freaking out about sie

i've been studying for the SIE for a few weeks (practice exams, content, video reviews etc) and following along with Knopman Marks which my firm gave me and I'm not seeing score improvement. I'm constantly scoring in the mid 50%, had a slight turn around when I was in the mid 60% but dropped back down and i'm freaking out. I don't know what I am doing wrong; the content isn't even confusing or difficult for me when I review it, but my score is just not improving. I want to pass on my first try so it's done before my start date but i'm getting really concerned. any advice/help would be appreciated

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Rip practice tests. Use “study mode” to actually learn the concepts first. But keep ripping practice tests.

Know that the custom quizzes on KM are much less representative of how you will score on the actual exam. If you’re scoring ~65% on the custom quizzes for example, that probably translates to a ~75% on the real exam (estimating).

The 2 diagnostic tests and final benchmark exam are close in difficulty to the actual exam and you will score higher on those. What are your scores on those?

 

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