Thread by @docbhooshan

#NEETUG22
#India

Tomorrow afternoon close to 2M students will write national medical entrance exam.

Here are two tips that can help them give their best in those 3 hours.

Please pass this on to anyone near you appearing for NEET tomorrow.

Pl read on -

1. 30 min crisis time

You will be seated at your desk at least 30 min before start of exam. These are most difficult 30 min. Most students experience flood of anxiety in this period and that affects their exam.

There is a very effective strategy to deal with this - have a plan ready to occupy these 30 min. You have multiple options. Here are a few -
a. Play a song / music / playlist in your head as vividly as possible

b. try to re tell your funniest jokes or practice (in your head) punch lines of those jokes in your head.
c. try to solve number puzzles in your head or do insanely long long divisions. My personal favourite is reciting prime numbers and calculating "pi"

d. If you are not comfortable with above and want to study at last minute also - try to revise mnemonics or memory aids that you have taught yourself over last 2 years.

These will keep your brain occupied and prevent space for anxiety. Try this with eyes closed for more effect.

2. Self talk -
To be effective self talk must be truthful, convincing, really brief and repeated hundreds of times.

Here is a bit of absolute truth to use for your self talk. -

The moment of start of that NEET exam is the point of your personal BEST preparation. People perform their best in the thick of competition. That's why more records are broken in actual olympics / championships than in practice. Your brain is super ready for the task. Let it work

So putting all these facts together, your self talk is - "these are best 3 hours of my preparation. I am ready for my best show. "

And say this to yourself over and over again in next 24 hours. Do it loudly. Do it in front of the mirror. Tell it to your family with a smile.

These 2 simple tricks -
1. Occupying your brain constructively during waiting time

And

2. Specific, truthful, repetitive self talk.

These will help you give your best shot tomorrow.

Good luck to all of you. Become doctors and be happy. #JaiHind