Tampa section.
My test date is 5/14 and this was FL4 today. I slacked on studying this semester (C/P & B/B was mostly background knowledge) which explains why CARS and PS are low; I practiced/reviewed minimally. In fact I haven’t even finished PS still but will water board it into myself soon; so hoping it can bump up to 130+.
I’m realizing that I am screwed for cars, as it has stayed at 127-128 for all FLs; is there any way to increase 2-3 points in 13 days besides mindlessly doing passages? I just started AAMC content last week and don’t expect to finish any subject. I’m really j desperately looking for CARS strategies/hacks without having to do 6 passages/day.
Reflection:
Looking back, I should have started cars a LOT earlier and first focused on accuracy, then building speed. When I started AAMC last week: to do a passage comfortably takes me 20 mins so I rush for every FL. I realized too late that unlike the other sections, this one is really all about practice. I stupidly assumed if I thought hard enough, things would go okay.
TLDR; regarding CARS, I feel like a fat person running a marathon in 2 weeks please give me timing and strategy advice.
Edit: Please give suggestions to my current strategy:
- first, read entire passage like I'll never see it again. don't look at questions. identify main idea, structure, purpose.
- while I read, i try to quickly highlight transition and modifier words such as "similarly..." (if it doesnt take too much time/attention)
- dumb down questions to their simplest form. (this is my current c/p and b/b strategy which works)
- after reading questions, predict answer before reading choices. (Before I did this, I would try to rationalize every choice before ruling it out. for irrelevant answer choices, I'd assume I missed a detail, then re-read)