Yeah a 170 almost* guarantees a spot at a T14 unless you have a sub 3.0 GPA... and even then it does give you a fair shot at some of the lower ones if you ED.
@L.Schwartz No... don't touch anything before the test... the baseline test is supposed to be done cold RAW UNPREPARED... unless you do this, your score will not truly reflect a 'baseline' score.
Haha thank you @nicole.hopkins - and apologies for not being clearer... nobody in their right mind would knock on Princeton in any way, shape or form - unless it had a Review attached at the end. ;)
I have no idea how you can do 3 a week if you are really digging into the test each try. Unless you are scoring perfect, in which case 2/3 week seems like overkill. Right now, full test and follow up review is taking 3 days (but I work full time).
>>1. Does everyone generally set up global diagram on the first page and draw out the rest of local diagrams on the next page as the questions come up?
Yes. Do the "global" on the first page and "local" for individual questions as ...
@"Nilesh S" ON. POINT. I agree that, unless you're like Nicole where you have to elaborate on special circumstances and you're aiming to get to certain schools, your numbers are/will have to be sufficient.