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7 guides beyond the syllabus: strategy, test day, scoring, section guide and planning.
Strategy
The strategy behind the 90th percentile: why calculus speed is worth half the test, which algebra and analysis topics separate 800 from 900, the two-pass pacing plan, elimination by counterexample, and a mock-driven error log that removes careless mistakes.
Test day
Booking a September, October or April window, test-centre versus at-home rules (whiteboard or sheet protector, no calculator), check-in and ID, pacing checkpoints every 25 questions, and staying sharp through almost three hours of one section.
Scoring
Rights-only scoring and why you must answer everything, how equating turns about 66 raw points into 200–990, current percentiles (mean 688, 900 ≈ 90th), what programmes look for, ScoreSelect and 5-year validity, and how Courselo mock scores map to the scale.
Section guide
Fast methods for limits, series, integrals, multivariable and vector calculus and differential equations: standard results to know cold, symmetry and substitution shortcuts, and the trap patterns ETS repeats.
Section guide
The linear algebra facts that answer most questions in seconds (rank–nullity, trace and determinant, special matrices), the group-theory classifications to memorise, and quick number-theory techniques for remainders and divisors.
Section guide
A counterexample library for real analysis and topology, the residue-theorem checklist, counting and probability templates, and how much time to invest in low-frequency topics such as numerical analysis and geometry.
Planning
A week-by-week plan from the diagnostic through calculus review, linear and abstract algebra, analysis and additional topics, timed mixed sets and the full mock, with score checkpoints and a 6-week fast track for recent graduates.