Step I taking it at 1:30pm

[xenophila]

I am thinking about changing my exam to a 1:30 pm slot since im a night owl PLUS considering it seems natural to be extremely anxious the night before and getting 3 hours of sleep as many posters have stated in their experiences. did anyone who took at 1:30ish time slot have a negative exp? The only thing I can think of is that you have been awake for a few more hours and you could get worn down by 9:30 but the same could be said about not getting enough sleep and feeling crappy all day?

 

[MC9]

Originally had an 8am time slot. Anxiety combined with unsuccessful attempts to set myself on an early morning wake cycle = didn't get any actual sleep the night before. Anyway, I showed up at prometric, but they were having problems so we were sitting there for 2 or 3 hours waiting before a supervisor came out and told us we would have to reschedule.

The only available next time slot was 2pm-10pm the next week. I was usually waking up at 11am-ish and going to sleep at 3 or 4am during the study period, so it worked for me. On the night before I went to sleep at 2am after watching a movie, slept pretty well until 11am, got ready, had a nice lunch, took the test, wasn't really fatigued too much afterwards.

From a purely performance perspective, the later time slot was certainly better for me because that was on my normal sleep schedule. However, I had quite perfectly scheduled my studying strategy for that first date and having to take it 9 days later led to forgetting little points and probably negated the performance advantage of the later time slot, but that is pretty specific to my situation.

cliff notes: if you are a vampire, sleep in and do the later time slot

 

[Boardz]

I'm in the same situation. Changed my test date to a 130pm slot. Any other experiences certainly appreciated.