I'm super depressed/anxious/scared of the DAT...I've been following the schedule for about 2 weeks now and wonder if I'm actually grasping everything I need to be grasping. Thinking about taking the test makes me want to cry...I'm not sure what do? how do you deal with the anxiety of the test? how will I know when I'm ready? 🙁 The test literally makes me sick :-( Please Help!
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Keep studying. I was wondering where my level/score was at during various points in the schedule so I bought datQvault and did practice tests in each section just to keep me motivated to go on. Once you get to the practice questions/tests it gets a little bit better (after the first run through destoryer). Best of luck!
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triste: clever ID 🙂 I have been in your shoes and thinking about the test actually did make me cry I spent half a day trying to calm down. pretty hopeless. right? every second, you're thinking about how big the DAT is gonna be for admission and blah blah. well stop it. not so easy to do right? but this is only negatively impacting your DAT studying. if you believe in yourself and if you have truly studied as you have claimed, don't worry excessively. we learn from failures and success. while you study, you will learn from your failure and when you take your DAT, you will learn from you success. i believe in you.
'I've been following the schedule for about 2 weeks now and wonder if I'm actually grasping everything I need to be grasping." have you taken practice tests like topscore and datqvault? get a realistic sense of where you are and make sure your worry isn't all made up in your head.
watch this and loosen up. hopefully it'll help. 🙂 http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html
'I've been following the schedule for about 2 weeks now and wonder if I'm actually grasping everything I need to be grasping." have you taken practice tests like topscore and datqvault? get a realistic sense of where you are and make sure your worry isn't all made up in your head.
watch this and loosen up. hopefully it'll help. 🙂 http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html
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same position as you...i haven't actually cried but when i picture myself coming out of the test center with a piece of paper...my mom waiting in the car trying to read my facial expression...my heart just goes wild and my gut does a double take. but that really actually motivates me. i don't want to walk out in tears, with my head held down, and disappoint everyone and most importantly myself. I have less than a week more to prepare for this exam....but nothing is gonna stop me.
i fell asleep a couple times in my chair and i just wanna be done...havent actually enjoyed summer and start school right after this test. but omg. no regrets. just believe in yourself. it's all about confidence i think....and practice of course
i fell asleep a couple times in my chair and i just wanna be done...havent actually enjoyed summer and start school right after this test. but omg. no regrets. just believe in yourself. it's all about confidence i think....and practice of course
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You are feeling depressed only 2 weeks in????
wait until you are 1.5 months in. It's gonna get worse. My test is in 12 days and I don't even feel ready.
