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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 18 Jun 2005, 20:25
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I saw a lot of posts mentioning that it's good to relax, try to focus on the questions, exercise... I found it hard for me to do so at this moment(I'm about 1 month away from my test day), maybe it's my down time now. I stressed out, thinking about a lot of the consequences of testing result, concerning about not having enough time to prepare test while still having quite a few things in life that I need to take care of...
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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 19 Jun 2005, 06:41
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Just found the following thread solving my stress problem...I felt so much better now knowing that I'm not alone at this kind of mental stage when it's not far from my test day...

https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=9328

Thanks for your attention!
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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 22 Jun 2005, 07:40
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:)Whenever feel stressed out, Concentrate & try to visualise blue light in the left hemisphere of your brain for few moments. :idea:
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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 24 Jun 2005, 16:24
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would a green light do?

tinyseal, if you can't handle the stress 1 month in advance, imagine what's it gonna be few days before the test? This may screw up you results. You really need to do something about it, buddy.

A piece of advise, find something that stresses you more than GMAT, then you wouldn't care about your GMAT results a tiny bit. For instance, sign up to take LSAT one or two days after your GMAT. Once you start preparing for LSAT and GMAT simultaneously, you wouldn't care about GMAT results at all since LSAT is really going to stress you out :)
Also, if you can do great on LSAT verbal, GMAT RC and CR are going to be a piece of cake to you.
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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 24 Jun 2005, 18:42
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Just found the following thread solving my stress problem...I felt so much better now knowing that I'm not alone at this kind of mental stage when it's not far from my test day...

https://www.gmatclub.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=9328

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I think the responses from many of us has created more stress than the thought of test itself :lol: :lol: ....Just Kidding
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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 25 Jun 2005, 15:48
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would a green light do?

tinyseal, if you can't handle the stress 1 month in advance, imagine what's it gonna be few days before the test? This may screw up you results. You really need to do something about it, buddy.

A piece of advise, find something that stresses you more than GMAT, then you wouldn't care about your GMAT results a tiny bit. For instance, sign up to take LSAT one or two days after your GMAT. Once you start preparing for LSAT and GMAT simultaneously, you wouldn't care about GMAT results at all since LSAT is really going to stress you out :) .
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Luckily, I do not need to take LSAT :)

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Also, if you can do great on LSAT verbal, GMAT RC and CR are going to be a piece of cake to you.
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Verbal is my nightmare. Maybe I should try some LSAT RC and CR for practice. Do you think that'll work for the last month preparation?
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:bebe Bullish yet foolish idea :stupid2
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Per Jobs, it's good to stay foolish :wink:

https://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2 ... 61505.html
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Verbal is my nightmare. Maybe I should try some LSAT RC and CR for practice. Do you think that'll work for the last month preparation?
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if you have 1 month to go,
-try to study every day
- do OG
- do math challenges on this forum
- do LSAT RC's and CR's

fact about CR's and RC's

Kaplan GMAT 800 (advanced GMAT book) CR's and RC's are taken from Kaplan LSAT 2005 (medium level LSAT book)
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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 25 Jun 2005, 18:11
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Thanks for your advice, Sparky!

Best wishes :)
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Can't digest much hullaballoo about LSAT :wall LSAT ,while so much GMAT material around!
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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 27 Jun 2005, 04:26
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LSAT's are the only quality materials other than OG. I highly recommend the
LSAT Superprep. It has some quality explanations that will give you a lot of insight into how CR questions are designed.

Let me warn you. If you practice with substandard (read: free) questions, your entire prep will be a wild goose chase. You will be learning from questions that are poorly written and hence bear little resemblance to the slick writing style of LSAT or OG.

You want a 700+ score. If you are not naturally good at verbal, kaplan or princeton verbal wont help.

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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 27 Jun 2005, 04:53
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Dear Paret, I am confused. I am using Kaplan and Princeton Verbal workbooks to prepare for verbal aprat from OG ofcourse. Thease are the books suggested by most of the posts in this forum.

Are you saying these books are not sufficient for a 700+ score. Do I need to look into some LSAT book? If yes then please provide the names as well.

Thank you for your help.
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Technically, how to deal with the stress prior to test day? 27 Jun 2005, 17:15
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LSAT's are the only quality materials other than OG. I highly recommend the
LSAT Superprep. It has some quality explanations that will give you a lot of insight into how CR questions are designed.

Let me warn you. If you practice with substandard (read: free) questions, your entire prep will be a wild goose chase. You will be learning from questions that are poorly written and hence bear little resemblance to the slick writing style of LSAT or OG.

You want a 700+ score. If you are not naturally good at verbal, kaplan or princeton verbal wont help.

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Praetorian,

Thanks for your advice! :)
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SOON, I'll have a relaxation kit that I'll be offering to clients, now, its a specific on-site package that includes sensible ways of being - - exercise or even a little fresh air every day, breaks between studying, deep relaxation exercises and focused visualizations.
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Sounds like a very good kit :)

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The primary reason that people trip up on the GMAT when they know the material IS stress. Yet stress is incredibly manageable and even overcome-able. For example, the visualization mentioned earlier is great - - but if that doesn't resonate, think about a place where you have felt the most relaxed: a beach, a bed, the woods, a walk, exercise...allow yourself to be in that space for 2 mintues before you begin study each day - - and notice how this initiates your feeling confident and chill.

Good Luck!
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Thanks for the relaxation tips! :)
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