What did u eat during the break?

[deeps005]

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I'm taking my DAT on tuesday and wanted some ideas of what people took to eat during their break. Thanks.

 

[Balki]

CHOCOLAT! 🙂
I would not suggest any liquids.

 

[ShawnOne]

king size Snickers bar!

Agree with balki, NO liquids. The pressure makes you want to pee already, with added liquids you may explode!

 

[rsweeney]

I drank my saliva and kept on-a-moving😛

 

[PERFECT3434]

the best thing or actually this is what you must do.
get up no later than 6 am. get outside and face the sun, the day, or whatever and be awake.
drink 2 glasses of orange (seriously it helps sooo much). make sure you eat full breakfast (force yourself eventhough it'll be too early to eat a whole breakfast at 6 am).
when you get to the test center, i don't think you should have anything but water. all you should do during the break is to use the restroom, stretch, and get ready for another heavy weight round.

you don't have time to eat and besides you won't be hungry anyways if you do what i said.

good luck and let us know how it went.

 

[NewNameForGoogleBot]

I think this thread is hilarious. How to improve your scores by test break eating habits!!

Threads coming soon:

"Should I wear 100% cotton socks for the DAT?"
"People with 20/20 or greater: What hairstyles did you wear to the DAT?"
"HELP! Does farting affect your DAT performance?"

I think that what you eat the day before the test is important, as well as breakfast, but what you eat during the break doesn't matter at all. I do love how anal pre-dents are (me included) but this has gotten out of hand!

 

[ShawnOne]

I actually think its a valid topic. I wish i hadnt drank anything after 3pm the prior day. Right after the test started, so did my bladder. Beleive it or not, i got up and went to the bathroom twice during the test, i just couldnt take it. Both times after finishing a section early, but i could have used the time to go over questions.

Perfect, personally, I will go the other way with the breakfast. I think avoid eating more than you usually eat. I certainly wouldnt want to walk into a championship game with a full stomache. Also, the snickers at halftime helps to give a sugar bump, you'll burn out in the 4th quarter without it. 😉

Oh, and cotton socks rock! The hairstyle isnt important, but if your a guy its appropriate to grow a little beard to give that "I am a hardcore student who doesnt care to shave" effect and stay away from the farting, your test neighbor will appreciate it.

 

[PERFECT3434]

jaap,

trust me i was laughing my a-- off when i was writing the msg.
it is very funny that some of the people ask some very interesting questions.

the beauity of it all is the fact that i think we do need some funny things once in a while.
keeps me laughing some days at least!

 

[PERFECT3434]

i didn't wanna open a new thread so i will ask the question here.

jaap,
should one look presentable, i mean wear something nice like a suit, a shirt and a tie, or should one wear shorts, sandals, and sun glasses for the interview.

ok, ok, i am just kidding.
hope you guys enjoy your long weekend and get ready for some good mail nest week.

 

[NewNameForGoogleBot]

I actually have worn sandals once before with a suit and I thought it worked out OK (not great, but OK).

 

[ItsGavinC]

Sandals with a suit is so....mmmm...I dunno what it is, but it isn't right!

 

[NewNameForGoogleBot]

Agreed, not my greatest moment. But it wasn't abhorrent either

 

[ohcdn]

I had lobster during my break

 

[Comet208]

i had flavored iced tea (my favorite light drink) and chocolate covered peanuts. helped me out a lot.

Comet

 

[DesiDentist]

Bring some raisins and water with you and down them during your break. It gives a great sugar rise, enough to get you through Reading C.T. and 1/2 through math. Add some chocolate chips and then you are golden for math.

Make sure you drink water with your snack.

DesiDentist

 

[PERFECT3434]

actually forget about the water.
bring yourself a bottle of crystal or any other champagne. i heard the more drunk you are the better scores you get.

i can't believe this thread is still around.

 

[croco]

I didnt even take the break. I believe it breaks a rhthym that the student achieved in the first two sections. Just rest your eyes for a couple of minutes and moveon.

 

[ItsGavinC]

croco,

That's a pretty good theory, I think. If I had to do it again I probably would just use the restroom, strech my legs, look at something other than the computer screen for 2-3 minutes and then head back in!

 

[tinker bell]

I had two pockets full of peanut m&m. Peanuts give protein. Chocolate gives energy. The whole thing together gives a sugar rise.

I even had some m&m before my math section. I was pretty burned out by then. But I guess those little candies work wonder.

 

[DesiDentist]

Each person is different. You should take some model DAT tests and see if you need a break or not. 15 minutes of calmness could do wonders for you, plus you need to go to the bathroom don't you?

DesiDentist

 

[PERFECT3434]

Each person is different.

you are so right on that man. i am telling you guys, i think that having a big hangover or just downing a bottle of whisky probably work best for you all. try it!

thank god for threads like these. keeps me coming back to sdn.

 

[DDSdude]

For breakfast I had a can of tuna (straight from the can, albacore tuna) and a glass of orange Juice. This way I had protien to use and was not bogged down or groggy with all those carbs. It gave me fuel to push through. As for the break. I drank some water from the drinking fountain. Very refreshing and I only had two sections to go!!!!!

 

[PERFECT3434]

i am off to my 1st interview tomorrow.

can anyone tell me what i should eat?

just kidding guys!
hope you guys have a nice week!

 

[superman]

it's all about Red Bull. i got 30 mins. of sleep before the DAT, felt like dung in the morning, ate some breakfast, made me more tired, but then i drank some Red Bull and i was doing jumping jacks. during the break i ate half a snickers bar (glad I did), and drank the rest of my Red Bull.

 

[PERFECT3434]

superman,

did the red bull happen to give you wings by any chance?

 

[croco]

Perfect, what are the odds that you will allow this thread to go up in flames?

-- Red Bull is a beast btw🙄

 

[superman]

Originally posted by PERFECT3434
superman,

did the red bull happen to give you wings by any chance?

for sure! those Red Bull commercials are real stories of people getting wings, and i, too, can testify. Go Red Bull! 😉

<red bull should pay me for advertising for them> 😳

 

[PERFECT3434]

just trying to have some fun here croco since i have been sometimes accused of being too anal.