Cramming!

Well, two weeks to go to test time. Although I've gone through and reviewed all the materials, the reality of such a large exam is starting to set in and there's a lot of anxiety with respect to trying to recall all the formulas and methods that are used. I've taken a few tests and my highest score has only been a 55! Yikes!

But here's the great news. I know this stuff. I'm making dumb mistakes. I am quickly learning what I am doing wrong. These practices exams, I think, are harder than the actual exam, and a lot are way way trickier than they need to be. I hope that the actual exam isn't as convoluted (using multiple LOS's in one question, and then making it a 'which is false' type of quetsion). But if not, I'm just as f'd as the next person.

I have to admit that I'm already dreading level 2 and I know that I am much worse when I subject myself to this kind of high pressure studying. I recall less easily and I am more inclined to not study. But that's just the thing, now, more than ever, I need to KEEP PRESSING ON and studying, even if it's frustrating. These next 2 weeks will help get me MANY points on the exam, I just need to be dedicated enough to commit some of the problems to both my declarative and nondeclarative memories (e.g. having the formulas come to me naturally through repetition and indirect learning).

Funny how much a few weeks of the exam looming overhead can do so much damage to one's confidence in spite of a few months of good preparation!