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High Scorers Test Day Thoughts
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 1:29 pm
by sglassman
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?
Re: High Scorers Test Day Thoughts
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:15 pm
by nondescript
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.
Re: High Scorers Test Day Thoughts
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:42 pm
by elterrible78
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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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:35 pm
by ugg
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Re: High Scorers Test Day Thoughts
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:45 pm
by Widdle_Dumpling
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.
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 1:20 am
by Hildegard15
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:40 pm
by Nagster5
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Re: High Scorers Test Day Thoughts
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:44 pm
by ftge232
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
Re: High Scorers Test Day Thoughts
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 6:40 pm
by Dcc617
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.