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Hi
I have my GMAT in 60 hours from now. And I have got a cold and a mild fever. I took a very good care of my health all the months I studied for the exam; in all the full length mocks I took, I was in good health. So, I have no idea at all how focused I am going to be in the exam. I am planning on drinking 1 full red bull ( a caffeinated drink) 10 minutes prior to my exam. Water or more red bull and snickers during the breaks. Should I do otherwise? What should I do during the exam so that my health doesnt get worse. I cant take any medicine before my exam, since that will make me sleepy. I cannot afford to lose focus this time.
I have done pretty great in all the mocks I took recently, and I dont want to score 30-50 marks below my ability level.
Any advice will be much appreciated.
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I have my GMAT in 60 hours from now. And I have got a cold and a mild fever. I took a very good care of my health all the months I studied for the exam; in all the full length mocks I took, I was in good health. So, I have no idea at all how focused I am going to be in the exam. I am planning on drinking 1 full red bull ( a caffeinated drink) 10 minutes prior to my exam. Water or more red bull and snickers during the breaks. Should I do otherwise? What should I do during the exam so that my health doesnt get worse. I cant take any medicine before my exam, since that will make me sleepy. I cannot afford to lose focus this time.
I have done pretty great in all the mocks I took recently, and I dont want to score 30-50 marks below my ability level.
Any advice will be much appreciated.
Thanks
19 Jul 2016, 15:10
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Hi dn20,
Depending on how sick you are, you might be fine by the time you get to Test Day (and conversely, there might not be anything that you can do to 'fix' this issue before then), so all of this might be moot. Trying 'new' things on Test Day can be problematic, since you haven't trained to properly handle the effects of what you're doing. Drinking a Red Bull (or other heavily-caffeinated beverage) right before your Exam could cause some unforeseen problems (re: jitteriness, a 'crash' later on in the Exam, etc.), so unless you've been drinking Red Bulls consistently during your studies, doing so in this way (for the first time) is probably not a good idea. Staying properly hydrated up until then (and during the Test itself) could be beneficial though.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Depending on how sick you are, you might be fine by the time you get to Test Day (and conversely, there might not be anything that you can do to 'fix' this issue before then), so all of this might be moot. Trying 'new' things on Test Day can be problematic, since you haven't trained to properly handle the effects of what you're doing. Drinking a Red Bull (or other heavily-caffeinated beverage) right before your Exam could cause some unforeseen problems (re: jitteriness, a 'crash' later on in the Exam, etc.), so unless you've been drinking Red Bulls consistently during your studies, doing so in this way (for the first time) is probably not a good idea. Staying properly hydrated up until then (and during the Test itself) could be beneficial though.
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
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Thank you for your advice, Rich.
Since the last 3 mocks, I have been doing everything exactly as I planned to do in the actual exam. I drank 1 red bull before the mock, and snickers during the breaks.
So, I guess drinking red bulls shouldn't be a problem then.
The only new things that might happen in the exam are my cold and fever.
And as you said that all of this might be moot, I cannot do anything else right now.
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Since the last 3 mocks, I have been doing everything exactly as I planned to do in the actual exam. I drank 1 red bull before the mock, and snickers during the breaks.
So, I guess drinking red bulls shouldn't be a problem then.
The only new things that might happen in the exam are my cold and fever.
And as you said that all of this might be moot, I cannot do anything else right now.
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