Ask your examiners questions and treat them as collaborators rather than judges. The speaker passed their comp exam despite overstudying and realized less preparation would have worked. Aim for a pass, not a high pass, and stay flexible if they ask for revisions.
Be prepared to be a little confused. Ask questions. You can become almost collegial with this. Okay, that's interesting. Have I answered your question? Or, that's a really interesting approach you're looking at it. I haven't thought of it this way. Here's the way I would approach it. So engage them more. It's much easier to get accepted from people who are engaged with you. Now, one thing I found out after the fact in mine, there were 4 classifications of take-in upon completion of my comprehension There was high pass, there was pass, there was low pass, and then there was do it again, you didn't pass. I was given a pass. I couldn't figure out why I would have wanted a high pass because it was no different, but I realized, wow, I think I studied too much because I could have gotten by with a low pass. But one other outcome is at times you'll have people say, okay, but I want you to rewrite this question or redo this. So you want to get by with a pass if possible.
