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So I just took AAMC 10 and I tried something different. I usually only get a max of about 6 hours before my practice tests, oftentimes less, and I've been doing very well. This time I tried getting a full nights rest of about 8 hours and I both under-performed as compared to my previous scores and general didnt feel as sharp as I usually do while testing. Anyone else like this where they are most prime for an FL on about 5-6 hours of sleep?
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Lol. I'm joking. You will obviously get a 35+ looking at your tbr scores so do whatever works for you. But it can't be good for you in the long term. Limit the caffeine.
 
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TBRBiosadist said:
So I just took AAMC 10 and I tried something different. I usually only get a max of about 6 hours before my practice tests, oftentimes less, and I've been doing very well. This time I tried getting a full nights rest of about 8 hours and I both under-performed as compared to my previous scores and general didnt feel as sharp as I usually do while testing. Anyone else like this where they are most prime for an FL on about 5-6 hours of sleep?
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My body is attune to sleeping only 5 hours during the school year. During summers, I make sure to get 7 hours and 30 minute naps sometimes during study breaks.
 
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I've found a phenomenon like this, except i think it just comes down to when you are operating at peak performance. When i get tons of sleep, i may feel groggy in the day, but wide awake at night. If i get less sleep (assuming its not too little to make me tired) ill have higher performance in the morning/early afternoon, then feel tired in the evening
 
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Maybe you woke up in the middle of your sleep cycle or something. For me personally, if I get 7 or 8 hours I am screwed. If I get 7.5 hours I am golden.
 
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I generally need eight-nine hours to feel fully refreshed. If I get any less than that, I'll under-perform and feel like a zombie. But if I get -more- than my optimal amount of sleep (like, say, 10 hours), I'll also feel like a zombie. It might be the same for you. Your body might just be so used to six hours, that eight hours was a bit too much to handle at once! That, or it was all just a fluke on Verbal.

Just my two cents!

I'd try not to get less than six hours of sleep, though...
 
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Oddly yes, I feel like I perform at my prime with 4-5 hours. I usually wake up completely energized. If I sleep any longer than 7, I feel exhausted earlier in the day. Not sure what to make of it lol
 
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I need at least 4-5 hours of sleep before finals in college to be effective. So I agree with Chahar. However, I do like to sleep up to 7 hours rarely past that unless it's jet lag.
 
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I perform the best in the middle of the night lol so I'm sorta in the same boat. As long as I'm not falling over asleep sleep deprived, I tend to do my best. I cannot study during the day.
 
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ciestar said:
I perform the best in the middle of the night lol so I'm sorta in the same boat. As long as I'm not falling over asleep sleep deprived, I tend to do my best. I cannot study during the day.
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I admittedly do 7 verbal passage practice tests at 1am
 
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I find I perform best on 6 hours of sleep. With much more than that, I feel groggy. With less than that, I feel like a zombie.

Great profile picture by the way! 🙂
 
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The night before my MCAT I could not go to sleep for the life of me. I got out of bed at 12:30 am and read harry potter for an hour to finally fall asleep around 1:30, and 'woke up' around 6:30 after an awful night of sleep. I don't want to jinx myself, but I think I may have performed at my peak during the actual test. I didn't feel slowed down, or like I was rushing due to caffeine or anything.

Not sure if this was because I made sure to get good sleep the 3-4 nights before the exam so the one night sleep deficit didn't matter, but getting less sleep may have been part of my (hopefully) peak performance. I guess I can tell you in 3 weeks when I get my score back
 
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HinduHammer said:
The night before my MCAT I could not go to sleep for the life of me. I got out of bed at 12:30 am and read harry potter for an hour to finally fall asleep around 1:30, and 'woke up' around 6:30 after an awful night of sleep. I don't want to jinx myself, but I think I may have performed at my peak during the actual test. I didn't feel slowed down, or like I was rushing due to caffeine or anything.

Not sure if this was because I made sure to get good sleep the 3-4 nights before the exam so the one night sleep deficit didn't matter, but getting less sleep may have been part of my (hopefully) peak performance. I guess I can tell you in 3 weeks when I get my score back
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Friend had 2-3 hours of sleep before they wrote the MCAT. Did better than usual in PS/BS but a few points lower in VR.
 
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I think it has a lot to do with sleep cycle, 6,8 (and even 4) hours I do just fine. If it's 5 or 7 then I'm in trouble. If I happen to be more physically active during a time period (like spring and summer), I definitely need the 8 and arrange my life to get that if at all possible.
 
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TBRBiosadist said:
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