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Anxiety and Exams

JustJuno

Hello, 

It's 42 days and counting (down) until my first A-level exam. 

And I'm really struggling with anxiety. 

English Lit is my only essay-based subject; I do get extra time, but it's not enough.

I need to get an A*, currently at an A+ on a good day (not under timed conditions).

But I'm still waiting for work back from my teacher from 4 weeks ago so I really don't know how I'm doing. It's all getting very close and whenever I sit down to do a paper, I get a wave of panic which is paralysing. If I manage to write, I write a load of rubbish. This is what happened in my mock and I got a D, and it's getting worse. I know that this panic is a bigger danger than my inability to hit the assessment objectives and if I don't get it under control, I'm in danger of blowing all my university offers.

I don't have a therapist or any way of managing anxiety. Please help me, if you have any advice it would be so, so, so much appreciated!

Thanks.

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  • My advice from personal experience is just go to the exam and do your best, exam anxiety and nerves affects everyone, even those who fake confidence and are smiling.

    The worst thing you can do is miss the exam.  I have missed several exams and I've regretted it.  I didn't go to my fifth attempt at GCE English language, so i didn't go to a decent university for my first degree, I ended up in a third rate polytechnic ( In Sheffield).  Years earlier when I moved from middle school to secondary school I didn't turn up on the day they did aptitude tests, I ended up being put in a academic inferior class where I just didn't fit in.

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  • My advice from personal experience is just go to the exam and do your best, exam anxiety and nerves affects everyone, even those who fake confidence and are smiling.

    The worst thing you can do is miss the exam.  I have missed several exams and I've regretted it.  I didn't go to my fifth attempt at GCE English language, so i didn't go to a decent university for my first degree, I ended up in a third rate polytechnic ( In Sheffield).  Years earlier when I moved from middle school to secondary school I didn't turn up on the day they did aptitude tests, I ended up being put in a academic inferior class where I just didn't fit in.

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