
CSP
17 days til I sit for my exam. At this point I feel like it’s just gonna be what it’s gonna be. I feel really well prepared and wish I could just take the test today. Any last minute tips as I countdown my last days?
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Just review what you know and get plenty of sleep. If there's anything you feel you struggle with, find another way to understand it. Use the last 2 days for relaxing and calming your mind. You've got this.

Good luck! Honestly at this point just try and get a good nights sleep a few days before the exam to make sure you're charged up. For me the toughest part of the exam was the length and staying focused for 4+ hours. Bank up that energy!
Hang in there. Just remember...if you don't know it, flag it and move on!

You should take a practice test to see if you are weak in particular area and focus any additional study time on the weak areas.
Sleep is important for memory consolidation. So get some good sleep over the next couple of weeks.
All good advice below. In my experience, the ASP was the hard one, the CSP was just a continuation of what you already experienced. Practice tests were the best thing for success.

If you haven't done so yet, I'd definitely recommend the self-assessment practice test from BCSP's website (I took this over and over again in the day or two leading up to my exam until it felt like muscle memory). I mainly used the SPAN workbook which I felt like was pretty comprehensive and had 5 really good practice tests. Be really confident in your knowledge of all topics in the Risk Management & Key Safety Concepts domains on the CSP Blueprint doc (which says that just these two domains alone make up ~30% of the exam). Best of luck!

Go get'em!
I have never taken the CSP or ASP. However, I did take and pass the PHR for HR. I took a class and as was glad I did. It too is a long test! One of the things I found the was the best and most beneficial component of the class is we spent a lot of time on how to take the exam. it has been 20 years but I remember it well, might help you.
#1 Go through the exam and answer all the questions you have a high confidence of the correct answer. If you come to a question you are not 100% leave it for now.
#2 Once you went over the initial exam go back and attempt to answer the questions you are not 100%! The PHR gave us 4 or 5 possible answers. Rule out the answers you know are not correct. So maybe you can minimize it to 2-3 answers. Read the question and pick the one you think fits best. Usually your initial thought is the best. If that doesn't work, you have no choice but to guess. But guessing on 2-3 is better that guessing on 5. Any question you have no clue on any of the possible answers leave for now and go on.
#3 Finally come back and look at the questions you have no idea! Then you gotta guess! But do not leave any blank unless the test penalizes for wrong answers. Always take a shot, with 5 answers you have a 20% chance of guessing correctly. 0% if you do not answer at all! My instructor liked to look at the patterns of the correct answers, and use that to guess, but that is risky too.
Plus use all the tips above and below! Great advice ALL! Best of Luck, but make your own Luck be ready!