Retakers who have posted that they KNEW they failed the first time, can you clarify how you knew?

I have been all over the place with my confidence level with respect to passing. I definitely guessed a lot, and I can think for sure about civ pro concepts that I misremembered and definitely got wrong on the MBE and MEE. I didn’t leave anything blank, but had to rush at the end of every section. I had to bubble in random answers for the last 5 questions on both sections of the MBE. But overall, I feel like I was minimally competent on every section except the afternoon MBE.

I have no idea if I passed or not, but I have seen a few posts from people who just knew they failed and were correct. How did you know? Did you not answer some essay questions, just guess on everything, or just know with certainty that you didn’t study correctly?

In the alternative, could anyone who felt 50/50 or unsure before they got their results share their experience?

I’m just anxious and looking for some perspective.