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THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EXAM
• Try to relax for at least 90 minutes before you go to sleep. Listen to calming music or chat about non-exam related stuff with your friends or family.
• have a relaxing warm bath or shower.
• If your mind feels overloaded and you struggle to fall asleep try to slowly
relax each limb of your body. Concentrate on taking deep, slow breaths.
• If your mind keeps wandering back to the material that you have just studied,
write out keywords on a note pad and then try going to sleep.
THE MORNING OF YOUR EXAM
• eat a healthy breakfast (preferably eggs or other types of brain/energy foods).
• Remember your student card, as well as stationery such as pens, highlighters and Tipp-ex. If there is no clock in the exam hall remember to take a watch so that you can keep track of time. Do not take along alarm clocks that make an audible ticking noise as this may disturb other examinees.
• Leave for the exam hall in good time. ensure that you arrive at least half an hour before you start writing so that you can find your seat and mentally prepare yourself for the next few hours.
• Try not engaging with other students, especially if they look panicky and stressed. They may increase your own stress levels.
• Don’t skim over your exam notes before you enter the hall as this may cause you to forget important information during your frantic last-minute studying.