You will be notified during the summer whether you have been approved or not. Tesa Miller is now co-executive editor of the Collegiate Review. LRC home page is available You can now read this newsletter and link to other sites of interest by going to the LRC home page. It s perfectly normal to feel a little nervous before an exam, but for some students test anxiety can be a major problem. When test anxiety affects your performance, it s time to work on curing it.
Most experts believe that failure in a past testing situation can lead to anxiety.
Another factor is the importance of a course. If you are taking a test in a course in your major, the stakes can be very high, so there s a lot of pressure to do well. Some students suffer test anxiety for one kind of test but not for others. Oral tests can cause anxiety for many students, while others find essay tests stressful. Students have the opportunity to cure test anxiety before, during, and after a test, as described below.