SNAP 2014: The To Do List on a day before the Examination

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December 19, 2014
How should I spend the day before the exam and what are the last minute tips that could help on D-day are some of the questions which spring up spontaneously
Do not let your nerves wreck at this last minute since it is more important what you deliver on the testing day than what you have learnt during the past many months.

SNAP 2014 is only a day away. The day is usually utilised in organizing various important things and necessary items required at the test centre on the examination day on Dec 21.

How should I spend the day before the exam and what are the last minute tips that could help on D-day are some of the questions which spring up spontaneously. Learn how to best utilise your day before SNAP 2014 and the last minute tips to improve your score from Prof. S.K. Agarwal, expert on MBA entrance examination preparation. 

Keep up the confidence

With all the preparation that you have done, you may not be sure of what would or would not appear in the exam on Dec 21, you might feel a bit perplexed. But do remember this is your confidence which is going to get you through assuming that many candidates have been preparing at the same level as you have been doing. Do not let your nerves wreck at this last minute since it is more important what you deliver on the testing day than what you have learnt during the past many months.

Be focused and clear

If you get confused or make silly mistakes or mark your answers in the wrong column on the OMR sheet, despite knowing the answer, no one else but you are the one who will be blamed. So please be relaxed and focused without any head cramming activities and getting involved in further studies except a bit of quick revision if needed for a short while.

Revision of key points

It is not recommended to go for any fresh preparatory topic on a day before the examination as it creates more confusion than clarity.  However, in case you feel that some formulae, topic already learnt by you need a quick revision, you may go for that.  The strategy to be adopted may be as follows

Do not revise in a single sitting. Divide your revision time in slots of 15 minutes. For example, when you are taking tea and snacks-you may revise a topic/formula. If there is a park or garden nearby, you may visit the place for a while and may do a quick revision over there. If you revise better while walking about, you may pace about the room or go upstairs on the roof and may do it. All these suggestions are based on the fact that the receptivity of the mind begins to fade after some time of reading.  Splitting the time frame of one or two hours into 5-6 slots will enable you to do better on revision front and will keep you fresh.

Make a to-do-list

Another important suggestion is to prepare a comprehensive but short to do list for the day. Your list should contain organising the stationery and papers necessary for the examination, updating yourself about the time and venue of the test, how to mark answers correctly on OMR sheet, estimation of time to be consumed from the place of your stay to the venue of examination, ascertaining the mode of conveyance, the dress you would like to wear on the examination day, the time for your balanced food (you wouldn’t like your stomach growl during the silent examination hall).

Now divide the work and accomplishing all of the above shouldn’t take more than one to two hours except the last point.

Documents Required

Please arrange the following documents as the same will be required at the examination centre

i)Admit Card.

ii)Your latest coloured passport size photograph should be pasted on the Admit Card at the place provided for.

iii) Photo identity as specified

iv) Blue/Black ballpoint pen.

Important Please note that items like cell phones, calculators, watch calculators, alarm clocks, digital watches with built in calculators/memory or any electronic gadgets shall not be allowed in the examination hall. It is better to avoid the same.

Time and Venue

Candidates should remember that their test will start at 2.00 P.M. and they are supposed to report at 1.00 P.M.(13 hrs) at the examination centre. Check the admit card and ensure that you know the venue address else find it out a day before to avoid any last minute panic.

Keep the options open

Do not get biased before the examination. Even the topics that are underprepared may give you pleasant surprise.  So do not think that you would attempt this and leave that. Maximise your attempts with speed and accuracy. It is not advisable to go for guesses since a penalty of one fourth negative marking for every wrong answer will be imposed.

Practice on dummy OMR

SNAP allows you to attempt any question from any part and for any number of times, till 2 hours are over. OMR sheet has closely formed circles and numbers. In our hurry we sometimes forget the mark the right circle against right number of answer option, despite knowing the answer. With a little bit of practice, you can reassure yourself and get rid of this problem.

Hence, buy one or two dummy OMR sheets from nearby stationery shop or you may download and print the same from some site where these are available, but practice at least twice. Candidates coming out of the examination hall are seen pulling a long face due to these silly mistakes.

On the D-day and in the examination hall

Please reach in time, occupy the seat allotted to you by verifying the seat number, pasted on the desk and also indicated in the admit card.

When you get the Test Booklet, please check that all the pages of the booklet are in order. In case of any defect, immediately bring it to the notice of the invigilator.

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