A scratch pad strategy for individual questions and efficient timings

I like the verbal timings but I tend to draw out Dashes, so my scratchpad looks like this:

___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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Repeat for each page.

This obviously takes a bit of time upfront, but the dashes are what i'm acquainted with and this method shaves a significant amount of time when i'm answer as I just have to strike out.

Note: I've timed myself and it takes me 1-2 mins to setup the scratchpad like this, so I would setup the scratchpad for verbal this way ONLY if you do verbal first. That way you can spend time setting up your scratchpad.


I've tried setting up my pad for quant in the way you show, but I end up writing out of the boxes. Nontheless its better than no structure whatsoever.