<p>I just finished a practice test and got a 680 </p>
<p>If I didn’t make careless mistakes (misreading questions, misreading diagrams etc) I would have gotten a 790.</p>
<p>I know I have the ability to get a high 700s because I have done so in previous practice tests.</p>
<p>How do I stop this from happenening on test day?</p>
<p>Be more organized with your work, read the question/diagram multiple times before solving the problem.</p>
<p>What do you mean by more organized?</p>
<p>Also, do you advice checking questions after solving them or checking after doing all the questions?</p>
<p>I had a similar problem, consistently getting 1 or 2 wrong due to me reading parallel for perpendicular or finding x instead of y.</p>
<p>What worked for me (at least judging from my last practice test) is Underlining.</p>
<p>Underline the important points, and circle what the question asks you to find.</p>
<p>Also try to focus on the question and try not to rush.</p>
<p>I will try underlining and circling</p>
<p>Organized as in, legible, steps in order, easy to follow, etc. I missed an AIME problem once due to misreading my handwriting (3 instead of 2).</p>
<p>I might find it easier solving all the problems, then using remaining time to check. If you do the other option, you might run out of time on later problems.</p>