Freaking out!

[Doorknob]

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Hey guys, first of all, i understand that this forum is only to discuss NBDE but this is somewhat relevant also.
A friend of mine who is a retaker (and I consider relatively smart when it comes to studies with a previous score semi competitive) just took the exam today....he/she called after exam and pretty much said 'the exam was totally out of this world tough'....

My exam is in 2 wks and im a FREAAAKKIINGGG OUT to a point where I cant study, I cant sleep, I cant do anything....ive lost my study strategy, I cannot even remotely understand the words im reading....

For th record, im a retaker also...so I hope you can understand my anxiety...
Any words of wisdom???????

 

[bansbari]

Hello,

Yeah it's normal phenomenon for all to become anxious . If you are unable to understand then just start with easy portion in which you are confident . After that i think you will boost up your confidence level.
Just don't waste and try to utilize as much as time you can in studies.
Rest leave it to GOD🙂

All the best for you Exam👍

 

[tinman831]

I've found that prior to my own exam, the more people I talk to (who have taken the exam), the more nervous I get. Try and focus. Ignore all the distractions and try not to stress yourself out too much. Everyone comes out of the exam feeling bad, its normal. But a good majority of the takers pass. You'll do great.

 

[Huggies]

Use this feedback as a motivating tool, study that much harder. Don't let it discourage you. I know how you feel. But know that EVERY time you review your subjects you will know them better, you can't "KNOW LESS". Think how fortunate you are to have this warning from your friend, you can now study more...and besides...you've studied harder than your friend... right?

That's all you can do, study and do your best, worrying about it won't help, and besides your exam most likely will be different. 2wks is a long time to review, most of info always comes together in the last couple of weeks. Think of all the hours you have left. Hope this helps. And if it doesn't, think that your friend, is not a good friend and in fact wants to sabotage your success and scare you on purpose...prove him wrong....HOPE THIS HELPs🙂

 

[Doorknob]

tinman, bansbari and huggies....THANK YOU for the advice....i am literally going to print out this post and put it on my bedroom wall to remind me what my goal is here and not to take my eyes off the goal....i am DEFINITELY going to use this as a motivation factor to study harder....thank you again!

 

[Doorknob]

Ok so i tried to listen to you guys and tried to stay calm and breathe and all that good stuff....but turns out ..its NOT WORKING

I had a minor (ok MAJOR) panic attack last night because I was doing the released papers and im STILLL STILL STILL STILL getting qs wrong ...and i moved my date back another week....and as soon as I clicked on send i thought 😱 ANOTHER WEEK OF STUDDYINGGG IM GOING TO GO CRAZY!

SOMEONE help...

specifically, im thinking about doing crack nbde to get me an idea of the exam envt yada yada yada...anyone have any other advice?

 

[darius99]

yea, the advice is: GET A GRIP!
this is JUST A TEST! so it's a very important test, but no matter what happens, you are already in dental school, and soon you will be a dentist. worst case scenario, you have to take the test another time.. you know what? you're still better off than the people who never got into dental school. relax, and just do the best you can. stay calm and focused, because stress will hurt you more than it will ever help. if you can get into dental school, you can handle anything once you are there.

Ok so i tried to listen to you guys and tried to stay calm and breathe and all that good stuff....but turns out ..its NOT WORKING

I had a minor (ok MAJOR) panic attack last night because I was doing the released papers and im STILLL STILL STILL STILL getting qs wrong ...and i moved my date back another week....and as soon as I clicked on send i thought 😱 ANOTHER WEEK OF STUDDYINGGG IM GOING TO GO CRAZY!

SOMEONE help...

specifically, im thinking about doing crack nbde to get me an idea of the exam envt yada yada yada...anyone have any other advice?