Overcoming GRE Anxiety

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Overcoming GRE Anxiety
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• Do you feel cold sweats coming on when you think
  of your GRE exam coming up? Do you have racing
  thoughts that verge toward the negative regarding
  your exam? During mock tests, do you feel a sense
  of nausea and tense muscles? All of these
  indicate that GRE-induced anxiety is gripping you
  and it is time to break free from them and excel
  in the exam.

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• The Graduate Record Examination (popularly known
  as the GRE test) is imperative to gain admission
  to graduate studies in USA, Canada. The
  importance of scoring high in this test is
  instilled in all prospective students attempting
  to appear in it and this leads to a sense of fear
  that later translated into anxiety.

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• How does one deal with it?  Is there a method to
  deal with the chaos that the fear of GRE
  initiates?

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• There truly is! You can deal with this anxiety by
  proceeding in a planned manner and following the
  K-P-A approach. Here, K stands for Know, P stands
  for Peace, and A stands for Ace.

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• In the first step, Know, your goal should be to
  gain as much information and details as you can
  about the exam, approaches to study and do well
  in it. One usually fears the unknown and the
  sheer vastness of knowledge expected to answer
  questions for the GRE test is enough to disarm
  and make the most studious candidate nervous.

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• However, this collected of knowledge will aid the
  candidate. Admission consultants in Delhi can
  also help you and assist you immensely in this
  regard. They are experts and have seen the
  patterns and requirements of admission over the
  years. They also can guide you with tips and
  tricks that will aid you in your process and
  these inside pointers are nuggets of information
  that no study material will tell you. Here, it is
  also important to state that you will also have
  to sift through and filter all the information
  you possess. While some of it is essential, a lot
  of it is noise and may not be applicable to you
  in its entirety.

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• Then comes the step where Practice takes
  precedence over all else. Now that you have all
  the information required to make your study
  orientation focused and this will make your
  tactics toward studying even sharper. This is
  also the time when you should have gained
  knowledge about the pattern of the exam and
  planned your own approach to it.

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• This is primarily the duration when you should
  appear for a number of practice tests or mock
  examinations, which will enhance your skill set
  and also provide a simulation of the final test
  when it arrives. Any mistakes and failures at
  this stage are mere learnings and should only be
  stepping stones to your ladder of success.

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• Post these preparatory stages, comes the step
  where you Ace the test. On the day of the test,
  the foremost thing to do is keep your confidence
  high and your mind cool. Ensure that you get a
  good nights sleep and are convinced with your
  conviction and armed with your days of
  preparation, you are bound to do well!