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23 Aug 2011, 21:13
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Is there anyone else afraid to take a practice test for fear of doing miserable? I've been on this board for 4 years and I still haven't taken the GMAT. I can't even get myself to take a full practice test. I feel so exhausted once I get off work and I try to study but I have terrible study habits. I'm just venting now but please tell me that there is someone else like me out there. I see people on this board who take PT every day but I don't know how they do it.
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Don't fret. You are not alone. I have had this problem too. Take out one Sunday and just give one exam. Don't think about score or anything. Just sit and finish the exam. that's all. once you have done one exam then it will be easy and you will get over the initial mental blockage.
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Well, I understand where you are and why you are unwilling to take one (or scared perhaps)
There are some people that have an anxiety of tests and feel very uncomfortable taking them.
However, knowing how you perform is very important - it is not a measure of anything, just a pulse check - you want to know where you are in the journey, think of it in terms of geography. Does it matter if you are in Arizona, Texas, or Utah?
One way to ease into it, is to take a test without timing. Not very useful from the standpoint of preparing for the GMAT, but could be very helpful to gain some of the confidence back and see how much time you REALLY need (you may be surprised).
Do you know your level by the way?
There are some people that have an anxiety of tests and feel very uncomfortable taking them.
However, knowing how you perform is very important - it is not a measure of anything, just a pulse check - you want to know where you are in the journey, think of it in terms of geography. Does it matter if you are in Arizona, Texas, or Utah?
One way to ease into it, is to take a test without timing. Not very useful from the standpoint of preparing for the GMAT, but could be very helpful to gain some of the confidence back and see how much time you REALLY need (you may be surprised).
Do you know your level by the way?
I have had so many failures in life that I am not exactly scared of doing bad but I am usually scared of sitting for 3-4 hrs a gmat test requires. Till date I have realistically given only 1 mock test which was knewtons test because they don't allow pause button. Every other test I took I used pause button and infact completed each MGMT tests in over 2 days.
