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PTing with two experimental sections?

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:03 pm
by carasrook
Just wondering what the general advice would be for taking PTs with two experimental sections. I've read that this is effective because it makes test day feel like a piece of cake, but that's also a lot of extra time/effort during training that I don't want to use if it won't help me significantly.

Has anyone tried this? Think it's worth it?

Re: PTing with two experimental sections?

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:15 pm
by Bearlyalive
carasrook wrote:Just wondering what the general advice would be for taking PTs with two experimental sections. I've read that this is effective because it makes test day feel like a piece of cake, but that's also a lot of extra time/effort during training that I don't want to use if it won't help me significantly.

Has anyone tried this? Think it's worth it?
I didn't do two experimentals, but I did do two tests back to back a few times in the 2 weeks before my exam, and I definitely think it was valuable. It sucked, but it made the test itself a piece of cake by comparison. Train for a 10k by running a marathon, and all that good stuff.

So, I think that the general idea is at least sound. Individual user results may vary.

Re: PTing with two experimental sections?

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:25 pm
by fliptrip
carasrook wrote:Just wondering what the general advice would be for taking PTs with two experimental sections. I've read that this is effective because it makes test day feel like a piece of cake, but that's also a lot of extra time/effort during training that I don't want to use if it won't help me significantly.

Has anyone tried this? Think it's worth it?
Seems like overkill to me.

Re: PTing with two experimental sections?

Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:41 pm
by mathis1490
carasrook wrote:Just wondering what the general advice would be for taking PTs with two experimental sections. I've read that this is effective because it makes test day feel like a piece of cake, but that's also a lot of extra time/effort during training that I don't want to use if it won't help me significantly.

Has anyone tried this? Think it's worth it?
This worked exceptionally well for me. I went from 161 diagnostic to 174 on test day.
Test day felt like a breeze, just another day.