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Tips/advice on test day routine and on how to achieve potential [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2022, 17:10
Hi all,

I have my second official GMAT on Saturday and I am worried that test day anxiety is going to prevent me from achieving my desired score. More specifically, I wanted to get some input from experts and other students on the following topics:

Test time is not my best time: My GMAT is at 8am and I am not a morning person but the test center in my city only has morning slots, any tips to make sure I am ready to rock at 8 am?

Getting stuck in the first Quant questions: In my first test I absolutely froze and spent way too much time on the first few quant questions, any tips to avoid this?

Making careless mistakes on Quant: When I am well focused I tend to score way better on practice quizzes, but when I am not focused my performance can really suffer, any tips to maximize focus and make sure I'm in the "Zone"?

Any other morning routine tips for D-Day I should consider?

For context, I scored a 700 (Q43, V41) on my first test about a month ago. I had put in a lot of time of studying on TTP (+200h) but still did terrible on quant probably due to test anxiety as well as for not having done any practice tests or really reviewed stuff that I did early in my prep. After my initial failure I took three weeks off work and have been studying a lot with OG material, have done 4 official practice tests with the following scores:
- 750 (Q50, V41)
- 750 (Q50, V42)
- 760 (Q51, V42)
- 760 (Q49, V45)
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Re: Tips/advice on test day routine and on how to achieve potential [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2022, 17:31
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Hi sebgutur22.

Your practice test performance indicates that you are ready to rock on test day.

One thing you could do to ensure that you do so is to warm up before the test on test day by doing some practice questions. You don't have to do many practice questions, but by doing some you'll get into game more before the test starts rather than during the test.

Meanwhile, for some tips on how to reduce and handle test day anxiety, you could see the following posts.

[How to Eliminate GMAT Test-Day Anxiety](https://blog.targettestprep.com/test-anxiety/)

[Get Excited About Taking the GMAT – You Might Just Earn A Higher Score](https://blog.targettestprep.com/get-exc ... -the-gmat/)

Also, you could just keep reminding yourself how ready you are for the test, since you are rather ready. The more clear that is to you, the less anxious you'll be.
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Re: Tips/advice on test day routine and on how to achieve potential [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2022, 21:34
Test time is not my best time: My GMAT is at 8am and I am not a morning person but the test center in my city only has morning slots, any tips to make sure I am ready to rock at 8 am?

See whether you can change your sleep regime to give yourself extra time to be "fresh" at 8 am.

Making careless mistakes on Quant...

How to get better on the GMAT. Note down your repeated careless errors.
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Re: Tips/advice on test day routine and on how to achieve potential [#permalink] New post   29 Apr 2022, 09:05
sebgutur22 wrote:
Hi all,

I have my second official GMAT on Saturday and I am worried that test day anxiety is going to prevent me from achieving my desired score. More specifically, I wanted to get some input from experts and other students on the following topics:

Test time is not my best time: My GMAT is at 8am and I am not a morning person but the test center in my city only has morning slots, any tips to make sure I am ready to rock at 8 am?

Getting stuck in the first Quant questions: In my first test I absolutely froze and spent way too much time on the first few quant questions, any tips to avoid this?

Making careless mistakes on Quant: When I am well focused I tend to score way better on practice quizzes, but when I am not focused my performance can really suffer, any tips to maximize focus and make sure I'm in the "Zone"?

Any other morning routine tips for D-Day I should consider?

For context, I scored a 700 (Q43, V41) on my first test about a month ago. I had put in a lot of time of studying on TTP (+200h) but still did terrible on quant probably due to test anxiety as well as for not having done any practice tests or really reviewed stuff that I did early in my prep. After my initial failure I took three weeks off work and have been studying a lot with OG material, have done 4 official practice tests with the following scores:
- 750 (Q50, V41)
- 750 (Q50, V42)
- 760 (Q51, V42)
- 760 (Q49, V45)



your practice test scores are just awesome

First thing you should do to reduce anxiety is almost no studying a day before test and a good night sleep. Sleep at around 9-10 pm so that you can wake up by 5 with 8 hrs of sleep. DO some EXERCISE. Simple stretching exercise or a walk in park for 15-20 mins would be good. Then do some meditation for 10-15 mins at test center before start of test in the test room.

Eat yoghurt (250gm) with sugar or some cheese slice sandwitch. This will keep you full and will provide you energy for three hours. Keep a protein bar with you to eat in the 8 min break

Best of luck
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Re: Tips/advice on test day routine and on how to achieve potential [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2022, 09:24
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sebgutur22 wrote:
Hi all,

I have my second official GMAT on Saturday and I am worried that test day anxiety is going to prevent me from achieving my desired score. More specifically, I wanted to get some input from experts and other students on the following topics:

Test time is not my best time: My GMAT is at 8am and I am not a morning person but the test center in my city only has morning slots, any tips to make sure I am ready to rock at 8 am?

Getting stuck in the first Quant questions: In my first test I absolutely froze and spent way too much time on the first few quant questions, any tips to avoid this?

Making careless mistakes on Quant: When I am well focused I tend to score way better on practice quizzes, but when I am not focused my performance can really suffer, any tips to maximize focus and make sure I'm in the "Zone"?

Any other morning routine tips for D-Day I should consider?

For context, I scored a 700 (Q43, V41) on my first test about a month ago. I had put in a lot of time of studying on TTP (+200h) but still did terrible on quant probably due to test anxiety as well as for not having done any practice tests or really reviewed stuff that I did early in my prep. After my initial failure I took three weeks off work and have been studying a lot with OG material, have done 4 official practice tests with the following scores:
- 750 (Q50, V41)
- 750 (Q50, V42)
- 760 (Q51, V42)
- 760 (Q49, V45)


Hi sebgutur22

How did it go? Do share your test day experience!
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Tips/advice on test day routine and on how to achieve potential [#permalink] New post   30 Apr 2022, 10:55
Hi GmatWhiz,

I posted about it here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/scored-720-s ... l#p3008342 and asked for some advice on whether I should retake or not, let me know if you have any input!

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