<p>SAT is Saturday!</p>
<p>How do you think it is best to prepare for the last week? </p>
<p>Practice tests? Word drill? Mediatation?</p>
<p>Sleeping pills, they are very effective.</p>
<p>^Sleeping pills the night before? I hear you don't get REM sleep, but I'm having some on standby.</p>
<p>What kind do you use?</p>
<p>whatever you do, R<em>E</em>L<em>A</em>X the day/night before! see friends(don't drink) rent a movie, have some good food and practice mental drills about success!</p>
<p>GEEZE... i thought the sleeping pill thing was a joke! are you kidding? no pills the night before! way to screw up any energy reserves the next moring!</p>
<p>i think im just gonna go with my daily routine</p>
<p>I stayed out with friends and my then-boyfriend until 10:30ish the night before my SAT. :)</p>
<p>^I didn't know a 10:30ish curfew or anything below 12 was supposed to be bad@$$ :P.</p>
<p>who says it's bad? anything that calms you down and helps you feel involved with things other than SCORES!</p>
<p>Hahahah shhh. I was trying to counteract all the people on this site who are all "GO TO SLEEP AT 8:30 THE NIGHT BEFORE YOUR SAT~"</p>
<p>And, what she said. vvvvv I'm just recommending chilling and having fun instead of stressing out. :)</p>
<p>agree, poseur!</p>
<p>I agree, stressing out is the WORST thing possible. What Poseur did is probably the best thing to do. Sleeping earlier than your usual sleeping schedule is not smart either. I personally experienced this first hand. I was panicked and super stressed about my SAT this June and I ended up sleeping 0 hours before my SAT.</p>
<p>Which brings me to my next point, if you slept for at least 4-6 hours, YOU DONT NEED any caffeine, but if you need caffeine take regular black coffee with no sugar. Avoid energy drinks at all costs. I took two heavily concentrated energy drinks in the morning of my SAT since I had no sleep. NOT the greatest.</p>
<p>Hmmm good advice. And eek, you couldn't sleep? :[ That sucks. </p>
<p>One more thing: Even if you don't usually eat breakfast, try to force SOMETHING down (as long as it won't make you sick.) I don't usually eat breakfast (I know, I know, that's horrible! I just don't have time on school mornings, and on weekends, I sleep in until, like, lunch time) but I had a bagel and some soda (lol) before my SAT, and I'm pretty sure it helped to have something in my stomach.</p>
<p>^LOL dam, Poseur. Good thing having an insulin spike in the morning is good, hahaha. Yeah, I couldn't sleep, mostly because I was taking the test blind and was under the false impression a day before the SAT that it was my last chance to take it. Taking it next week and I will be catching some Zs :) for sure. </p>
<p>My plan of attack is to make myself a banana berry smoothie and then bring along some "high energy" food bars to eat during the break. </p>
<p>I do wish they let us drink water during the test, cause I get dehydrated fast when I take a test hahaha.</p>
<p>the sleeping pill thing was a joke. If you thought I was being serious, you should get out more.</p>
<p>I usually start sleeping earlier starting Thursday, around 8 PM. When I wake up, I take a really cold shower. It really wakes you up. The worst thing you can do is force yourself to sleep the night before, it will only make you stay awake longer.</p>
<p>PS: post #1337 :P</p>
<p>^nah, I'm getting sleeping pills regardless. Some sleep is better than no sleep, even if it's not deep sleep. </p>
<p>I take cold showers to the max too.</p>
<p>what is everyone's study plan for the week? Or is it too late to bother?</p>
<p>It's not too late to bother, but just review stuff I guess..and relax....and....chill.and let your soul marinate in the atmosphere of this earth.</p>
<p>shiomi~ in case you AREN'T kidding about sleeping pills, and if you mean OTCs, watch out for their sneaky stimulant affects. that'll really mess you up.</p>
<p>^Thanks happycollegemom! I will be sure to find something that is safe.
Though, I probably wont use it at all. It's just as a precaution.</p>