So I finally passed last month and I wanted to share because I was really struggling to find good info when I was studying. First attempt I scored a 68, which wasn't terrible but not enough. I'd basically just read through the official materials and thought that would be enough. It wasn't.
What changed for me the second time was actually doing a proper NAT practice test every few days and tracking which areas I kept getting wrong. For me it was the quantitative reasoning section — I kept rushing through it and making careless mistakes. I gave myself a strict 8-week study guide plan this time, about 90 minutes a day, and honestly the consistency mattered way more than cramming.
A few exam tips that helped: don't skip the language proficiency questions even if English isn't your first language, they're more straightforward than they look. Also, the science reasoning section rewards process-of-elimination more than memorization. Anyone else prepping right now? Happy to answer questions about the format or timing.