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7 guides beyond the syllabus: strategy, test day, scoring, section guide and planning.
Strategy
The strategy behind 330+ and AW 5.0+: winning the first section of each measure to unlock the harder route, vocabulary and RC systems for 163+ Verbal, error-proof Quant technique for 167+, a mock-driven feedback loop, and when to retake.
Test day
Check-in, ID and at-home equipment rules (whiteboard or sheet protector, room scan), the 1 h 58 min no-break timeline, per-section pacing checkpoints, what to do if a section goes badly, and the score report or cancel decision.
Scoring
How section-level adaptation and equating turn raw scores into 130–170, how the Issue essay gets its 0–6 score, the latest percentiles, ScoreSelect and 5-year validity, and how Courselo mock scores map to the real scale.
Section guide
The six instruction variants and what each demands, a 5/20/5-minute plan, a flexible structure, building examples you can adapt, handling counterarguments, and annotated 4-, 5- and 6-level excerpts.
Section guide
Predict-then-match for Text Completion and Sentence Equivalence, the multi-blank order of attack, passage mapping, inference discipline, argument-paragraph methods, a vocabulary system, and a 1.5-minute-per-question timing plan.
Section guide
QC simplification and number-picking, trap patterns in each content area, Data Interpretation shortcuts, Numeric Entry and multiple-answer rules, calculator discipline, and a 1.75-minute-per-question pacing plan.
Planning
Week-by-week plan from the diagnostic through content, mixed timed sets, weekly Issue essays and the full mock, with score checkpoints for each measure and a 4-week fast track.