Just got my score back. So close it hurts.
I felt okay going in but clearly there were gaps. Looking back at my prep, I spent a lot of time on "mls standings" but I think I underestimated how deep they go on bright mls.
The weird thing is I scored fine on the concept questions but tanked on the application ones. Like I understood the theory but when it came to scenario-based questions I kept second-guessing myself.
For anyone who's failed and then passed — what changed? Did you switch study materials? More practice tests? Different time of day?
Also curious whether the MLS score report tells you which sections you were weak in. Mine just shows an overall score and I have no idea where exactly I lost points.
Quick update for this thread: just cleared 91% on my most recent mls-master-of-library-and-information-science practice set. The mls practice test pdf has been my main resource and the difficulty feels right — not easy enough to give false confidence, not so hard it's discouraging. Sitting for the real thing in 3 weeks.
For anyone finding this thread later: the mls-master-of-library-and-information-science is passable with consistent effort, even working full time. I studied 43 minutes a day for 12 weeks. The mls practice test pdf kept me honest about where my gaps were instead of just drilling things I already knew.
The advice about understanding why wrong answers are wrong — not just memorizing right ones — is genuinely the best mls-master-of-library-and-information-science advice in this thread. Rebuilt my prep around that and it made a real difference.
The advice about understanding why wrong answers are wrong — not just memorizing right ones — is genuinely the best mls-master-of-library-and-information-science advice in this thread. Rebuilt my prep around that and it made a real difference.
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