Study during break time during exam? And one more thing.

[golfman]

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I take the test in 3 days, to be honest I'm freaking out. For some reason I feel like I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff, and I knew more last week than I do today. Hopefully I'm wrong and that's just a normal emotion people have.

Second of all, I've heard people mention on here that they have studied during some of their breaks during their actual test. Is this recommended? Are you guys planning on doing this? I know if I go study, and realize I missed a question out of FA (which is bound to happen), that might bother me and get into my head and mess me up for the next block.

Thoughts?

 

[PokerDoc]

I take the test in 3 days, to be honest I'm freaking out. For some reason I feel like I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff, and I knew more last week than I do today. Hopefully I'm wrong and that's just a normal emotion people have.

Second of all, I've heard people mention on here that they have studied during some of their breaks during their actual test. Is this recommended? Are you guys planning on doing this? I know if I go study, and realize I missed a question out of FA (which is bound to happen), that might bother me and get into my head and mess me up for the next block.

Thoughts?

relax man, you're feeling the same way every one else does..

to be honest, I didn't even think you were allowed to study between blocks, and why would you want to do that? it will break up your rhythm. You will probably be nervous as hell when you start the test but after 10 questions or so you'll regain your composure and itll be routine the rest of the way.. if you start second guessing and studying between each block I think youre going to reset those nervous emotions every single time you start each block..

You are well prepared, studying during the actual test sounds borderline psychotic to me. Just bust it the next 2 days and your hard work will pay off, even if it doesnt seem like it.


the best analogy I have is you should have the mentality of a relief pitcher.. a short memory about what happened, and focus only on the here and now when each block begins.. cant change what you already did, can affect what you will do. So if you feel like you just missed something in one block, going to frantically look it up isnt going to help you, its just going to piss you off if you got it wrong.

 

[golfman]

relax man, you're feeling the same way every one else does..

to be honest, I didn't even think you were allowed to study between blocks, and why would you want to do that? it will break up your rhythm. You will probably be nervous as hell when you start the test but after 10 questions or so you'll regain your composure and itll be routine the rest of the way.. if you start second guessing and studying between each block I think youre going to reset those nervous emotions every single time you start each block..

You are well prepared, studying during the actual test sounds borderline psychotic to me. Just bust it the next 2 days and your hard work will pay off, even if it doesnt seem like it.


the best analogy I have is you should have the mentality of a relief pitcher.. a short memory about what happened, and focus only on the here and now when each block begins.. cant change what you already did, can affect what you will do. So if you feel like you just missed something in one block, going to frantically look it up isnt going to help you, its just going to piss you off if you got it wrong.

I agree with not studying during breaks. I've just heard a few people on this forum say they did that during breaks. They'd go out during a break, memorize some kind of chart, and then go back in and write it down on their white board.

I think using my breaks to relax may do me better.

 

[Corker]

I take the test in 3 days, to be honest I'm freaking out. For some reason I feel like I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff, and I knew more last week than I do today. Hopefully I'm wrong and that's just a normal emotion people have.

Second of all, I've heard people mention on here that they have studied during some of their breaks during their actual test. Is this recommended? Are you guys planning on doing this? I know if I go study, and realize I missed a question out of FA (which is bound to happen), that might bother me and get into my head and mess me up for the next block.

Thoughts?

I kept having those "panic" moments before the test, too. I would feel like I didn't know anything... seriously.... like I had forgotten every detail... or else that I could not remember one subject when I started another. Really upsetting.

BUT... hopefully I can reassure you by telling you that you WILL recognize most of what is on the test... especially with the practice scores you have been getting! 😉 They actually test most of the WELL-KNOWN diseases... NOT the puny obscure facts. I mean, there are picky questions that you won't know... but you WILL know most of it, and that keeps your confidence going throughout the test. And even if you don't remember something exactly, you will be able to narrow it down to 2, then take a 50/50 shot. Hope that helps!!!

As far as studying on breaks... I think PokerDoc may be right about it not being allowed. I remember a post on here where someone said they did it, but I think my test center's directions explicitly told us we couldn't. That being said... if you WERE allowed and have enough break time, it might help out with one or two questions. I definitely had a couple of "repeat" subjects/diseases in different blocks, and I may have missed them twice! 😡 But just be sure you find out first, because NO amount of points would be worth a cheating accusation! Also, I don't think you have sufficient break time to look up EVERYTHING you missed or wasn't sure about, so it may just be a huge waste of time that would just stress you out! All in all... my advice is to relax, eat something, and get your mental acuity in order for the next section!

Golfman... you're going to do great. Your practice tests are stellar, and anything over 235 pretty much opens any door. Honestly, if I had been in your shoes 3 days before my test, I would not be stressing out so much now waiting for my score!!! Take care and have confidence in your preparation. There is a formula to this, and you seem to have followed it... so your performance will be outstanding! 🙂

 

[golfman]

I kept having those "panic" moments before the test, too. I would feel like I didn't know anything... seriously.... like I had forgotten every detail... or else that I could not remember one subject when I started another. Really upsetting.

BUT... hopefully I can reassure you by telling you that you WILL recognize most of what is on the test... especially with the practice scores you have been getting! 😉 They actually test most of the WELL-KNOWN diseases... NOT the puny obscure facts. I mean, there are picky questions that you won't know... but you WILL know most of it, and that keeps your confidence going throughout the test. And even if you don't remember something exactly, you will be able to narrow it down to 2, then take a 50/50 shot. Hope that helps!!!

As far as studying on breaks... I think PokerDoc may be right about it not being allowed. I remember a post on here where someone said they did it, but I think my test center's directions explicitly told us we couldn't. That being said... if you WERE allowed and have enough break time, it might help out with one or two questions. I definitely had a couple of "repeat" subjects/diseases in different blocks, and I may have missed them twice! 😡 But just be sure you find out first, because NO amount of points would be worth a cheating accusation! Also, I don't think you have sufficient break time to look up EVERYTHING you missed or wasn't sure about, so it may just be a huge waste of time that would just stress you out! All in all... my advice is to relax, eat something, and get your mental acuity in order for the next section!

Golfman... you're going to do great. Your practice tests are stellar, and anything over 235 pretty much opens any door. Honestly, if I had been in your shoes 3 days before my test, I would not be stressing out so much now waiting for my score!!! Take care and have confidence in your preparation. There is a formula to this, and you seem to have followed it... so your performance will be outstanding! 🙂

👍 Much appreciated.

 

[drizzt3117]

You're allowed to do whatever you want during breaks at prometric centers. I asked our test proctor and he said you can go home if you want during your breaks. I walked down the street and got pizza during mine. You can go outside to your car and study, you just can't bring that stuff into the center. It might not benefit most people but I did get a few qs right bc of it.