Somnief is right in the fact I fully intended this to be a cute thread on what people did on their days before the OATs. But since it was the week before my actual OATs, I didn't mind the advice given to me
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What I did the day before:
Woke up and stared at all the OAT study materials that were lying neatly on my desk and laughed. I literally pointed at it and laughed like a crazy person who has been studying too much, and happily said out loud, "I don't have to study anymore!" Then I quickly realized that I probably have to study 2 times as much in optometry school then quickly shut up, but still was feeling pretty grateful.
I drove to the testing center to scout out how I was going to park, bought a Kashi food bar at the local CVS, and then proceeded to drive to meet my friends to play some Basketball. It was a really nice day so I ended up playing for 4 hours.
I got home really tired and felt like I was going to get sick, so I took a hot shower and went to PHO32 a restaraunt that serves Vietnamese Raw Beef PHO. It was damn good. I still ended up getting sick and then went to sleep early. I woke up with a fever, took a tynenol, and then took my test. I did very well. I just wished I answered all my Reading Comprehension questions. I still scored above a 300 in that section though.
My advice: DON'T PLAY BASKETBALL OUTSIDE FOR 4 HOURS BEFORE YOUR EXAM; unless you live somewhere really warm. If you want to exercise, go running outside for half an hour
. I admit I was pretty high strung that day, and I had a hard time relaxing because of the 10 hours a day studying I was doing for 1.5 weeks. But try not to get sick!