High Scorers Test Day Thoughts Forum

sglassman · Post by **sglassman** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 1:29 pm

To re-hash an old subject - for high scorers, how did you feel walking out of the test? Did you think you nailed it? Did you think you bombed?

nondescript · Post by **nondescript** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:15 pm

I had been scoring 175-180 on PTs leading up to the test. I have no clue how I did. I was too nervous to feel the same confidence I normally do with LR, but I still think I implemented my practice effectively. Finished with 4 minutes to check work and bubbling. Same with RC. Logic games went fine except I panicked a little and wasn't able to notice the simple time-saving strategy on game 3. I think it went fine otherwise. I've never scored below 170, but I'm still scared that I'll get a 16X somehow, although it's highly improbable. I think that's just nerves, and I'll get around a 175.

elterrible78 · Post by **elterrible78** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:42 pm

sglassman wrote:To re-hash an old subject - for high scorers, how did you feel walking out of the test? Did you think you nailed it? Did you think you bombed?

I'd been scoring 174-180 on my PTs in the few weeks prior, averaging 175 if I recall. I came very close to canceling my score, because I really thought I'd screwed the pooch. Got a 178.

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Widdle_Dumpling · Post by **Widdle_Dumpling** » Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:45 pm

I walked out a little disconcerted after how nervous and shaky I was after the first section--I normally don't suffer from testing nerves, though knowing this was possibly the most important test I'd take in my life definitely contributed. When we switched test sections I took a deep breath, told myself it was the experimental section, and moved on (it wasn't, as I later found out--but I only missed 2 questions). The rest of the sections went by about like my practice tests, on which I had been scoring from about 172-177. Basically I walked out of the testing center feeling like a personification of the shrug emoji: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I got a 174.

Hildegard15 · Post by **Hildegard15** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:20 am

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Nagster5 · Post by **Nagster5** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:40 pm

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ftge232 · Post by **ftge232** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:44 pm

Through ~70 PTs I've bell curved around 176 with a high of 180 and a low of 172...

I was a bit numb on test day due to nerves and went into auto-pilot mode on LR, which usually leaves me with a score around my average

I knew I badly budgeted my time on the last RC section, should put me a few below my average

Hope the December test goes better

Dcc617 · Post by **Dcc617** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:40 pm

I left the June test feeling like I had possibly aced it.

Now, in the weeks between taking the test and getting my score, I managed to convince myself that I had totally tanked it. I second guessed everything I did and was sure that I had goofed up some big stuff.

Ended up beating my practice average by a point.