Study Strategy
I used Certify Teacher to study for this test along with googling content that I didn't understand from the questions. The practice question bank for Certify Teacher is rather small and when you get to the point to take the practice exam the questions were all the same. The answer explanations were good and I feel these were the only useful things from it. I feel the practice questions were much much much easier than the ones on my actual test. I went to UT Austin and had a degree in microbiology and I definitely left that test feeling as if I failed and had started making the arrangements to take the Life Science test because I heard it was easier. I felt as if the chemistry problems were so specific and were very difficult and for the physics you need to know energy, force, velocity, acceleration, and the PV=nRT equations. I had just graduated and didn't study too hard (about 20 hours) because of the difficulty of the questions from Certify Teacher. Also, the astrology questions were so random and very difficult.
Testing Strategy
The test was MUCH harder than I had expected. Don't take studying for it lightly. I passed with a 240 and was very shocked to see that. My test had 140 questions and after about question 90 I wanted to just get up and walk out because I was so frustrated with how difficult the questions were compared to the practice stuff I had done.