What do you do the day before an exam?

[Crepepe]

With the English exam tomorrow, I'm curious about what you guys do the day before an exam?
I'm just trying not to stress too much - sitting back and relaxing, I guess. I'm sick and my teacher would like an essay but I really don't want to overwork myself so close to the exam.

[HighTide]

With the English exam tomorrow, I'm curious about what you guys do the day before an exam?
I'm just trying not to stress too much - sitting back and relaxing, I guess. I'm sick and my teacher would like an essay but I really don't want to overwork myself so close to the exam.

Stand up. Stretch. Take a walk. Go to the airport. Get on a plane. Never return.  100% Guaranteed less stress

[HasibA]

calm down, realize that the exam will be similar to practice exams, and that mental health is more important than ink on paper.
focus on happy and positive thoughts , almost to act as a placebo, for optimal performance tomorrow ahah
read over notes lightly, and rest your hands so they're not tired for tomorrow.
perhaps pray if ya supah stressed?
can also read over notes for exams that follow in the days after

[Alter]

I'm surprised that your teacher wants you to be writing them practice exams at this point; that is really unusual and barely helpful at all, so don't feel obliged to force yourself to do it. I agree with the ideas mentioned above - take it easy and just do light stuff then get an early night.

[Elizawei]

lol, HT back at it again with the random suggestions

Yeah just RELAX! I don't usually do much the day before an exam, but to build up confidence! You've worked hard all year, and it's more beneficial to get a good rest before the big day than to bang out another essay that probably won't improve your performance tomorrow! Im being a massive hyprocrite here and wrote an essay but now my wrist is sore lol
We've all worked hard this year, so back yourself and believe in your capabilities! 
I want you to walk into that exam room feeling super confident, and feel 100%. You can only get 100% if you feel 100%
Nah in all seriousness just relax! We're all gonna go ace the exam and do AN proud :')

And yeah, get a good night's sleep, it really does do wonders
Best of luck to you tomorrow!!!!!

[Sine]

I think the most one of the most important things is being well rested you will know how badly it affects your performance if you attempt a trial exam when your sleepy/exhausted(personal experience attempted a spec exam 2 and stopped after 10 MC). Its probably the difference between a few study scores, especially at the top end imo.

[heids]

My somewhat psychopathic methods:

- Sit and focus on the stress/worry that everyone else is feeling - you're not alone, you're not in a worse place than 90% of people, they're just as scared of falling apart as you are, and your worries are as unrealistic as theirs.

- Read 'low-scoring responses' from others; focus on how others are doing wayyyyyy worse than you and are going to write 1/10 essays and you are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy above them

Otherwise:

- Walk, exercise

- Plan out what you're going to do when the exam is over

- Do something you generally enjoy doing a lot, e.g. something creative or baking

- Revise lightly, e.g. rather than writing full essays, write out essay plans or mentally plan for a bunch of topics

- Cram on super important things that you're missing; this can help boost confidence

- MORE EXERCISE [seriously]

- If it's a content-based subject, cramming helps my confidence a lot and generally adds about 10% to my score:P (but don't do this at expense of rest!)

- Rant at someone who's not doing the exam and knows you're gonna be okay (e.g. come on AN's hyper cool random chat channel and freak out!!)

- Get a mindfulness app and go through a few of the exercises

- Repeat, mantra-style, that you're going to smash it - spread out and take up more room, confident poses, swagger round the room while revising quotes

- Try reassuring someone else - it often has a flow-on effect for  yourself!

[kawther]

Thank you for the amazing tips!!

 Will these tips also apply for the day before two exams?

[wyzard]

Thank you for the amazing tips!!

 Will these tips also apply for the day before two exams?

These tips usually applies to stressful exam period like this

It's usually a good idea to relax and rest up the day before exam. During exams, the worst thing that can happen is freaking out and stop thinking straight. You want your mind is to be as clear and calm as possible during these period of time.

Cramming last minute will only get your anxiety levels up. Take the bit of time remaining and run through all the contents you've learned so far and make sure they're all in your fingertips. At this stage, there isn't much time to learn new things and get confused.

For me, usually the day before exam I'll just study like I usually do, of course for exams I'll crank it up a little more, but other than that there isn't much disruption to my lifestyle. More importantly get a lot of sleep, go for a walk, calm yourself down and enjoy yourself