3 Weeks Till Test Day- Steady hands at the helm
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06 Jul 2014, 04:53
I kind of want to run a concept by. I am approaching a very important exam with regards to my admissions to Graduate School. I have come to find that after a year of studying (2 1,000 page books, 2 200 page books each curtailed to Quantitative and Verbal reasoning, and thousands of practice questions), that I am somewhat hitting my peak of information and studying abilities. I have exactly 20 days until my exam, and I am scoring in the 580-600 range; and I am starting to feel a bit of anxiety. As I continue to try and study complex information and introduce new mathematical concepts, I am beginning to get frustrated; or as the GMAT students dub it "GMAT Burnout". Intricate mathematical concepts are beginning to look more ambiguous than they were before, and I am data dumping and second guessing my critical thinking abilities. I believe that at this point in my studies; I need to begin focusing on critical thinking, not just in terms of my knowledge set, but curtailing my anxiety and focusing on "focusing". I believe that at this point, it would be appropriate for me to begin simply reviewing basic concepts, taking a few more practice exams, and reviewing the results, and mentally preparing myself for the test day.
Some would suggest this is counter-intuitive, that you should finish strong and study your ass off until the day of the exam, but this is not an ordinary exam that measures knowledge, it's an exam that measures your business aptitude, your ability to disseminate data in Mathematical and Verbal fields. The smallest innocuous misstep can throw me way off track, which is why I believe I should accept and come to terms with the knowledge I know, and begin honing in on my stronger points. I keep trying to tell myself "If ya don't know it by now, then your probably not going to know it"- I am very confident that my exam scores will get me to an MHA, and I believe that the MHA will open up the door for an MBA after I finish the first part, I guess I just need to be confident and relax.. cause steady hands at the helm will steer me in the right direction...
Thoughts please...
v/r
Patrick