Your weirdest fear...

[C-Dog]

My only somewhat irrational fear is that I'll sit down and read the first problem...and have no clue how to do it. Then move on to the second question, and have no clue. And repeating this process until I hit the 40th question.And end up answering "C" for all 40 questions.

That happened to me for the 1st 6 questions, but they were all topics I conciously did not study to concentrate on all the other topics. Kind of nerve racking leaving the first 6 blank. At the 5 minute mark, I went back and randomly filled them in. I passed BTW.

 

[Guest]

My biggest fear was that I would end up having a fudgey 'moment' at some point during the exam.

I took one restroom break in the morning and afternoon to recycle my coffee. Otherwise it was all systems 'CLEAR'.

JR

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Note to self: No spicy food the night before.

I ate at an Indian restaurant at the motel the night before the exam. It never even occurred to me I might be setting myself up for trouble. Fortunately it all sat just fine.

 

[chaosiscash]

I took the exam in Oct 06, and the night before Clemson played VT in Blacksburg. I had Tivo'd the game, and my biggest fear was that I would accidently overhear people talking about it either before the game or during lunch, and I would find out the score before I could go home and watch it. (We got hammered, by the way.) It happened, before they opened the test room doors in the morning I heard two guys out in the lobby mention we got creamed. In retrospect, this may have been all for the best, because I didn't worry about it during the exam time, and just went home, deleted the game from the Tivo, and then went to my Wife's restaurant and got hammered.

As far as the actual exam went, I really didn't have any fears. The exam was in town, I left with more than enough time to get there, and I had read the instructions on calculators, pencils, etc. What I was amazed at was how many people brought the wrong type of calculators or raised their hands when they asked if anyone had a cell phone. I mean, it takes about 2 minutes to read through the test day rules.

 

[maryannette]

For anyone taking exams this weekend, remember these are IRRATIONAL fears. Just remember, it's a test that a lot of people take and they are all in the same boat as you. Good luck.

 

[ODB_PE]

Since we're headed in that direction:

My nervous system typically requires an emergency last-minute trip to the bathroom before any important test- the kind of trip Fudgey usually describes. This problem plagued me throughout college, but at least there I was familiar with my surroundings.

Like VTE and JR, however, surprisingly I had no issues.

 

[NCcarguy]

Mine was that I would oversleep, and not make it on time.....I had THREE alarms set, and as always, I got up right on time, and made it early!

 

[csb]

I also stressed waking up...I set the room alarm, my cell phone alarm, had a wakeup call set and told my husband to call me...just to be woken up at 4AM by the guy next door to me.

 

[Dleg]

I stressed about waking up too. I always do. It doesn't help that I once overslept and missed an important flight, to the training center for my first engineering job. I got on a second flight with no problem, but the trauma has haunted me ever since, and I can hardly sleep now if I need to wake up early for something important. I constantly roll over to check the time and check if the alarm is still set, and if it's still set for "am" rather than "pm" (the original mistake on my missed flight). Oddly enough, though, I slept pretty good the night before the PE. I can't explain why.

I am wonder why we haven't heard from Fudgey yet in this thread. He must have a few "fears" about exam day possibilities, but in his case, I would think most of them are fairly rational fears given his history.

 

[Guest]

My actual worst fear of the whole exam was when I actually received my passing letter. I was so convinced that it was a mistake somehow that I carried it around with me until I received my state registration #

:true:

JR

 

[PErimeter]

For the PE exam, I intend on waking up at 4 am on Thursday, so I'm good and tired to go to bed on Thursday night.

 

[WR/ENV_Instructor]

:true: My watch stopped working (battery) right before the exams were handed out. I had studied for 4 months using a clock to keep me on pace with problems. I almost freaked until I realied there was a wall clock right next to me. If my seat wasn't located where it was in reference to the room and wall clock, I am not sure what I would have done. I promised myself if I didn't pass this first try, I'd bring 3 watches next time just to be sure. I was fortunate to not have to take the exam a second time. Good luck to everyone and bring a second watch if you plan on keeping track of time. :true:

 

[Capt Worley PE]

The place where I took the test was like a Las Vegas casino: no clocks anywhere. I'd have freaked if my watch died on me.

 

[roadwreck]

Dwarves

 

[busbeepbeep]

oversleeping... I didn't sleep very well because I was too worried about not waking up.