Riprop wrote:I was wondering if anyone has experience taking the exam with a cold.

My exam is tomorrow. I didn't feel great at the beginning of the week. The past two days I have felt worse. Part of me wants to push through the exam tomorrow as long as I don't feel any worse. The other part of me things maybe I should reschedule if I still feel sick tomorrow morning.

I think I now my stuff, but I don't really want to score 40-50 points below what I'm capable of because I'm not thinking straight and go through the exam too slowly.

Thank you for any advice in advance.

I just took the exam today with a cold...not a good experience at all. I scored almost 80 points lower than I was consistently achieving on practice tests.

The hardest part was having to re-read the questions because they wouldn't sink in the first time...

Thank you both for your responses.

I tried to interpret my becoming sick as God telling me that I knew what I need to know and that I should relax instead of stressing out the two days before the exam. On Friday, I woke up felt a lot better. I took that as a good sign. Then, I read some news that may be very good for some former co-workers that I had been praying for during the week leading up to the exam. Those events combined to give me some much-needed confidence and a general good feeling. I don't think I would've felt the way I did during the exam without my week turning out the way it did.

Anyways, with the aforementioned confidence and good feeling with me in the testing center, I took my exam and nailed it with a 790 (Q:51, V: 48). I am curious to see my AWA scores. I didn't finish proofreading either of my essays.

Thank you to everyone on this forum. I'd especially like to thank you, Eric, for posting the flashcards (I think the only study material I looked at on exam day, although I may have glanced at OG) and all of the other resources (especially some of the SC notes).

Ninja_Kruger wrote:

Riprop wrote:I was wondering if anyone has experience taking the exam with a cold.

My exam is tomorrow. I didn't feel great at the beginning of the week. The past two days I have felt worse. Part of me wants to push through the exam tomorrow as long as I don't feel any worse. The other part of me things maybe I should reschedule if I still feel sick tomorrow morning.

I think I now my stuff, but I don't really want to score 40-50 points below what I'm capable of because I'm not thinking straight and go through the exam too slowly.

Thank you for any advice in advance.

I just took the exam today with a cold...not a good experience at all. I scored almost 80 points lower than I was consistently achieving on practice tests.

The hardest part was having to re-read the questions because they wouldn't sink in the first time...

Are you going to retake, Ninja?