Thanks to everyone here who kept me sane through this. Over a year of prep, one official attempt behind me, and finally a 745 (V85, Q88, DI88) — 100th percentile. Here is what I actually learned. Ask me anything at the end. Engineering background, started at 655. Ten months of scattered self-prep where I improved one week and went backwards the next. The problem wasn't that I didn't know enough. The problem was I spent too long thinking it was a knowledge problem when it wasn't. The honest truth about scoring above 700 At 655 you probably have some real skill gaps. Fill those. Topic-wise targeted practice, find the question types where you are consistently bleeding marks and drill them specifically. That gets you to around 700. Above 700 it is almost entirely behavioural. Improving focus, reducing time anxiety, learning to let go of questions — these are the actual levers. You cannot study your way past this range the same way you studied into it. I wasted months trying to.…