How do you keep a clear head?

[Catalino21]

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I've noticed after reviewing my practice problems/tests that the majority of my misses are a result of me rushing through the problems or not thinking clearly because I feel like I'm in a rush. The misses typically come after the toughest questions of the passage when I feel like I've taken to much time and feel flustered so I continue to hurry through the next questions. Most of the time I get the "tough" questions right, it's just I seem much more error prone on subsequent ones 🙄. Anyone have any strategies to stay cool, calm, and collected under a time crunch? I feel like I just need to hit reset after each question.

 

[Acoustica]

I would make sure you're taking all your breaks so that your mind doesn't go onto overload. I took EK's advice and gave myself a 5 second break/pep talk between my passages and that helped me stick to the passage and not think about the previous one.

I think with not feeling rush that it really comes through with practice. I would not sit and think between two answer choices for more than 30 seconds--just pick the best choice, mark it, and come back later (but don't abuse the marking, because you don't want to come back to half of your section marked).