on the practice Math subject test, … I simply wasn’t fast enough
Here’s some heterodox advice: Take stimulants. Before I wrote the SAT, I stayed off caffeine for a couple of weeks. Then I drank lots of coffee right before the test, and in the break between sections. Caffeine affects me very strongly, so you can use some other stimulant. It might shorten your life by a week, but it’s probably worth it.
If you’re not used to using stimulants, including ones as common as caffeine, don’t experiment for the first time on test-day. My cousin had to get a dean’s excuse to postpone a test when he (who never/rarely drank coffee) drank way to much while studying and wound up trembling too hard to hold a pen.
Here’s some heterodox advice: Take stimulants. Before I wrote the SAT, I stayed off caffeine for a couple of weeks. Then I drank lots of coffee right before the test, and in the break between sections. Caffeine affects me very strongly, so you can use some other stimulant. It might shorten your life by a week, but it’s probably worth it.
If you’re not used to using stimulants, including ones as common as caffeine, don’t experiment for the first time on test-day. My cousin had to get a dean’s excuse to postpone a test when he (who never/rarely drank coffee) drank way to much while studying and wound up trembling too hard to hold a pen.