@Peter The importance of journal entries depends on how you learn and how you solve problems. If you are stumped on a problem, would picturing or writing down the journal entry help you? For me personally, journal entries aren't a helpful tool. I can figure out a journal entry if I have to, but I don't solve it by picturing the journal entry – just doesn't “click” for me that way. So, I didn't intentionally memorize or practice any journal entries, and I really don't feel like it hurt me on my exam. However, for many here, their best way to approach a problem is to picture or write down the journal entry, and once they do that, the rest of it makes sense. So for those people, practicing the journal entries on test-day would be awesome!
My own test-day routine is to go over some MCQs and listen to NINJA Audio on my way to the test (or listen to the radio, depending on how I'm feeling that day…I have a long drive, so I can either cram or relax quite effectively!). The goal of the MCQs on test-day is just to build my confidence without exhausting my mind…so I might do 2 sets of 10, either random ones, or questions that I had gotten wrong in the past. Then, seeing that I truly do know something, I head out the door. But…I've also never had an exam that late in the day, so with more hours ahead of you, you'll want to do things differently than me! Just don't cram to the point of exhausting your mind. You need 100% mental power on the exam, so reducing your mental power to 50% isn't worth learning an extra nugget or two of information!
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