input on my strategy for PAT!!!!

[xxxTheDonxxx]

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For PAT...i usually, hit next until i got to 31 and start there...go to 90...then come back. I like to start easy then hard, so i don't have to rush on the hard ones. Any cons for this strategy? hitting the next button is like 10 secs.
-Also, for those who took the dat already...after you click next on number 90, what does the screen says? can you fill in the number on the space like topscore has to go back to number 1 ...so i don't have to click back to number 1? and when you click next on 90 it doesn't say "test done" when you have like 25 min left does it? sorry for all these dumba$$ questions, i just have to ask!

 

[food4thots]

i believe that it brings you to a screen that ask you to if you want to go to incomplete questions or marked questions, so i don't think you will need to press back 90 times to get back to the first question.

yeah the only negative part in ur strategy is the time you spend clicking to the question you desire.

 

[Chrono1984]

I find it more useful to train yourself to only spend a certain amount of time on each question rather than waste time skipping.

30ish seconds for keyhole
45s-1min for top/bottom/side
entire angle section in 5 mins
entire fold section in 5ish mins
cube counting in 5-10 (with practice, can get 15/15 easy in 5minutes)
45s-1min for folding

Obviously these times will vary depending on what you are best at.

If you think the problem will take a ton of time, mark it and guess..if you manage your time, you should have plenty left over to go back. If you aren't seeing it the first time, coming back later and getting a new look might help.
Also, you don't always need to know the RIGHT answer... I have gotten plenty right by simply eliminating answers I know are wrong.

I sucked at the PAT for awhile..but I feel like I'm doing allright now (18 on DAT achiever, 20+ topscore)

I would strongly recommend NOT skipping the first 30 questions. Time management is VERY important and skipping would just waste some. But to each his own!

 

[umum1982]

hmmm... yeah, that would be wasting a lot of time.
what i did is go through them in order and skip any question that i can't figure out at once.
before starting the DAT, even before the Science section, number the scrap paper, you could be ambitious and write down the possibilities, too. write in or check off the possibilities of the questions that you are not sure of.
since when you are done with the last question it takes you to a summary page, you can click on the ones that you haven't answered yet.
if the first 30 questions are hard of you, you should work on it. (captain obvious. strikes again!)

try practicing with less time. don't second guess. remember, YOU ARE SMART! just think, THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN GET IT WRONG.

it works. good luck.

For PAT...i usually, hit next until i got to 31 and start there...go to 90...then come back. I like to start easy then hard, so i don't have to rush on the hard ones. Any cons for this strategy? hitting the next button is like 10 secs.
-Also, for those who took the dat already...after you click next on number 90, what does the screen says? can you fill in the number on the space like topscore has to go back to number 1 ...so i don't have to click back to number 1? and when you click next on 90 it doesn't say "test done" when you have like 25 min left does it? sorry for all these dumba$$ questions, i just have to ask!

 

[xxxTheDonxxx]

I'm pretty good with everything except for some of the problems for top front end, the thing is i tend to use up all of my time or run out of time when i'm finished...skipping then hit "return to incomplete problems" might not help much....should I just guess then hit "mark" then "next" then come back if i got time?

 

[food4thots]

I'm pretty good with everything except for some of the problems for top front end, the thing is i tend to use up all of my time or run out of time when i'm finished...skipping then hit "return to incomplete problems" might not help much....should I just guess then hit "mark" then "next" then come back if i got time?

yeah.. i did something similar to that. i would mark and guess if it came down to 2 choices.. if i was totally clueless i would leave it blank and skip. for me.. it was a way to recall which answers i favored.