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Dahodge
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Posted: 25 Sep 2010 at 15:58 \| IP Logged

Before I took FAR I drank a glass of water
(not much. 8oz) as well as a 5 Hour engery
shot to stay alert. Caffeine speeds up your
urinary system so I of course had to run to
the bathroom by the 3rd hour.

I passed so it's not a big deal. But if I ended
up with a 74 I'd be pissed. If I was given a 5
min break (like the mcat and most long tests) I
would have gotten a passing score. (hypothetical)

Can most of you hold it? Or most take
breaks?

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Posted: 25 Sep 2010 at 18:59 \| IP Logged

I only took bathroom breaks 2x. During BEC I forgot to use the bathroom prior to the test. However, about an hour in I was reminded.

What I don't like about taking a bathroom break is that you only get 7 minutes and if you only take 4 minutes, as in my case, you lose the other 3 minutes.

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Posted: 25 Sep 2010 at 20:12 \| IP Logged

DaHodge:

Interesting topic, but don't worry too much about the break as I always subscribe to the motto that says: when you gotta go..............you gotta go. I think you'll find your level of focus and attention is twofold.......after releasing. Which is what happenned to me after the 2nd testlet.

No energy drink for me.......as the adrenaline was pretty high when I walked into the testing center. My heart was racing enough!!

You have great scores so far........so do what you continue to do. Peee if you must..........whenever you must. But remember when you gotta go..........you gotta go!!!

Good luck!!!

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Posted: 25 Sep 2010 at 20:29 \| IP Logged

OZZMAN wrote:

DaHodge:

Interesting topic, but don't worry too much
about the break as I always subscribe to the
motto that says: when you gotta
go..............you gotta go. I think you'll find
your level of focus and attention is
twofold.......after releasing. Which is what
happenned to me after the 2nd testlet.

No energy drink for me.......as the
adrenaline was pretty high when I walked into
the testing center. My heart was racing
enough!!

You have great scores so far........so do
what you continue to do. Peee if you
must..........whenever you must. But
remember when you gotta go..........you gotta
go!!!

Good luck!!!

Haha very true. I felt much better after. I
spent 15 minutes trying to forget about
having to go. Didn't work.

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Posted: 25 Sep 2010 at 20:31 \| IP Logged

Oops. My response is in the quote. My phone doesn't work well with
this site.

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