Help me learn to read! (overthinking syndrome)

Test Preparation
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<p>Hey! I was scoring close to 700 reading (including 730 once) on my 1st SAT practice tests, then fell to 650 by my last practice test & then score 600 on the real test.</p>

<p>Anyone else have a problem w/ overthinking the questions (& then managed to get out of it)? What did you do?</p>

<p>It's frustrating to know I might've scored 100 points better if I didn't spend all those hrs studying!</p>

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<p>Its not overthinking..
It's the environment at which u take the test..</p>

<p>YOu take practices at home or at school w/o worrying
You take real tests at a testing center under stress.</p>

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<p>I have that same exact problem...what i do know is automatically go with my first instinct</p>

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<p>"know" to "now"</p>

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<p>It is overthinking..even my practice test scores went down 80 points.</p>

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It's frustrating to know I might've scored 100 points better if I didn't spend all those hrs studying!

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<p>Why do you blame your poor performance on the time you spent studying?</p>

<p>There's really no way to combat pre-test nervousness; just learn to relax and get into some sort of "zone."</p>