{"id":5548,"date":"2016-02-21t11:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-21t19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/act\/?p=5548"},"modified":"2017-03-09t13:50:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09t21:50:44","slug":"test-anxiety-on-the-act-or-sat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/act\/test-anxiety-on-the-act-or-sat\/","title":{"rendered":"test anxiety on the act or sat"},"content":{"rendered":"

it\u2019s saturday morning and you\u2019re not in bed, playing video games, or even working an early shift at your part-time job. instead, you\u2019re sitting at a desk. your heart\u2019s pounding, hands sweating profusely, and the only sound is the ticking clock on the wall. a sense of dread falls over you as a bored-looking adult at the front of the room says \u201cyou may begin.\u201d no, this isn\u2019t a nightmare. it\u2019s what test day looks like for students with test anxiety on the act or sat.<\/p>\n

if this describes your experience with standardized tests, know that a lot of students are in the same boat. even better, there are some things you can do right now to decrease your test anxiety on the act or sat.<\/p>\n

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this shouldn’t be what you think of when envisioning your test proctor.
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what is text anxiety?<\/h2>\n

do any of the following statements sound like something you’d say?<\/p>\n