<p>Is re-taking already used tests advisable? Will people learn anything from it?</p>
<p>For example, I took a practice test. I learned why I got a question wrong and stuff. After a week or so re-take the test to see if I learned something from it.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>I got a 16/24 on one critical reading section of a PSAT.</p>
<p>After I re-took it after a extensive study of why I got it wrong, I got a 23/24. (Still couldn't figure the last question I guess)</p>
<p>Is this helpful in any way, or just basically re-taking a tests on the basis of already knowing the answers?</p>
<p>I think the most effective way would be first documenting your wrong answers, then going back and looking at the ones you specifically got wrong. </p>
<p>I once retook a full-length SAT. It was hell. I quit on section 6. I kept wanting to put down the answer I put down the first time. But I knew if I did that, my efforts would have been wasted - I’d just get the same score as I did the first time around. </p>
<p>But re-reading the passages was so boring. Re-working the math problems was torturous. Re-examining the writing questions gave me nausea.</p>
<p>Reminiscing, I should have noted the questions I got wrong. Then I would have gone back and specifically attacked those questions. Re-taking a whole used test is a waste of time, and you quickly become jaded of the material.</p>
<p>Do not look at the final score and take that as a mark of your skill however, since you most likely just remember the answer. Instead, take each answer you got wrong and figure out which answer is right, and why. It seems like you’ve already done this. It’s very helpful, as long as you understand the questions now.</p>
<p>^What Mariolee said :p.</p>
<p>Thanks, both of you. It IS hell, since I always try to keep myself from NOT thinking about the answer I remembered. :/</p>
<p>Yeah, not only would I not look at the score on a math retake but I wouldn’t even bother timing. Just go back over the ones you missed and make sure you know why. Then, look for problems that you did by long algebraic procedures and look for the shorter way. And don’t forget about the ones you got right but weren’t sure about. </p>
<p>Also, this is why it’s important to pace yourself using the real practice tests. You just don’t want to use them up too quickly. And watch out for the prep classes that use the blue book like a work book, doing a few problems from each section, thus ruining them for future diagnostic value. It drives me nuts when a student comes to me having already done a few problems here and there from about 7 different tests, none done thoroughly or timed…</p>
<p>It certainly won’t adversely affect you.</p>