In the morning I even read of what to eat/not to eat before the exam. They said no simple sugar cuz that will not supply you enough energy to last for hours of the exam. They suggest complex carbs (and so do I) like rice and proteins.
Once I followed the direction written in the email to the exam location, I ended up in Maneeya center (near Chidlom bts) on the 6th floor. Exam room looked pretty much just like a normal computer room with walls separating each examiner apart. Rules are strictly enforced. No personal belonging whatsoever into the exam room. I was forced to put in my bag, wallet, phone into the locker, and yea my fuji green tea that i just bought as well. Going in and out of the exam room needed to be signed in and out before and afterward. Above each and every computer is a cctv camera watched by another guy in the room in front. Mission is simply impossible.
The proctor led me into the exam room and showed me my seat. They provided me with 2 pieces of scratch paper and 2 pencils. Staring at the screen, I was kinda nervous. But i realized I had to start the exam sooner or later before the caffeine from the fuji tea I just drank is all burned up and drowsiness starts to kick in. So the exam started with teaching how to use the mouse, keyboard and stuff which I just kept pressing exit until the writing exam.
Honestly, I never thought I could write a good 600 words in 45 minutes. Well, at least I never did it before. Obviously, i did it. The second writing assignment was relatively easy.
Next section the quantitative part, what I aim is a full score which was 800. Theoretically, I can miss maybe 3-4 questions from 28 and still get the score, depending on luck. (Getting the hard question right gives more score than the easy ones) I was never a perfectionist to begin with, making it even harder. But again, practice makes perfect.
Last section, the verbal part. I can fully feel that the caffeine was half past gone already. Reading comprehension was harder than ever, with the time limit pressing me. I had to guess few of the passage questions just to move on to do it in time.
After finishing the last question, it asked me if I want to report the score. Choices were to cancel everything I've done today, and see the score and report it to the uni. (cancelled score can be resend for $60 o_O) Then the long awaited time .... the result (this is the best damn thing about a computerized test --- result immediately after !)
Verbal 600
Quant 800
Yay! I think this score will be fine hopefully. Current target uni: Cornell U.
