<p>I agree with singingcarrot, that’s a lofty goal. But if you are going to achieve it, I think you will need a smarter study strategy. </p>
<p>Each practice exam takes about 4 hours. If you do two a day, that is 8 hours of your day. But you will want to review the questions you missed and figure out how to answer all of them correctly. That’s the most important step, actually, because that’s when you learn how to improve. That process should take at least as long as the actual exam. So you are talking about 16 hour study days. It is impossible to learn effectively for 16 hours a day. You will actually learn less with this strategy and get more depressed and anxious because you are pushing yourself too hard and failing to meet your goals.</p>
<p>Time to step back.</p>
<p>You can’t decide what your final score will be, but you can maximize it by studying smart. If you are a really good student, sleep well, eat, take breaks, socialize, and exercise, you can do really effective learning for 4-6 hours a day. This should be your goal. Don’t bother with “I’m going to finish this book” or “I’m going to do two tests a day”, instead focus on hitting 6 hours of intense study a day. That would be an amazing achievement.</p>
<p>Then you need to spend those hours effectively.</p>
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<li>Stay focused on the real practice exams. They are your best study guide, use them first and then move to McGraw Hill if you have extra time. You can save one or two practice exams for the week before the exam to take fresh, but go ahead and start by studying the rest.</li>
<li>Work on the sections where you have the most to gain. Start with your low score, practice that section first.</li>
<li>Spend time on the explanations. For each problem that you miss, you should really understand why, there should be an ‘aha’ moment where you think to yourself, gosh that should have been easy.</li>
<li>Find multiple paths to the answer. For the math section there several good strategies that can be used to solve each problem. In the reading sections there are usually several pieces of evidence. When you know multiple ways to get to an answer you have a ‘deep understanding’ this will be better than a shallow understanding because it will apply to other problems where one strategy fails for some reason.</li>
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<p>Finally, let it be.</p>
<p>Its obvious that you are putting a lot of pressure on yourself. That’s ok, if you turn it into good study, then you have succeeded. But when you say things like “I need a definite 34+” you deceiving yourself into thinking that you can really control something like that. Its not true. You want a 34+, you do not need it. If you fail your life will be different, but you will still live. Plenty of people live wonderful lives with 29/30s. Think carefully about why your goal matters, how your life will better if you achieve it. Work as hard as you can to achieve it. But remind yourself that any outcome might happen and prepare yourself to handle whatever does.</p>
<p>good luck!</p>