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Sleep, nutrition, pacing, and break management
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Take your final full-length no later than 4-5 days out; taper to light review after. Shift sleep so test-day wake-up time feels normal, and rehearse the actual morning once: same breakfast, same drive time, same start hour.
Valid ID matching your registration exactly, plus snacks and water for breaks (stored in a locker โ no notes). Check-in includes palm scans each re-entry; budget break time for it. Earplugs and noise-canceling headphones are provided at most centers.
Use every optional break: eat something small, leave the room, reset. One bad passage is 1-2% of the exam โ practice a physical reset ritual (breath, posture, next passage) so a rough stretch never cascades. You can void the exam at the end; barring disaster, don't โ practice-quality information beats fear.
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