Problem with 10-questions VR passages

[Paulchemguy]

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Hello,

I always get most of my wrong answers in the 10-question passages. Most of the time, these passages are harder than the rest. Anyone else find this to be the case?

I'm thinking of leaving all the long 10-question passages to the end, and do all the 5to7-question passages first, because I usually get very few wrongs in these passages.... What do you guys think?

Appreciate any advice. Thanks.

 

[AWhitehair]

Hello,

I always get most of my wrong answers in the 10-question passages. Most of the time, these passages are harder than the rest. Anyone else find this to be the case?

I'm thinking of leaving all the long 10-question passages to the end, and do all the 5to7-question passages first, because I usually get very few wrongs in these passages.... What do you guys think?

Appreciate any advice. Thanks.

There is usually one of the 10q passages that I get like 5-6 of the questions wrong no matter what order I do it in or how freakin' long I take on it. Just make sure if you save them till the end you actually leave yourself enough time to do them thoroughly because 20 questions is like 1/3 of the VR score. 😉

 

[tulanensis]

There is usually one of the 10q passages that I get like 5-6 of the questions wrong no matter what order I do it in or how freakin' long I take on it. Just make sure if you save them till the end you actually leave yourself enough time to do them thoroughly because 20 questions is like 1/3 of the VR score. 😉

I heard one of the 10 question passages is the experimental section. That's why it seems to be harder than the others...gives them a chance to "field test" questions of varying difficulty.

 

[ADeadLois]

Hello,

I always get most of my wrong answers in the 10-question passages. Most of the time, these passages are harder than the rest. Anyone else find this to be the case?

I'm thinking of leaving all the long 10-question passages to the end, and do all the 5to7-question passages first, because I usually get very few wrongs in these passages.... What do you guys think?

Appreciate any advice. Thanks.

I divided the passages into "triads" as Kaplan suggests. I included the one of the 10 question passages in two different triads. For example,

Triad #1: Long (10 q), Short (4-5 q), Medium (6-8q)
Triad #2: Long, Short, Medium
Triad #3: Medium, Medium, Medium

I allowed myself 27 minutes per triad. I usually did the two triads containing the 10 question passages first. This helped me make sure I had time for the 10 q passages but didn't forget the others. I would say it's a near certainty that you'll have 2 10 question passages so make sure you have a solid timing strategy.

 

[kdburton]

Hello,

I always get most of my wrong answers in the 10-question passages. Most of the time, these passages are harder than the rest. Anyone else find this to be the case?

I'm thinking of leaving all the long 10-question passages to the end, and do all the 5to7-question passages first, because I usually get very few wrongs in these passages.... What do you guys think?

Appreciate any advice. Thanks.

Rather than doing the passages out of order I suggest checking to see if the current passage you are working on is a 10Q passage and then just make sure to read it very carefully. It would be OK to give yourself a little extra time on these passages because obviously a larger chunk of questions follows them than the other passages. I've tried spending extra time reading the 10Q passages and I feel like I get fewer wrong on them.

 

[tulanensis]

Thinking like that is not going to be any good! Just finish the DAMN test and hope that you did well!

I think you put the emphasis on the wrong word. Shouldn't it be "just FINISH the damn test...?"