How to Lower Your AQ (Anxiety Quotient)

 

To come to terms with the “importance” of a test, read the following list. Knowing the answers to as many of these questions as possible will help reduce your anxiety:

1. What material will the exam cover?
2. How many total points are possible?
3. What will this exam count for?
4. How much time will I have to take the exam?  

5. Where will the exam be held? 

6. What kinds of questions will be on the exam (matching, multiple-choice, essay, true/false, and so forth)?

7. How many of each type of question will be on the exam?

8. How many points will be assigned to each question?

9. Will certain sections of the test count more than others?

10. Will it be an open-book exam?

11. What can I take in with me? Calculator? Candy bar?

    Other material crucial to my success?

12. Will I be penalized for wrong answers? 

     

    Relax Already

    If your mind is a jumble of facts and figures, names and dates, you may find it difficult to zero in on the specific details you need to recall, even if you know all the material backwards and forwards. The adrenaline rushing through your system may just make “instant retrieval” impossible.

    The simplest relaxation technique is deep breathing. Lean back in your chair, relax your muscles, and take three very deep breaths (count to 10 while you hold each one).

    There are a variety of meditation techniques that may also work for you. Each is based on a similar principle— focusing your mind on one thing to the exclusion of everything else. While you’re concentrating on the object of your meditation (even if the object is nothing, a non- sense word, or a spot on the wall), your mind can’t be thinking about anything else, which allows it to slow down a bit.

    The next time you can’t focus, try sitting back, taking three deep breaths, and concentrating for a minute or two on the word “Ron.” When you’re done, you should be in a far more relaxed state and ready to tackle any test.

     

A major blunder that students worldwide do is that they start preparing for their

exams a night before the scheduled date. I am personally guilty of the same

blunder and hence, yet again I am speaking from experience. Allow yourself

time to prepare for an exam. You may not realize it but the more time you spend

with something, the better etched it remains in your head. Try recalling songs

you listened to in your childhood. You would be surprised at how clearly you

remember the tunes if not the exact lyrics. Why else do you think we can so

clearly remember some of our fondest memories from our past? It is only

because we spent enough time building those memories.

Grow familiar to your subjects. This is the most basic way to excel at your

subject. Try to pick up your reading material and studying it while you are

hanging out in your lawn in a sunny afternoon. This way you not only keep

yourself engaged but also slowly but surely get familiar with something you are

to encounter after a few months.

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