To me the most important thing to do in the first 10-15 mins before your exam begins, i.e from the time the proctor leaves you with the instructions to the time you begin AWA is the following:
1) NOte down all tough QUANT formulaes in the sheet. this might take 5 mins or so.. but i noted down nPr and nCr in my last exam.. somehow I confuse them
2) I also note down the AWA essay template.. just the template.. straight out of my head.. so that when I begin the test I copy the first few lines from teh AWA
3) I did not note down enough formulaes last time...but next time I am going to make sure I note down all the geometry and sequence equations.
4) And finally I am sure I will note down the DS type numbers that I am going to test.. such as -1,-2,0.5,1.0,2,3.. etc.. all in one line.. so that when I reach a problem, I make sure I take the subset from it.. if I know its Real or > 0 integers etc.
I began AWA. in the 10 minute break, I had my coffee, and a fruit
After I sat down, I specifically said to the proctor not to type her password in, until I was settled in.. And after tat you have one more minuete..
Between QUANT and Verbal break, I noted down the type of sc errrors I keep on forgetting in the sheet there.. in the one min.. I just wrote down a few of them..