Cultivate Successful SAT Behavior Practices
Nov 30th, 2007 by Academics Plus Tutoring
Overcome Stress & Become a Powerful & Grounded Test Taker
Stress and anxiety are common obstacles to SAT success. How you ask? Well, simply put, when you experience stress or anxiety, your body automatically goes into “high gear” to cope with the situation at hand. When this occurs, not only is your physical state potentially compromised, your intellectual faculties can be affected as well. Stress can negatively impact concentration, memory and the ability to process or learn new information. For the SAT student, this may translate into lost SAT points. And that’s not good!
So, as an SAT student, what do you do?
Don’t stress out! Okay, we know that’s easier said than done. However, there are many steps you can take to decrease stress—or your response to stressful events. And two of the most important are deliberate breathing and meditation. Why? Because breathing and meditative exercises can enhance your ability to stay calm and maintain focus on the important task at hand, which is doing your personal best on the SAT! Stay tuned next for some breathing and meditative exercises on our next blog entry!
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Most students do experience stress, so meditative exercises and breathing sound like a good idea…but can you really encourage high school students to implement practices like these???
Absolutely! Granted, some students are more amenable than others, but we’ve found that the vast majority of students we work with in our center are willing to participate in brief breathing and meditative exercises. Our hope is that the work we do with students in our center, even if only for a few minutes during each session, will become the building block for more extensive and more regular mindful practices.
We are also really excited about all the media attention meditation has been receiving lately; hopefully, continued discussion/education about the benefits of meditation and breathing exercises will further enhance the likelihood of students engaging in these practices. Thank you for your thoughtful question!