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Soo just sharing smthng.. i fucked up my competitive exam today (sh.itjust.works)
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Yeahh.. for the past few months i had been consistently studying for 7-8hrs a day consistently for my competitive exam (avg asian teen energy) and today i had my first attempt, and i kinda fucked it up very bad.. its a physics chemistry and math exam and i kinda went blank and the first few questions were very tough and my morale just went downhill after that, i couldnt even do the easy questions

So yeah thankfully i still have a second attempt in April and i might be able to do better.. considering i just need to keep revising now i completed all the syllabus

Anyway I am not feeling sad.. just kinda lonely and disheartened.. i know this is all a very normal part of these things and it takes a long time to get good at these things (this was my third attempt in total coz i gave two last year💀) but anyways.. if i get it done the next time its good or i will just move on with my life and get whatever college i get.. i just sometimes wish i had a teacher or something to guide me or atleast just idk listen? I was always the “minds his own business and gets good marks” kid in school so teachers liked me but i never had a bond.. and now i am studying online so its just a bit lonely smtms (i havent been to school coz i graduated last year and wanted to focus on the exam) so yeah just that🙂 all of my frnds have gone to other clges so i dont talk to them much.. so yeah what u guys think?

Edit: also btw its 3 am here lol i just watched a really nice heartwarming romcom movie… i guess i will take a break about of a week tho and enjoy and idk do sm cooking or creative work

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[–] sparkles@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don’t know if this will help but I had to take a tough exam in my field. Pass rate for first time is about 50%. I was completely fluent, however, as you described…that happened to me. I went blank and lost morale. What carried me was actually not the content knowledge, but breaking down every part of the question in my head. I thought I was good at that until I started practicing through mocks. Anyway, I watched a lot of drill videos that helped improve and went into the exam, had a moment of anxiety, and slipped into that mindset of just doing drills. And it was a constant struggle to maintain. But I do recommend it as a strategy.

[–] respectmahauthoritybrah@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah i did gave a few mock tests before but i kinda chose to do revision of practicing and that backfired ig