angle ranking... coinflip on getting right or wrong

[americanpierg]

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So I've gotten really good on PAT, only missing about 0-3 out of 75 questions NOT involving angle ranking on all my practice materials each time i take the full length 1 hour tests, which includes royal flush Crack DAT PAT. The problem is that I lose anywhere from 2-6 questions on angle ranking (average around 3) alone. I've taken a lot of tests, and not once have I gotten less than 2 wrong on the section. I'm getting 23-26 each time I take it when I could be getting 26-30 if not for that section alone.

Is it nearly impossible to be perfect in angle ranking? The hardest angles are around the 75-80 degree angles, and the 150ish angles. for those around 90s and 45,s i just compare those to an imaginary 90 and 45 degree angles. Any tricks for the 70ish and 140ish angles? I don't think its possible to tell the difference between a 76 degree angle and a 79 degree angle with the naked eye and no touching of the screen..... especially if their legs are of different length and rotated. I just feel 2-3 of these questions out of 15 are pure 50/50chance to get right or wrong since i can always eliminate it to 2 angles that seem identical.

 

[nze82]

So I've gotten really good on DAT, only missing about 0-3 out of 75 questions NOT involving angle ranking on all my practice materials each time i take the full length 1 hour tests, which includes royal flush Crack DAT PAT. The problem is that I lose anywhere from 2-6 questions on angle ranking (average around 3) alone. I've taken a lot of tests, and not once have I gotten less than 2 wrong on the section. I'm getting 23-26 each time I take it when I could be getting 26-30 if not for that section alone.

Is it nearly impossible to be perfect in angle ranking? The hardest angles are around the 75-80 degree angles, and the 150ish angles. for those around 90s and 45,s i just compare those to an imaginary 90 and 45 degree angles. Any tricks for the 70ish and 140ish angles? I don't think its possible to tell the difference between a 76 degree angle and a 79 degree angle with the naked eye and no touching of the screen..... especially if their legs are of different length and rotated. I just feel 2-3 of these questions out of 15 are pure 50/50chance to get right or wrong since i can always eliminate it to 2 angles that seem identical.

I dunno dude! I've seen some lame techniques for angle ranking (ex. the hill method...search it if you're interested) but none of them worked for me. I think angle ranking requires lots and lots and lots of practice, to the point where your eyes become a measuring device, and even then it's not gonna be easy, because sometimes the difference between angles is less than 5 degrees (The angle ranking of the actual DAT tends to be even more challenging for the same reason). So, I think your best bet is to practice a lot and hope for the best!

 

[GiTsticker]

Every time I take a PAT whether it be CDP or Topscore I miss one angle ranking problem. On every problem I've done, I've been able to narrow it down to a choice between two angles which I'm sure everyone else can do also. Once I have two angles left I have noticed that if I look at them too long, my eyes become fatigued and the angles look the same. What I do is look away for a second or two and relax my eyes (I don't focus on anything, just let it all get blurry) then I look back. At this point I hear two voices in my head, one saying "THAT'S THE ONE" and one saying "YOU ARE GOING TO GET THIS PROBLEM WRONG." The key is to listen to the first one.

Another thing is that practice really does help. I thought this wouldn't be the case when I started out (I sucked at angles at first, got about half wrong.) I think practice boosts your confidence though which is a big deal on the angles.

 

[nze82]

Every time I take a PAT whether it be CDP or Topscore I miss one angle ranking problem. On every problem I've done, I've been able to narrow it down to a choice between two angles which I'm sure everyone else can do also. Once I have two angles left I have noticed that if I look at them too long, my eyes become fatigued and the angles look the same. What I do is look away for a second or two and relax my eyes (I don't focus on anything, just let it all get blurry) then I look back. At this point I hear two voices in my head, one saying "THAT'S THE ONE" and one saying "YOU ARE GOING TO GET THIS PROBLEM WRONG." The key is to listen to the first one.

Another thing is that practice really does help. I thought this wouldn't be the case when I started out (I sucked at angles at first, got about half wrong.) I think practice boosts your confidence though which is a big deal on the angles.

Sounds like you're suffering from Schizophrenia dude!!
J/K.
I think that method would actually work, because every time I focused too much on the angles, I ended up marking the wrong answer!

 

[GiTsticker]

If ochem keeps entering my dreams every night like it has done for the month, soon I WILL be a schizo lol.

<<I mean just look at my avatar lol

 

[cmills66]

the hardest angles for me are the really obtuse angles so what i do for them is i tilt my head so that the angle is arranged horizontally and then i draw an imaginary line across, near the vertex to complete the triangle. then i compare the angles that way. it seems to work for me, so just thought i'd throw it out there and maybe it will also work for someone else

 

[GiTsticker]

On the really obtuse, nearly flat angles I imagine squishing my hand against the two ends of each angle. Which one would be sharper? The smaller angle would.