Mock attempts are weather reports, not fortune cookies

A strong mock attempt still leaves blind spots. Treat each report like a weather report: plan a jacket, not a life overhaul. Sort misses into three buckets—wording, service choice, and time management—and cap remediation to one bucket per evening.

If wording dominates, rewrite five past answers by hand without thesaurus help. If service choice dominates, redo two labs from Associate Engineer Foundations — Core Services with the console closed until the last ten minutes. If time dominates, run a micro attempt with half the items and strict skipping rules.

Repeat the cycle weekly rather than daily. Spacing beats intensity for vocabulary-heavy items. The weekend intensive track pairs well here because fatigue exposes which bucket actually widens under pressure.