Wish me luck, please!

[Dilligas]

I am going to sit for the Ohio state boards June 20th. I am so nervous already! But I think that I am ready. The only things that worry's me is I am 6 weeks pregnant. I am hoping the the preggers hormones won't mess with my test taking. But I just keep telling myself that if I don't pass it this time I can always take it again in Dec. :wink:

Ok, thanks for reading! I feel a bit better now.
Hollie

 

[Hypnotic]

you'll do great!

t023

 

[Animal Lover For Life!]

You'll do fine Holley. You know you are ready and that is a good step toward a successful test.

Congrats on the baby! Once you get past the morning sickness part, that's when the preggo brain fog starts (I am 25 weeks), so at least you are taking it before then! :wink:

 

[Tiara A]

Make sure you get plenty of rest the night before. I'm sure you'll do fine- just remember to breathe. Good luck! :

 

[Trendy]

ALWAYS REMEMBER, DON'T EVER FORGET - MY MIND IS A PERFECT COMPUTER. IT RETAINS AND REMEMBERS EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW TO PASS THIS STINKING TEST!!!

That's the phrase one of my massage instructors instilled in my class before we took our Ohio Boards forever ago. [Dec.7, 1995] It didn't fail me either --- having suffered burnout at the end of my school year - Ohio Med. Bd. pushed up our graduation date for some lame reason that year - I only studied for the Boards for 14 days before I took the stinking test. Passed it quite well by mentally telling myself that I could remember what I needed to using that goofy phrase..... whether it was the goofiness of the phrase or a true aid to remembering, I can't say. All I know is it worked!

Take some kind of nutrition with you to snack on between exam parts. It will help keep your blood sugar stabilized and give you something to do while you wait for the stragglers to finish their exams so you can go on to the next part. Also, wear extremely comfortable clothes, shoes, et. The testing center at the fairgrounds is damp, darkish, and the chairs are abominable. Be sure you have plenty of sharpened pencils and that you don't drop anything on the floor while testing. Someone did when we were testing and he was accused of trying to cheat on the exams! As if that would have been possible sitting on opposite ends of 12' long tables with the rows about 6' apart............

BEST WISHES FOR YOUR SUCCESS!!

 

[Russell]

Thank you everyone for the encouragement. I skipped school today so I could stay home and study (not massage school, lol I am done with that. I skipped some classes that I am taking over the summer).

Masthera-congrats on your baby as well! I have been very lucky in avoiding morning sickness with both my son and now this pregnancy, but I am having some horrible food aversions. Everything sounds icky! lol

AnastasiaB-thank you for that phrase and I will keep everything from falling! That's so funny that you would mention that because I was wondering to myself something along those lines. I heard that they are rather witchy down there! lol

Thanks again folks!
Hollie

 

[magul]

Masthera-congrats on your baby as well! I have been very lucky in avoiding morning sickness with both my son and now this pregnancy, but I am having some horrible food aversions. Everything sounds icky! lol

Thank you!
Lucky you! I only had MS for 16 weeks, so it could have been worse. Feeling pretty good now and my food adversions are pretty well gone too. Just don't like the smell of coffee!

Don't want to hijack your thread!

Keep me posted on how you are!

 

[cam can help]

Fingers,

There's a reasonably cheap hotel just about 2 blocks from the fairgrounds. Many of the students taking the exam stay there the night before. It's a hoot!!! Everyone was walking around with their A&P books, massage books, etc fretting themselves sick the night before. Me, I took my husband with me, more or less to have him force me to put down my books and sleep. It was a long day the day of testing but, it was a good one.

Take a deep breath before you start. When I took my boards, they were still asking you to choose from multiple choice the EXACT definition of massage therapy under the OSRC..... hopefully they have grown past that seforum.xxxe, but, if not, be sure you know that just in case.

Whenever you get stuck, take another deep breath. To relieve stress and not appear really obvious, hold one thumb or the other with the fingers and thumb of the opposite hand. It will help trigger a relaxation sensation deep in your brain.... at least it does for me and did then too.

You will do just swell. Remember nutrition, water, deep breaths and DON'T drop anything. THey are beyond witchy and will be ruthless to anyone they suspect of anything the least bit not up to snuff.

Good luck!

 

[Magic But Mediocre]

I also took the the Ohio boards on the 20th. I was in seat 29...almost right under the birds in the rafters. I kept thinking that if I looked at them, they would poo in my eye. (or on my test!)

What did you think of the power oueforum.xxxe? I was happy that the air conditioner was off for a little while. My feet felt like ice blocks when we left!

Congrats on taking the test!!

Mimi

 

[DeeGirl95 literate]

Being a fellow Ohioan - I will be taking my boards in December :shock: - Congratulations to you both for completing the test - I'm sure you both did well...Let us know when the results come in...and let me know how long it took for you to get your results. :wink: I hear it can take awhile...I'll be interested to see how long it actually takes. I hear it is posted on the Medical Board website before you actually received a phone call from them. :roll:

Wishing you much positive results over here... 8)

 

[rockylad_75]

: Back in the day - millions of years ago when the earth's crust was still cooling - I took my Ohio boards on Dec. 7th and got news of my pass result January 26th. The tests were hand scored by some company out of state at the time - don't know if that is still the case.

We started calling the Med Bd Office in mid-January. When results finally came in, all you were asked was your name, then you heard, write this number down [licencse number] or FAILED, then the person on the other end hung up! Class act that one!!! Official letter came about 7-10 days later, along with the official license

GOOD LUCK TO ALL!!

 

[The Unknown Chef]

After an excruciating 7.5 weeks, results were posted on the website this morning.

I passed!!!!!

-Mimi, LMT!!!

 

[Horseluver]

Congratulations!!!!

 

[myrika_05]

Congratulations!

 

[thedivineoomba]

Yes, congratulations to all of the new Ohio therapists! Good luck with all of your endeavors

wellnessgarden

 

[Abu]

Congratulations...I am so happy for you! I knew you would do great. I heard it's a lot of pathology this round...what's your take? I wish you great success! I'm so happy for you!!! :dancingparty:

Sorry,I haven't been on the board the last couple weeks - vacation (uh...well I still went to school and did a bunch of running...didn't count as one)...and before that was our finals...one quarter to go.

Oh we had quite the adventure last week - we just found out last wednesday that we needed all our paperwork to the state by last friday :shock: ...yep...talk about your stress :? not to mention the fee you have to send with it. I've been asking for the past couple months when we need to do that.....but we got confirmation that they received it before the deadline...talk about wanting to lose it. :x t084