<p>I did read it. I see no reference to your own score.</p>
<p>I’m not going to post my score. Doing so is elitist and unnecessary, and goes against my own advice; hence why I told you to read my post.</p>
<p>Then you’re clearly not in the position to be insulting everyone else’s intelligence. That’s what’s elitist.</p>
<p>If you supposedly believe there is no such thing as trouble with timing, then it would be helpful to have some evidence from your own experience.</p>
<p>I didn’t insult anyone’s intelligence. I mentioned intelligence because an unintelligent person generally should be working on his or her skills, not his or her timing. If you are intelligent, then I am not talking about you. If you are unintelligent, what I am saying may or may not apply to you.</p>
<p>I did not say timing is not an issue for a lot of students. I’m saying that, naturally, having to deal with timing every single time you take a practice test is usually unnecessary. Your main goal should be to sharpen your reasoning. You should isolate timing from that; if you want to work on timing, so be it.</p>
<p>I was only too strict (e.g., saying “most of you people,” singling you out, etc.) because I wanted to balance out the initial comments about how important timing is. It was a mistake on my part then.</p>
<p>Have you two seriously been fighting about <em>this</em> for 1.5 hours??</p>
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<p>Time restrictions should be progressive and only to the extent of one’s present comfort level (perhaps as small as one-minute reductions). At the end of my preparation, I was using approximately 60% of the allotted time (e.g fifteen minutes on a twenty-five minute section).</p>
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<p>Did you use the other 40% of your time to check your work, or did you just end it when you were finished?</p>
<p>I would recommend doing the first few practice tests with no time limit, but the majority of the tests with the exact time limit. If you are practicing with less time than given during the actual test, you miss out on the chance to practice checking your work. </p>
<p>When I practiced with a shorter time limit, I scored significantly worse than I did with the regular time because I was rushing to finish. With the full 25 minutes, I could figure out how long I should spend on a problem the first time around, and (especially with the critical reading section) when to move on.</p>
<p>crazybandit: Okay, I think we actually can agree. Reasoning skills <em>are</em> the most important thing to develop.</p>
<p>However, I think in the CC demographic most students already have the ability to do well and have mastered the <em>skills</em>. For <em>this</em> population, timing practice can often lead to the greatest improvements.</p>
<p>Also, I absolutely do NOT recommend setting “lesser” time limits. Always use the full time and go back to check work, just as you would on a regular test.</p>
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<p>I merely inspected my answers on the Math portion since I was prone to committing senseless errors. I attempted a full-length practice exam while attentively checking my work, but I found that doing so prematurely caused a bit of mental weariness.</p>
<p>We CC’ers need to calm down and just let it go.</p>