xilinx_altera

compare results from those two years, try to find out patterns. AM vs AM and PM vs PM...was AM session bad in both years? Eassy better than Item sets? any particular weak subjects area? once you done that, you should have some idea where you should concentrade your firepower on for next round.
I was band 10 last year and really focused on the essay the second time and did relatively well. I had a post earlier and talked about my approach which is slightly different than most others. I focused on trying to really get to know the basic blocks/tackles of materials....and not so much on practice exams. If you grasped the basic stuffs really well, then your speed will natually be qucker in answering questions and itemsets.
My theory is that CFAI can find many different angles to test you, practicing exam is good for time management but can't cover all the angles and may give you false sense of security.