well, in high school, i played pump up songs
this year, ill continue the tradition
loool, i like to think of it as a battle, so it helps

Originally Posted by goodnews.inc

I get there insanely early.
I'm that person who's likely sleeping on the floor before the exam because I've been sitting there for the past 3 hours. I commuted last year, so this was totally justified.

I usually drink a Minute Maid Cranberry Cocktail to wake me up and a coffee to cut the taste.
I've been drinking coffee since I was 6, so it has a calming effect.

1 hour before the exam, I usually take 2 Advils or now, two Tylenols - they help with the sinus headaches that I get from bending my neck for a really long time.


I also have 2 sets of things which people find amusing, until you forget your set of stationary and I have extras on hand.

Oh Bushra the drug addict.

Personally, I listen to "I'm on a boat" - The Lonely Island and walk like a boss

My habits change depending on what time my exam is at so I'll just mention the morning ones.

Night before: 1 or 2 hours before I sleep I'll stop studying. Play games, watch TV or just do anything else at that point. Right before I sleep I'll set like a billion alarms all 1 minute apart for fear that I may not wake up...(usually up before them all anyways -.- but just incase my body fails me at that time). I'll also check my exam room/location/date and all that stuff. And I'll also pack my pencil case About 10-15mins after I sleep I'll wake up to check if I really did set my alarms....

When I wake up, I'll get ready, eat breakfast all while constantly checking the time. I'll recheck my exam time/room/all that stuff just incase. I never take a backpack with me to any exam/midterm or stuff so I'll just stuff my pencil case in my jacket pocket or someing like that. I dont take notes with me to the exam place...nor do I check things in the morning. I figure if I don't remember something it probably wasn't that important.

yeah thats pretty much it I think. Varies depending on the time/day my exam is at/on

Not necessarily pre-exam as in not in the exam room but once I get into the room and sit down:

- Crack my neck, jaw, fingers
- Take an extremely deep breath
- Sit with my eyes closed until we are told to start

Originally Posted by AlexBatt

well, in high school, i played pump up songs
this year, ill continue the tradition
loool, i like to think of it as a battle, so it helps

Lol I treat it like im going to battle too.

I always walk to school, rain or shine and have Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liquor playing along the way. I get to school an hour early and find an empty tutorial room and go through my notes one last time. As i walk to the exam and up until i sit down i have my headphones in listening to music that gets me pumped. I get to the exam at the time it start so i dont have to wait in line and listen to others freak out, and it gets really hot down in ivor wynn. I always take 2 pens, 4 mechanical pencils, 1 case of lead and an eraser, excessive i know but hey better safe than sorry.

I usually suck off the prof before an exam.

Luck must be on my side because I've been getting 12s in every class.

lol!

no shaving or showering until exams are done, not a ritual really at all. I'm just extremely lazy and use the little social interaction that exams offer as a good opportunity to do absolutely nothing for a few weeks.

Tap my pencils to a beat right before my exam to get me pumped : /

First, I take a shower while rapping 99 problems by Jay-Z as loud as possible, contemplating that perhaps this exam is one of the 99 problems.
Second, I sit at my laptop and watch Mike Tyson quotes on Youtube for about 7 minutes.
Third, I go to the mini-mac in Keyes and buy an egg mac and an XL coffee.
Then, I go back to sleep until 20 minutes before the exam.
I wake up, eat the stuff, go to the exam.
Lastly, I memorize inconsequential material not related to anything on the exam, and recite those facts in front of people who clearly have pulled all nighters and freak them out. I enjoy as they cry during the exam.

just before i leave home for my exam, i put baby powder on my hands and toss it up in the air

eat a whole box of smarties right before the exam, even its a 9am exam, and listen to lose yourself by eminem

Chocolate.
Lots and lots of chocolate.

I usually try to do some sort of animal ritual killing as a sacrifice to the gods in hope of them providing good luck.

I try to tell myself, If i fail it's not end of the world!

I watch movies like this. And I try to avoid talking to people before exams, or being near them because their anxiety gets to me more than the exam....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKamV...eature=related