Eeek....on freaking out...

[prttypceoflesh]

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so i'm sharing my story with you...
i took my first DAT end of august...all was fine and great as i've scored in the top 10% on all standarized tests i've previously taken if i don't take it to seriously...
but i get to the test center, the guy there is horribly rude, i suddenly get horrible overwhelmed, sit down, start the test, can't breathe and can't think!
and i panic! 😱
IN FACT i couldn't even remember the difference between meiosis and mitosis. wtf!
so i'm scoring 16, 16's! across my sciences, score a 19 on chem, and by the time i do the pat, i'm just dumbfounded, take my sweet time, and end up with 15 questions left unanswered with 2 minutes left! so i guess on all of them and don't even manage answering 3 others.
so i take my break....still in shock...and say can't get much worse now. finish my exam in RC and QR and score 22's on both, raising my score to an 18!

needless to say i was pissed at myself.

point of story: i'm retaking the exam in a few days, am much better prepared, but am petrified i'll freak again!?!

how do i fix this?!? 🙁

 

[fancymylotus]

so i'm sharing my story with you...
i took my first DAT end of august...all was fine and great as i've scored in the top 10% on all standarized tests i've previously taken if i don't take it to seriously...
but i get to the test center, the guy there is horribly rude, i suddenly get horrible overwhelmed, sit down, start the test, can't breathe and can't think!
and i panic! 😱
IN FACT i couldn't even remember the difference between meiosis and mitosis. wtf!
so i'm scoring 16, 16's! across my sciences, score a 19 on chem, and by the time i do the pat, i'm just dumbfounded, take my sweet time, and end up with 15 questions left unanswered with 2 minutes left! so i guess on all of them and don't even manage answering 3 others.
so i take my break....still in shock...and say can't get much worse now. finish my exam in RC and QR and score 22's on both, raising my score to an 18!

needless to say i was pissed at myself.

point of story: i'm retaking the exam in a few days, am much better prepared, but am petrified i'll freak again!?!

how do i fix this?!? 🙁

First of all, I couldnt sleep for days before the test and my hands were shaking so hard that they had to fingerprint me 3X and by the end of it I had black ink all over my hands. Additionally, they gave me erase boards and markers....coupled with the ink all over my hands already=not such a great situation. I seriously was seeing double the whole test through(note to self😀O NOT TRY TO PULL ALL NIGHTERS BEFORE STANDARDIZED TESTS). The upshot of all this is that I saw questions that I was more than ready for and actually started laughing a bit in the middle of the center by the time I was done w/SNS.(Thanks to Destroyer,of course). You'll be fine. Bring a good(non super sugary) snackie and your own headphones. Good luck