Tired of reading how nervous and scared you all are. Its time to focus on the positives and NOT the negatives of the test tomorrow.
Ask youself these questions:
Did I study? Yes
Am I confident? Yes
Am I going to do well tomorrow? Yes
Go into the test center with a game mind set winning attitude! Its just a test. So Beat It! Overcome it! and Be Positive.
Confidence and know that no matter what you are going to try your best.
So when the proctor leaves you alone and says ok you can begin and before you click on the button to start the test. TaKE A DEEP BREATH! LAUGH TO YOURSELF and say to yourself I CAN DO THIS!
When you get the first passage for PS, dont be like WTF. DEAL with it and make it work for you. STOP, THINK, and Predict. What is this passage about?, what have I been studying from the AAMC outline that covered this? How are the concepts related? Passages can be informative, experimental, or hypothesis based. The question! what is it asking you to do and what is it saying!
By attacking the first passage with confidence like this , this will set the tone for the rest of the PS section. Be confident.
Utilize your breaks to your advantage. On the way to the test take a brief look over all the physics equations/ Concepts , this is a must. I would make a cheat sheet simplified to remind me of my weak points as well as strong points.
After PS take the break! This will give your brains a little rest so that you can transition into verbal. For verbal bring the new york times newspaper or something and read it. Maybe a paragraph or two and then you can transition into VERBAL.
For the first verbal passage you already know its going to be looooooog so dont freak out!. Read proactively and enthusiastically remember this is verbal reasoning so read like you are trying to dissect the passage and figure out the point! What is the freaking point! the theme? Compare, logic, arguments, examples, and irrelevance.
If you read the passage and the questions look foreign. Remember question types is this a retrieval, is it in the passage, strengthen weak passages, inference passages, roman numeral, etc. WHAT IS THE QUESTION ASKING FOR! WHAT IS THE QUESTION SAYING!
The section is going to be long, boring, filled with tricks and absolutist langange. READ with a vengence this always helps me!
After verbal TAKE THE BREAK! Your mind needs to relax. i know after I sit for awhile my body is like ok time to get up and walk around.
For Bio! Attack it like it stole your dignity!
OK so I hope this helps and puts the damn test into perspective.
You CAN DO THIS
You will DO This
You decide the outcome. You can go into the test center with swag or you can go into the test center nervous and silly-like which will affect your score. i mean you have been studying this long for a test! The attitude should be I going to f this test up. Got me studying all this! this is a standardized test.....Guess what guys in medical school my cuz is a MS2 and she told me the very 1st day they tell you to forget everything that you have learned! and thats the truth.
So Be enthusiastic, Be prepared. Organize your test day strategy, get your butt to the test center on time preferably a hour or at least 30 minutes prior to the test so you can focus. Think of the test like a final exam and go in and do your BEST! "k"
