Ive been recently seeing people scoring lower than their PT scores, is there any advice or help for something like this? I understand there is test anxiety but other than that what could be the issue. Also, what are the biggest jumps to do from a 154 pt hump.
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I think test anxiety is just a normal part of the process that you have to accept. I had anxiety but I drove to the testing center the day before for familiarity and I think that helped. Also, what you're seeing here is not an accurate representation of all test takers. I had test anxiety for August, thought I bombed it, and scored around what I do in PTs. just trust that your brain has got you and you won't magically forget everything during the test
Test anxiety is a huge thing but you can take a lot of steps to mediate this. The other comment's advice is really good. To add to that, building familiarity can happen in a lot of small ways. For example, when doing PTs, I've been using a notebook, but on the actual test in the center they give you blank, unlined sheets of paper that are colorful. This sounds really trivial, but it threw me off a lot to go from a notebook with white lined paper that I could flip through to a stack of loose sheets that looked so different. I was also using a pen, but they give you number two pencils in the center. So practicing with a pencil might be a way to reduce unfamiliarity on the day. Practicing with headphones or something on, so you're used to the weight of the noise canceling headphones they'll give you (you don't have to wear them, but without them there's a lot of noise, so if you don't want to then try practicing in an area that isn't completely silent/there are other people so you can try to replicate test center conditions-- I personally found the headphones they gave us uncomfortable so it depends I think). As for the hump, I think advice would depend on what you're getting tripped up on, how you've been practicing/drilling so far, etc for it to be practical to your situation!