Test Anxiety with the GRE?
August 25th, 2010 | 
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Hi and welcome to my blog,
I opened this blog to help anyone who is preparing for his GRE exam.
I remember myself when I started - I was so lost and in such a panic.
Luckily I got this great Gre guide that helped me a lot
So study hard and good luck!
I am on the verge of taking the GRE for the third time this coming December. I just took it today for the second time and I bombed it severely more so than I did the first time. I am currently applying to doctoral programs (one in which I have applied a first time and was denied due to my scores) I have been studying with the Kaplan book, but I cannot afford to take the test prep course. I study fine at home, but when I go to take the test everything blanks and the words become more difficult to read and understand. I then become frustrated. I do not know what to do. All prep courses cost entirely too much, and I greatly desire to enroll in my I/O Psychology programs of choice. Does anyone know of a program that does not heavily weigh GRE scores as this is my only week point?
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Why on earth are you throwing in the towel on the GRE? Do you really want to go to a second tier school just because the test freaks you out? As my little brother would say, man up!
Seriously, you need to really focus on getting over the anxiety. You clearly are prepared when you go in. The test is just a few hours of your life, and it’s not going to physically kill you. If you want to be able to cope with the stresses of grad school and grad school tests, you’re going to have to make some progress on chilling out. You may really want to talk to your doctor about it, and possibly get a referral to a psychiatrist/psychologist. Medications can help, and so can learning relaxation techniques, etc. Good luck, and keep your goals in mind. It can get better!