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Hey, fellow test takers...
Do you think your mood upon finishing a test is an accurate reflection of the grade you'll get on the test? Or do you find you're too excited about getting the test done with, or too anxious about the few problems you did get wrong?
My university's testing center has a wonderful system where, after taking a multiple-choice test, all you have to do is turn it in and you'll learn your score as soon as you walk down the stairs. So most of the time, you don't have to fret over what kind of score you've gotten; you'll know right away. Most of the time, my feelings when I finish a test are a pretty good reflection of the grade I got. If I feel satisfied, I've gotten a high B or a low A; if I feel exhilarated, I've gotten a high A; if I feel depressed, I've gotten a low B or high C. Luckily, I haven't gotten lower than that yet. But I've found that I'm always off with my Japanese tests. I usually feel much more excited than the grade I've actually gotten, so I go all smiling down the stairs and then I see my grade...no more smiling. Bah. So: how well does your post-test mood match your grade? :) |
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Hm, I guess all you can do is give it a try. :lol:
I mean, it's always a good idea to double-check all your answers, even if you think you've got it down pat--sometimes you make a little oversight and it has disastrous consequences. But if you're already double-checking, I don't know what else you can do. :lol: 5 tests in 2 weeks ...yuck. I had 4 this week. I really don't like the middle of the semester. |
I don't think that the mood after finishing my test is an accurate reflection of how I did on my test. Sometimes, I feel really confident that I did well, and when I get the test results back, I learn that I did TERRIBLY!
YOU LUCKY PERSON! I wish that I knew my test scores almost immediately. I become ssooooo anxious to see how I did and what I got wrong! ~.~ |
I usually feel pretty confident. Either that or I just put it out of mind and out of sight until I get it back. I usually do well on tests, but lately, not so much. I'm not sure why, but my grades are taking a nosedive.
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Besides the part where I have to take tests in the first place. :lol: |
I think that test grades accurately show how much information on the subject you know during the time. Granted, you have to wrap your mind around the concept that a B is average. A's and 100's are above and beyond average; you feel fully confident about the subject and you could go on to teach it.
I don't stress when I take tests. I have horrible memorization issues, so I don't study, either. Whenever we go over the material is the only time I review it. When the tests comes, I usually pass it within the 80 range if I enjoy the subject. Grades are really nothing to me. People tend to focus more on what they get for a grade on a test than they tend to focus on the actual material. If by the end of the class I actually learned something, have it in my head, and can remember it and apply it elsewhere, I'm perfectly content with that. In the meanwhile you have people cramming information in their head so they can take a test, be happy with the grade, and forget everything. If you think about it.. where are all these good grades gonna take you? You're going to spend all your time cramming the information in your mind to pass the test so you can pass school and fool employers into thinking you actually know something so you'll be accepted into some high paying job that you don't really like anyway so you can buy things you don't need. And then you die. The end. I think I'm set with the way I'm doing things now :] |
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I did what I knew on PSAT's.
What I didn't know, I cheated on. Anything else that wasn't necessary to be answered for a high score was left unanswered. No regrets. I'll receive what I receive and any credit I earned for cheating is well earned for the skill it took to manage to steal up to fifteen answers while two supervisors are patrolling the desk columns and watching vigorously. I'll do fairly well. Hopefully enough to get a college to look at me. Being a freshmen, the test wasn't an official mark on my life anyway. They made it a point not to be pressured but to make your best effort. I believe tests such as SAT tests issued at the beginning of school years are a load of horse shit. You're not completely well practiced because of summer break and it can be quite overbearing. |
huh... I always surprise myself with my own grade. I have no confidence in myself most of the time... >.<
My friends seem to hate me for that though. "You're going to get a great grade, you know it, so shut up." *rolls eyes* |
I think sometimes the post test feelings are accurate. When I feel confident or ok about a test, it usually does turn out well. But when I feel really nervious and worried, it does usually turn out badly. But, there are many times I find that it's the opposite. I think I did awesome on a test, but then it turns out I didn't do so well. There are other times that I'm freaking out about getting a test bad, and it's not as bad as I thought it was.
I think it depends on what you're expecting with your post test feeling. If you're very confident and expect a 100%, and you get like 90% instead, well, that's a bummer. Similarly, if you're really scared about a test and you're expecting like a 5%, but then you get around 70%, well, that's awesome! |
i alway been good at taking test never went below a c which is nice. and i would only get the c because i never liked doing the essay part. so never really worried about after taking my test i just throw it away . i have always been the lazy one the person that hardly or never turn in homework and get the entire alphabet i find my classes way to boring and the homework a joke. if i can pass the test then why should i do it. i made a higher grade on my sat then my brother and he got straight 'a' .my parent where shocked they thought because of his grades he would beat me will that taught them something.
to tell you the trueth the only thing i worry when taking the test is how the words are phrased but after i figure out what it is looking for its a breeze from there. |
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It really just depends, really. =o I could have any sort of emotion after taking the test, and get any grade; it's what emotion I have before I take the test that really gets to me. XD If i'm really stressed out before the test, but I studdies hard, I might get a C,B, or an A. But, if I just studdied hard, and I'm not too worried about it, I'll most likely get an A.
Personaly, though, I don't like knowing what I got right after I am done with the test. Dx Then I'll get even more stressed about how much better I could have done if I hadn't seconded guessed myself on something. D; |
I would always panic before an exam and then I would feel tired and drained afterwards. I would then feel really anxious until I got the marks and would annoy anybody who would listen to me.
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