Okay so I'm not gonna sugarcoat this — I bombed the KYOTE College Readiness Assessment twice before I finally passed last month. Both times I walked in thinking I'd be fine because I was decent at math in high school, and both times I got humbled real fast. The algebra section especially destroyed me. I hadn't touched things like rational expressions or function notation in like three years.
What finally turned things around was being really systematic about it. I spent about 6 weeks this time, roughly an hour a day on weekdays. I used a proper KYOTE study guide to figure out which specific standards I was weak on rather than just reviewing everything randomly. I also drilled with a KYOTE practice test every weekend so I could get comfortable with the pacing and question style — timing was something I never thought would be an issue but it really was.
For anyone else grinding through this right now, the biggest exam tip I can give is don't skip the statistics portion thinking it's easy. That section caught me completely off guard on my first attempt. Happy to answer questions if anyone's prepping for it.