MCAT test anxiety

[PBandJ]

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i'm seeking some advice here. i think i may have encountered some serious MCAT test anxiety when i took the test last august, and i am planning to re-take in april and really don't want to undergo the same scenario. i studied online with kaplan, and i had been scoring an average of 29-30 (high 32 on my last test before the exam), so i was really hoping to come out with at least a 30 on the exam. unfortunately, i scored a 25 with relatively even scores in each section (8 PS, 8 VR, 9 BS). i simulated the test conditions and timing during practice tests as close as i possibly could to the real thing, so i'm just not sure what happened.

i'm generally a pretty self-confident person, but i think during the test i just freaked myself out. any advice on how to diminsh my test anxiety?? thanks!

 

[MEG@COOL]

i'm seeking some advice here. i think i may have encountered some serious MCAT test anxiety when i took the test last august, and i am planning to re-take in april and really don't want to undergo the same scenario. i studied online with kaplan, and i had been scoring an average of 29-30 (high 32 on my last test before the exam), so i was really hoping to come out with at least a 30 on the exam. unfortunately, i scored a 25 with relatively even scores in each section (8 PS, 8 VR, 9 BS). i simulated the test conditions and timing during practice tests as close as i possibly could to the real thing, so i'm just not sure what happened.

i'm generally a pretty self-confident person, but i think during the test i just freaked myself out. any advice on how to diminsh my test anxiety?? thanks!

Pump yourself up by playing the guitar really hard. If you cant play the guitar then learn to play it and then play stairway to heaven after you finish the exam.

 

[docolive]

i'm seeking some advice here. i think i may have encountered some serious MCAT test anxiety when i took the test last august, and i am planning to re-take in april and really don't want to undergo the same scenario. i studied online with kaplan, and i had been scoring an average of 29-30 (high 32 on my last test before the exam), so i was really hoping to come out with at least a 30 on the exam. unfortunately, i scored a 25 with relatively even scores in each section (8 PS, 8 VR, 9 BS). i simulated the test conditions and timing during practice tests as close as i possibly could to the real thing, so i'm just not sure what happened.

i'm generally a pretty self-confident person, but i think during the test i just freaked myself out. any advice on how to diminsh my test anxiety?? thanks!

I have a similar problem ,and was also scoring b/t 28 and 30 on my diagnostics. I was considering seeing a therapist offered through my mom's hospital employee benefits prior to this spring's exam. I do think exercise prior to the exam would get some of the nerves out, but honestly, I am in the same boat. Treating the exam like a practice exam is what I have heard, but our minds are too powerful for that pep-talk. best wishes...you can do it...and just say to yourself, "i know this test!" Maybe others will have some better advice. BTW, you are not alone, and maybe you should situate yourself in line so that you are in the back of the room and not in the front where the proctors are. When I first took the exam in April of 2005, that was a nerve-racking distraction for me, as was the girl sitting next to me who kept ripping her paper into shreds by underlining so aggressively.

 

[karlin009]

Try hypnosis. I recently had a session for something else and it has been working for me.
Make sure you do your research..though

 

[PBandJ]

good call...my mom had suggested it, but i wasn't sure if it would work. i'm not even sure where to find something like that. i tried kaplan's focusing on the green dot and breathing deeply, but that didn't do much. :/

Try hypnosis. I recently had a session for something else and it has been working for me.
Make sure you do your research..though

 

[karlin009]

Try here first..http://www.ngh.net
My hypnotherapist "installed" anchors (words and hand movements) to help with negative thoughts and changing states. I also had a cd to listen to every night for a month. If you get into a habit of using these tools..it works.

I paid a lot for my session, in the 100's, but the woman was great.

Good luck!

PM if you have anymore questions.