How did I do so bad on this test?
412247
i think you put to much pressure on yourself my son took a test to where he lies in his grade and he failed most of it but he gets A's and B's so it happens to everyone
447562
Get a study book for the GRE. The test is not that bad. I took it and only spent 20 minutes on it and got an 89.
200585
I failed college algebra, finite math and economics.  I managed to barely pass the second time around.  I'm terrible at math, I just don't get it.  I made straight A's in English and History type classes though.  They say people are "wired" certain ways.  Don't feel bad if you fail a class or two.  Just try harder the second time, learn from your mistakes, and maybe get a tutor!
145270
What I did was get a couple of the prep manuals with the tests in the back...then I studied, and I took the practices tests on a saturday morning - just like the real deal...I learned what I was weak at and studied it more...I did ...you can do this...the most important thing ios to be comfortable with the testing format...take the practice tests exactly like it was a real test...study what you mess up on and you will do fine....I think I studied Petersons...get a couple or 3 different ones...and be sure to find out what format you'll be taking the test - online, paper?  then train for that format...good luck!
633360
just study, study, and study. write up some notecards to make into flash cards, and keep referring to it. \nps, why did you wait so long to study? last minute studying doesn't normally work. you need repetitiveness to make it count on tests.
216055
I find that in order to know math really well you gotta practice, practice and practice. Take out a math book and just do some examples. You will see were you are weak (ask someone for help, of course) and many times you come across a difficult or tricky example you will be glad you came across while studying and not during the test. Good Luck!
537328
Usually there are college study groups. Have you ever thought about "beating" the test just by hard preparation? I haven't started preparing yet, other than taking required classes and such. Most of my friends did well on the practice test, but they just had to buckled down and study for it. Just try to prepare gradually. Good luck to you!
328645
1. read each question carefully.\n2. on your first pass, answer only the questions you are certain of.\n3. make a second pass through the test, carefully reading the remaining questions.\n4. make your best attempt at answering each remaining question.\n5. if you have time, go back through the entire exam, carefully re-reading each question, AND your answer to it.
509399
1. Eat Right (Don't Skip Meals)\n2. Organize (don't just reread notes) create outlines from your notes & readings, organize the raw material you've collected all semester (this process in and of itself is a form of study)\n3. Study - again not just rereading, try testing your self (make up questions or see if your texts have questions at the end of chapters etc.)\n4. Sleep - staying up late cramming won't help it will actually decrease your ability to test well.  So get to bed and get some sleep\n5. Take a walk before the test, get the blood flowing and clear the mechanism (so-to-speak) this will help you.\n6. The standards (your first instinct answer is almost always right, but always go back and check your answers, make sure you read the question correctly, answered all parts of it etc.)\n7. When you finish a test, put it out of your mind (again, exercise can help you here) and move on to the next one.  Stressing over the result of a test that is finished can effect how well you do on the ones you haven't yet taken.\n\nGood Luck
885911
it may be easier said than done but the 1st thing is do not panic, take some deep breaths and use visualisation, imagine being in  a clalm quiet place that you know, then let out all the anxieties out whilst you take deep breaths.  then as you inhale think calming thoughts etc. focus on the test when you get in as the questions wil not look as dificult. read each question 3 times before jumping in, write clearly and precisley.  \n\ntreat each question dffernenly try not to get too distracted by idle thoughts or the next test. good luck
226467
So you know the material, you just gotta relax. Read the questions slowly, and twice if you need to. Instead of looking at your choices first, think about the question, and what answer you would chose. Then look at the choices for the answer you came up with. If it isn't there, then obviously, you don't know it, but use the process of elimination. Look at each possible answer. Which one is the obviously not right one? Eliminate that one. If this test is math, look for little differences. If not, just go through the choices until you have it down to the last one. Never skip a question and not answer it!!! If you don't know the answer, eliminate the obvious one, and then as many more as you can, then just pick one. You might get lucky and pick the right one, which, even if you don't, is always better than not answering at all. I hope this has helped!! :)\n\n\nHere, try this link i found:\n\nhttp://www.testtakingtips.com/
869441
Well from the sounds of it your already well on your way to doing very good on this test if it not till May.\n\nWhat you should do is find someone else is going to be taking this test in May and meet once a week and ask each other questions. You just need to start at this point, its a long way out. \n\nAs long as you put in some time now you'll be ok come May.\n\nGood Luck!
154057
Just keep looking them over again. Write each definitions to the words over and over again. Just do your best and maybe plan for studying better next time.
1092340
study more and then re-take the test. If your test results are still horrible the 2nd time around choose a different career.
508476
Maybe you are just stressing yourself out over the test.  Try studying the day before, getting a good nights rest (at least try) and not cramming the morning of the test.  \n   Plus maybe you were just having a great test-taking day the first time and haven't been completely on the ball the next 2 times.  I was like that for the ACT.  My second time, after preparing for it, I got the same score as the first time.  I was focused more on my boyfriend's b-day party than the test.  The third time I took it I was super focused and got the score I wanted.  Good Luck!  :)
1183902
Next time, I would not drink so much before the test.  And if you wait and wait for a bit more, the urge to go will pass.  Also, if I were going to take a test, I would learn to spell and use capitals and punctuation.  One of my teachers said that a wrong answer written well will get more points than a wrong answer written badly, and can at times get as many as a right answer written poorly.
839102
Yes the above poster is correct but is also cocky...this is NOT a college test...it is a HIGH SCHOOL test but for some advice...memorize the TYPES of errors they give....doing so made writing my best section on the SAT last time rather than the worst which it was before that.