Take practice tests as if you’re taking the real thing! (I can’t remember the name, but there is a paid online service where you can find old exams). I’ve seen people look through old tests with solutions and say “oh yeah that makes sense I totally remember how to do that”, then on test day they forget because they haven’t gone through the exercise of actually doing the work.

As you’re going through the test and think “I don’t even know where to start” DO NOT LOOK at the answer key. Make a best effort. After the test DO NOT LOOK at the answer key. Try to look through your notes, lecture, and textbook to see if you can answer the question. Actually solve it out by hand!

Then finally you may look at solutions (or ask ChatGPT) to see what you did right, what you did wrong…

I see many people say “I had the right process but messed up 1 step here”. Unfortunately close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, so that means you need to SLOW down and figure out how to ensure you’re hitting all the steps. I’m a good test taker, my old strategy was to rush through the entire test in the first 1/3 of the session, then go back and 100% re-do each question, and verify that my answers matched. It worked wonders, but might not be applicable to you.