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Hey!

First off, so sorry about the bad time slot. It's all relative, but I struggle similarly in the morning. You do only have 30min after your scheduled exam time to take it on ProctorU, as far as I'm aware.

I took the GRE a few years ago at an hour I remember deeming ungodly (8am I think? lol), and my score was on par with my practice tests. I know most of this constitutes as pretty basic advice, but this is what helped me!

As far as staying awake/being mentally aware, I think it's crucial to start a schedule that you want to mimic on test day as soon as you can. Keep it as similar as you can to your own routine, just bump it up a few hours. It'll be much easier to wake up early on day 5 instead of day 1! Incentivize yourself somehow to be awake and up at a certain hour - my personal trick is that as immediately as I can, I do something super simple that I have to follow through on, like make a coffee. Incorporating some mentally-stimulating game you normally like to play (Sudoku, crossword, etc.) doesn't hurt either, just to wake up your brain naturally come test day.

The most intimidating part for me was that I had practiced mostly in the afternoon because I just don't do mornings. For that, I think the schedule will definitely help, but honestly it just helped me to remember the test doesn't change because it's early. It might seem so much harder on the first question or two or five - it's not. I bypassed a lot of extra stress because I was A. prepared to be awake and B. constantly reminding myself that I know exactly what I'm doing. You've done this before.

You'll be awesome! Good luck!