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So, I always do really great in practice and drills, but everytime I take a prep test I just dont do well. I will go through 30 questions timed and get nearly every single one right while I am drilling different things, but then I sit down to do a whole prep test and get way too many wrong even though I know what I have to do. Has this happened to anyone else? Any tips? I feel like maybe I am not taking the prep tests as seriously as I should and not acting as if they are the real thing to really see where I am at.
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Different reasons for different sections, in my experience.
LG: I might not be the most efficient on easy games, leaving me with less-than-enough time for hard LGs. Or I might panic when I see a miscellaneous LG just because it's unfamiliar.
LR: the biggest gap for me between drilling vs. actual PTs. I had (and still kind of have) a big fear of LR so the mental block is a big thing. Switching between question types, and having to identify the question type on the fly (rather than picking NA pset 4 and going into it knowing you don't have to identify the question type) is hard for me. Also, the mental fatigue of encountering 25+ unique stimuli and having the difficulty ramp up at the end.
RC: again, the mental fatigue and panicking when I see a hard topic
If you can relate to any of these points, maybe you can find it helpful to reflect on how to overcome that challenge.
A full prep-test is significantly more cognitively demanding compared to drills spaced out in time.
Tip: Really focus on time management, give each questions your best attempt and move on. Work to spread out your mental energy across the whole test.