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MBE Time Management Tip?

Post by BrokenMouse » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:35 pm

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Re: MBE Time Management Tip?

Post by Sue » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:32 am

BrokenMouse wrote:Hey guys, so I know that it is rougly 1.8 minutes (1 min 45 secs) per MBE question we ought to spend on.

Does anybody have a good tip on when to check for time? For example, I like to think of the MBE as having multiple mini exams. So I do "10 at a time" and fill in the bubble 10 at a time. Then I take a deep breath, stretch my neck, shake my head and jump into the next. I do this 20 times.

Basically every 18 minutes I should at least be done with 10 problems.
Oh, it would be so hard for me to make my brain calculate every 18 mins and see how much time I have left. I guess I am checking the time when I am at questions 18, 35, 70, and 85.

Or you can see the time after every 17-18 questions every half an hour.

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Re: MBE Time Management Tip?

Post by Gamecubesupreme » Mon Feb 22, 2016 11:48 am

I find it best for me to take breaks when my brain tells me to.

Basically when I realize I'm simply not absorbing the question, I will stop reading, close my eyes, and take a 30 second break.

This could occur after 2 questions or after 50, but I don't like to pause after a certain number of questions cause I could be on a roll mental wise and it's dumb to break it up.

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Re: MBE Time Management Tip?

Post by starryski » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:22 pm

in july i would do 33 (about an hour) and then fill in bubbles...i was running out of time though so not sure how helpful that was. and i skipped a lot.

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