This is what I do:
Chem/Phys - 8 min/passage (There are 10 passages)
- 15 min/15 discretes (I note the question numbers for the discretes on my paper and then do them all last)
CARS - 10 min/passage (There are 9 passages)
Bio/Biochem - 8 min/passage (There are 10 passages)
- 15 min/15 discretes (I note the question numbers for the discretes on my paper and then do them all last)
Psych/Soc -8 min/passage (There are 10 passages)
- 15 min/15 discretes (I note the question numbers for the discretes on my paper and then do them all last)
For each section I have a sheet of scratch paper with times that I write during the breaks and then cross out times as I go through them. For example in Chem I will have a list of times like
1:27
1:19
1:11
1:03
0:56
0:47 and so forth so that I don't have to try and keep track of how many minutes I have per passage. I will be working on the first passage of that section and know that I need to be done before my clock hits 1:27. When I am done I put a line through 1:27 (making me feel like I accomplished something
), then I do the same with the next passage and so on. I have written down all the times during practices exams so I have them memorized and do it really quickly.