Day 5 - D-Day Exam Prep: Mental State, Time Management, Last-Minute Do's and Don'ts

Exam is in hours. Not time for new material. Time for mindset, pacing, strategy. This day is psychology and meta-cognition.

Before the Exam (4 Hours Prior)

DO:

• Walk 20 minutes, quiet mind
• Light meal, no sugar crash (carb + protein + fat)
• Hydrate aggressively (thirst is cognitive drag)
• Review your Personal Signal Map: open your notes from Week 15 Day 5, scan constraint words ↔ answers
• Skim Week 16 Day 4 scenarios (5-10 min, reinforce pattern recognition)
• Sleep well last night (or fake it: 20-min power nap before exam, not night-of)