<p>Obviously, I've been studying a lot. But it seems that I can't take these tests fast enough. I don't have much problems solving them on my own without any help while untimed. But when timed, I find myself only finishing half. If I go fast, I make small mistakes,misread the questions, and write more messy, but if I go slow, then I don't finish. </p>
<p>This is for Calc BC btw, but this applies to virtually every test I take.</p>
<p>I’m a slow test taker as well (I don’t usually finish unless it’s a biology test). The only thing that works for me is familiarity with the material - that means doing tons of practice problems (more than the assigned homework).
Also, just do all the problems that you find easy first and save the harder ones for last (as they are not worth more than the others).</p>
<p>I don’t like skipping around though because I have the tendency to misbubble.</p>
<p>Try to be more careful. You are not making efficient use of your time if you solve all of the problems sequentially.</p>
<p>The difficulty of the questions are not sequential, meaning there may be easy questions at the end of Part A or Part B for section I. You just need to not waste time on a problem. If there is a problem you aren’t 100% confident about or tests knowledge you may not have then skip it.</p>
<p>About misbubbling - My calculus teacher told us it’s completely fine to write the letter answer next to the question number on your answer sheet. Basically, go through the entire test, do the ones you feel most confident doing, and write the letter answer in [but don’t bubble] next to the question number. Round 2, go through and do the medium/difficult problems, and continue writing your letter answers next to the question numbers without doing any bubbling. Then, when there’s about 10 minutes left, you can go through and bubble everything in. This worked really well for me on the mock exam I took at school.</p>