Quick answer
Print the admit card, carry photo ID, test the route, eat light and sleep. Follow the instructions on your admit card over any list online, including this one.
The night before
- Admit card printed, slot and reporting time circled
- Photo ID ready, as the instructions require
- Bag packed with only allowed items
- Route and travel time checked
- Two alarms set
- Light formula sheet, then put it away
- Early dinner. Sleep
The morning
- Light breakfast, nothing new
- Water
- Leave with buffer for traffic
- Check ID and admit card before you step out
- No new revision on the way
At the centre
- Arrive by the reporting time
- Follow the staff’s instructions
- Settle, breathe, read the on-screen instructions
- Plan the first minutes of each section
During the exam
- Treat each section as a fresh 40 minutes
- Choose before solving
- Skip and return
- After a bad section, reset
After
- Note how each section felt
- Rest
- Read what to do while you wait
Where this doesn’t apply
Where this doesn't apply
We have not listed permitted and prohibited items because those come from the testing agency and may change. Your admit card is the final word. Slot timings in our news posts are from one portal.
Rehearse it
Take a timed section in a free demo class and run the whole routine once.
This is a common-sense checklist, not an official one. Slot and admit card timing as reported by third-party portals. We could not read the official admit card instructions.