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by beatthegmat » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:17 pm

Anonymous wrote:i have my GMAT in 10 days.

test timing is odd 5:30 pm(only slot available in weeks to go so could not help)

i kind of loose energy at by that time.

kindly advice how to orient myself for next 10 days

One way to orient yourself is to conduct all your remaining study sessions and practice sessions promptly at 5:30 PM.

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by Stacey Koprince » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:53 pm

Hi, sorry not to reply sooner; I've been on vacation since Aug 21. It may be too late now, but also make sure that you eat approx. half an hour before starting - eat enough so that you don't feel hungry but not so much that you feel full. And bring food and drink with you to the test center and continue to eat on the breaks.

You want complex carbohydrates, protein, and fat. If you like it, peanut butter on whole grain toast is perfect. Don't have caffeine - drink something like fresh fruit juice with no artificial sugars in it. (NO high fructose corn syrup.)

Also, on your breaks, do a little stretching and exercise - do some jumping jacks or jog in place, etc.

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by devesh » Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:37 am

why not caffeine??

some people do wonders with red bull(as read in their debriefs)...

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by Stacey Koprince » Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:15 am

(a) caffeine will not last the entire time - the test is too long, so you will crash before it's over
(b) caffeine is a diuretic (that is, it makes you have to go to the bathroom) - and you will have only 2 very short breaks over the course of the 4 hours that you're there.
(c) too much caffeine can actually impair our ability to think logically and coherently over a long period of time

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