u/ttaintedsorrow

I initially planned on doing my exam in another country (my country doesnt offer the exam) on september 3rd but the exam got cancelled and i am not able to find any available seat in other nearby countries. i really need to do this exam this september or im gonna have to wait until next cycle to apply (and i cant afford to take a gap year). I'd really appreciate any advice on where to go from here. Thank you.

im not only losing hair w this section but apparently also neurons. i do a couple of passages everyday timed and end up w a COMPLETELY diff score each day.

yesterday i got 89% and today i got 50% like???? how is that even statistically possible. for context, i didnt change my strategy, all aamc passages, all timed and under same conditions, hell i even took them at the same exact hour. and whats even funnier is that i felt wayyy more confident submitting my answers today than yesterday. i give up

basically the title.

i have 27 aamc passages left. im thinking of doing 3 passages a day, as i technically only have 11 days left to study (4 days for FLs + review and 1 day rest). i also havent done the unscored FL yet so maybe ill do the cars section in one of those days. im also planning on doing one passage the night before test day

is this a good plan?

ive come to realize that when i do one aamc cars passage at a time i score well (i average one mistake per passage) but then when i take my FLs i get 122, 124, 123, etc.

in the beginning, i assumed the qpacks were far easier than FL cars. for context my avg is 70% for qpack vol1 and 86% for vol2. so today i decided to check if my assumption was true by doing 3 timed passages from vol2 (knowing thats easier). i finished the passages w 31 mins (1 min over but its okay) n i felt illiterate while doing them?? the passages suddenly made no sense to me. so before submitting i decided to check my answers and basically do them "untimed" to see if i would still find the right answers... i corrected 4 questions... clicked submit... and scored a 59% :D LIKE WTF???

atp idek if its a stamina issue or an understanding issue. idk if i got lucky w the first 7 passages i did in vol2 to get that 86%, but the difference in accuracy is discombobulating.

i test on sept 3rd, so i think im beyond help atp but thought it was worth a shot to ask for help on here.

sorry for the long rant btw!

so i just finished taking aamc FL3 and got a score jump in all sections except P/S, which i went down from 125 (on FL1 and 2) to 124 (FL3) :( which is what i got on my diagnostic

im 50% done with the pankow deck, occasionally read the 86 page document alongside it, and did a few passages from SB1 which i scored rlly bad on (like 50%), although i have the terms memorized. ive also tried watching KA videos but i find it SO hard to not lose focus during them. my FL score is much lower than my cars score, so i dont think my issue is passage interpretation?

i test in 4 weeks exactly and this section is rlly holding me off from breaking a 510. so any help would be very much appreciated! thank you :)

i finished content review for C/P and started doing practice questions on UW free trial and im basically getting my ass kicked (scoring max a 50% lol and my diagnostic was 120) i feel like i have a solid grasp on the material, yet i find answering questions for this section so difficult. i cant afford to get UW so i'm just gonna stick to getting the aamc prep bundle and do qpacks + section banks. if you have any tips or resources on how to improve my approach this section please let me know, id really appreciate the help :)

my exam is in 9 weeks and I'm finishing up content review, but i have not yet started any practice questions so far. unfortunately, my budget wouldnt allow me to purchase both :( what would you advice i purchase, uworld and all aamc FLs or just get the aamc bundle? i heard aamc is more representative, but uworld has better explanations.. i would appreciate any advice :))

p.s. my diagnostic pre-content review was 494 (120/126/124/124), and im looking to break a 510+ (hopefully) i faced content gap issues and struggled a bit with understanding graphs for B/B and C/P passages.