Went from 21 CPAT to 18....

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For test 3 I scored an 18, I found it harder in regards to hole punching and even cube counting. The cubes were hard to visualize for me this time around. I hope the real thing isn't like that! I also took a nose dive with angle ranking. The only sections I did really well on was TFE and pattern folding.

On the up side I finished the exam in just over an hour whereas the previous exam took me an hour and 20 minutes.
 
For test 3 I scored an 18, I found it harder in regards to hole punching and even cube counting. The cubes were hard to visualize for me this time around. I hope the real thing isn't like that! I also took a nose dive with angle ranking. The only sections I did really well on was TFE and pattern folding.

On the up side I finished the exam in just over an hour whereas the previous exam took me an hour and 20 minutes.

Keep going with it, you'll improve. Angles, cube counting, TFE, and hole punching are much easier on the real test. You have to pay more attention to proportion and sides in keyholes, and pattern folding has a couple of weird shapes on the real test, but nothing too crazy. I would suggest the 4x4 grid method for hole punching, saved me! Lowest score on CDP for me was a 17, highest was a 22. Ended up with a 23 on the real test, so stay motivated!
 
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