New York City SHSAT 2017

THE WEEK BEFORE THE TEST Focus on strategy and backup plans. Practice strategies you had the best success rate with. Decide and ...

TWO DAYS BEFORE THE TEST Do your last studying—a few more practice problems—and call it quits. THINGS NOT TO DO THE NIGHT BEFORE ...

THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TEST Don’t study. Get together the following items: Know exactly where you’re going and exactly how you’re ...

THE MORNING OF THE TEST Eat breakfast. Make it something substantial and nutritious, but don’t deviate too much from your everyd ...

DURING THE TEST Don’t be shaken. If you find your confidence slipping, remind yourself how well you’ve prepared. You know the st ...

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Once the Test Is Over... Put it out of your mind! Start thinking about more interesting things. Do something fun and relaxing th ...

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Stress Management HIGHLIGHTS The countdown has begun. Your date with THE TEST is looming on the horizon. Anxiety is on the rise. ...

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Make the Most of Your Prep Time Lack of control is one of the prime causes of stress. A ton of research shows that if you don’t ...

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Identify the Sources of Stress I always freeze up on tests. I’m nervous about the Verbal/Math Section. I need a good/great score ...

SOURCES OF STRESS Take a few minutes to think about the things you’ve just written down. Then rewrite them in some sort of order ...

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Strengths and Weaknesses Take one minute to list the areas of the test that you are good at. They can be general (“reading”) or ...

STRONG TEST SUBJECTS Next, take one minute to list areas of the test you’re not so good at, just plain bad at, have failed at, o ...

WEAK TEST SUBJECTS Facing your weak spots gives you some distinct advantages. It helps a lot to find out where you need to spend ...

STRONG TEST SUBJECTS: AN EXPANDED LIST OCEAN DUMPING Visualize a beautiful beach, with white sand, blue skies, sparkling water, ...

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