Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
May 1212:00 PM EDT
-11:59 PM EDT
Make the most of your break with the most realistic GMAT™ prep. Take up to $700 off select products.
May 1308:30 AM PDT
-09:30 AM PDT
In Episode 4 of our GMAT Ninja CR series, we tackle the most intimidating CR question type: Boldface & "Legalese" questions. If you've ever stared at an answer choice that reads, "The first is a consideration introduced to counter a position that...- May 14
08:30 AM PDT
-09:30 AM PDT
Most GMAT test-takers are intimidated by the hardest GMAT Verbal questions. In this session, Target Test Prep GMAT instructor Erika Tyler-John, a 100th percentile GMAT scorer, will show you how top scorers break down challenging Verbal questions..
21 Mar 2023, 01:16
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi all,
Wanted to know your experiences with test day anxiety? I suffer from. a bad case of nerves. I gave the GMAT once before and did not do well.
As the next deadline is approaching, I find myself carrying the memory of the bad day with me and almost paralysing out of fear.
I tend to do this awful thing where when im in freeze mode I operate out of intuition and logic rather than through the techniques and meticulous methods for problem solving I have trained myself in.
When I go into that fear mode I tend to make 1-2 more per section mistakes out of fear while practicing than while im relaxed.
I know that "I should relax" and recognise how psychological it is- but I find it hard to actually not take the test seriously when it comes down to it.
Any tips on how to handle nerves. Especially the kind that put you into freeze mode?
Currently, I am just about scoring my target score on mocks. However, when im in that frame of mind, I drop by 30-40 points. I do not want to do this especially because Im literally JUST about hitting my target score on a good day.
What should I do?
Should I prepare more so my baseline improves to a point that 30-40 point drop would still give me my goal score or should I just give it while trying to learn how to mitigate for the nerves?
Wanted to know your experiences with test day anxiety? I suffer from. a bad case of nerves. I gave the GMAT once before and did not do well.
As the next deadline is approaching, I find myself carrying the memory of the bad day with me and almost paralysing out of fear.
I tend to do this awful thing where when im in freeze mode I operate out of intuition and logic rather than through the techniques and meticulous methods for problem solving I have trained myself in.
When I go into that fear mode I tend to make 1-2 more per section mistakes out of fear while practicing than while im relaxed.
I know that "I should relax" and recognise how psychological it is- but I find it hard to actually not take the test seriously when it comes down to it.
Any tips on how to handle nerves. Especially the kind that put you into freeze mode?
Currently, I am just about scoring my target score on mocks. However, when im in that frame of mind, I drop by 30-40 points. I do not want to do this especially because Im literally JUST about hitting my target score on a good day.
What should I do?
Should I prepare more so my baseline improves to a point that 30-40 point drop would still give me my goal score or should I just give it while trying to learn how to mitigate for the nerves?
21 Mar 2023, 05:12
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hi Bluebox55.
I think much of your anxiety stems from the fact that you are slightly underprepared to achieve your score goal. So, your best move is probably to prepare more so that you become able to score a bit above your goal. With that level of skill, you'll likely be much less anxious and score at or above your goal level on test day.
For some additional tips on how to reduce and handle test anxiety, see this post
How to Eliminate GMAT Test-Day Anxiety
I think much of your anxiety stems from the fact that you are slightly underprepared to achieve your score goal. So, your best move is probably to prepare more so that you become able to score a bit above your goal. With that level of skill, you'll likely be much less anxious and score at or above your goal level on test day.
For some additional tips on how to reduce and handle test anxiety, see this post
How to Eliminate GMAT Test-Day Anxiety
Moderators:
200 posts
