Pte academic journey
First test 87/90 I did with little to no preparation, only saw some videos to know what the questions look like
Second test 83/90 I watched more videos for reading and writing. Memorized a template for writing but it was worst than first test. I think on this one my short format text was bad as well
Third one 90/90 i bought the questions bank from pte + 2 mock tests. Spent 2 weeks studying everyday Wrote 30+ essays for pratice, got chat gpt to code me a writing mock site with a bunch of prompts and text box with timer and word count, took 01 preply class with an instructor just to check what I could improve on my writing and focused on doing reading section on time.
More than $1000 spent on this but bow it's done. If I studied hard from the beginning wouldn't spend so much.