Preptests to take

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  Cant Get Right Yearly + Live Member Sage ⭐ 🍌 7Sage Tutor

  July 2016 27902 karma

  There is debate about this; so assuming you're ready for the PT study phase in the first place, I definitely don't think it's bad that you've taken some recent tests. The two schools of thought go something like this:
  
  1. Save the more recent PTs until the end. They are the most similar to the real test you will be taking so it's important to save them for closer to time.
  
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  2. Skip around in the PTs. The most recent PTs are the most similar to the real test you will be taking, so it's important to expose yourself to that material while you can still react to it and adjust your studying accordingly.
  
  I side pretty heavily with the second school of thought. You definitely don't want to take them right out of the curriculum, but once you start getting comfortable with the PT process and feel like you've got a solid grasp of the fundamentals, it's time to start working them in to see how you perform on the modern tests. There are some subtle differences to LR and some new, weird game types. You don't want to start experiencing that with only a few weeks to go before the real thing.
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  draj0623 Alum Member

  July 2016 916 karma

  @"Cant Get Right" Thank you! I agree with you and also side with the second school of thought. I was in the same position as @mariejohnsondahl while planning my PT/BR schedule since I noticed the BR group does a bit of jumping around in the PTs chosen for review on the calendar.
• MrSamIam Inactive ⭐

  July 2016 2086 karma

  @"Cant Get Right" pretty much covered it. If you've only done a few, you should be fine. Prior to 7Sage, I took another prep course. Unfortunately, said course had many of us PTing before we were even ready (we could have opted out, but I was still early in my studies and foolish). I think I've wasted 6 or so PTs from the 60- ~70 range. No big deal, I have plenty more and intend on retaking those "wasted" tests.