Not sure this will be of help as I know its easier said than done, especially in timed situations, but I've noticed in myself that my mindset really affects my PT scores. If I go in panicky/stressed (e.g. drank an energy drink beforehand and was worried about other life stuff) I tend to get impatient with answers, not read as carefully/skimming or start picking answers based on my instinct rather than real evaluation and knowing I have the right answer. Also, a more stressed mindset leads me to a lot more self-doubt while taking the exam.

When I'm able to go in calmly, and assured that I have enough time to read things carefully, read every word rather than skim, and evaluate every answer choice, I've had PTs with a score 9 points higher than PTs where im rushing through the whole thing. My advice is to make a little ritual before taking the exam of whatever you know puts you in a level-headed place. For me, this means taking a little walk, not having too much caffeine and not worrying about anything but the questions in front of me when taking the exam, especially not about how much I need to improve before taking the real thing.

I've also found it to be important to not carry a rough question over into the next one - when I meet a question that costed me a lot of time or I was really unsure about, I have a tendency of worrying about it while I'm reading the next question. Taking a second after a bad question to take a deep breathe is worth the time to me to reset myself.

If you know/understand the material, and can correct your mistakes on BR, I would really recommend getting to know your mentalities and recognising when your mind might be getting in your own way. Sometimes we are our own worst enemies! Assure yourself that you've got the skillset to succeed, and hopefully this reassurance will bring confidence and patience in answering the questions :)

count me in :-)

I find them helpful, especially in being able to see all the questions that are going into the calculus, and review whether I would still get them wrong today. But this ends up kinda having to be a manual assessment of where I'm at. I wish there was a way to reset these analytics, or have them broken into e.g. past week, past month, past year. I'd for certain use them more if there was a less tedious way of differentiating what my weaknesses were when I started studying versus what they are now. This would also be cool to show how far we've progressed, if we could see that we don't get any questions wrong in what used to be our greatest weakness.