<p>nice thread!</p>
<p>unfortunately, i have nothing to add to it. i don't get nervous at all about tests, so i don't worry enough to create superstitions.</p>
<p>i wear relatively the same thing:</p>
<p>The same black shirt--a small elasticy kind from Gap--with a thin white shirt underneath it. The white shirt is usually the the same kind as the black, but it's okay to wear a different one as long as it doesn't have too much writing on it. The same pair of jeans accompany the outfit as well. Shoes go between a pair of leather boots and some sneakers, though I usually go with the boots. But, the underwear cannot be red. I try to find a pair of grey boxer briefs.</p>
<p>Last week, for the PSAT, I cleaned my room--no clutter, everything was in order, feng shui of sorts. Then, before I went to bed, I kept thinking "I am the master of my world." I have a friend who is a psych major at U of M. He told me that doing this increases your confidence and gives you a better grip on things in your control. I was pretty confident and calm, so I guess it works :p.</p>
<p>Oh, and I make sure that my batteries are chaged the night before, and everything that I'm taking to the test center is on the kitchen island before I go to sleep.</p>
<p>oh - i forgot to add that i was the first car in the parking lot at all of my ACT testing dates - i found that getting all nervous is stupid, so i go and listen to music to relax for an hour, then other people start showing up and you can get a little bit nervous.</p>
<p>I get my pencils blessed. I don't really believe in that kinda stuff... Well, not normally, but around test time...HECK YES. My "magic sticks", as I refer to them, have gotten me a 1550 so far... Perhaps they weren't blessed ENOUGH, since I was a few verbal questions shy of a 1600. Hm...</p>
<p>modestmouse:</p>
<p>how do you bless your pencils?...i wanted blessed pencils.....</p>
<p>i forgot to mention i prefer to sit either in the 2nd or 8th row. preferably the 8th column second row. haha. i would use prayer, but i take my tests at a private catholic high school. i am buddhist, so whenever i think about praying to buddha, i see that picture of jesus in the classroom staring down at me. haha.</p>
<p>Blueducky1221:</p>
<p>This is gonna be complicated. LMFAO. Okay, I am Sikh, as are my parents, but I've noticed that, Sikh or not, all Indians seem to cling to Hindu traditions... Anyway, my mother has pencils blessed by this Hindu priest(?)/"spiritual guide" person sent to us by mail. LOL... Like I said, it's pretty much b/s, but it's good for the psyche. You just convince yourself that the pencils actually do something and you walk in to the test room feeling pretty relaxed.</p>
<p>I do tai chi the night before. Helps me become more calm.</p>
<p>I touch the star on my chain on my night table while in bed and touch the right side of my pillow. NO IDEA WHY.</p>
<p>For any test of great importance I borrow all my pencils from somebody taking the same test. Worked wonders on final exams, SATs, and FBLA competitions.</p>
<p>I always wear my lucky orange shirt with a "3" on the back (my favorite number). Also, I play a classical piano piece after I get up in the morning, I listen to classical music on the way there, and I always have a banana to eat during the break. I make sure that nothing is in my pockets. The night before, I take a lot of vitamins, hoping that they will all go to my brain. I do this the morning of the test as well. I don't eat anything with sugar or caffeine the day of the test (more common sense than superstition). I make sure to eat sushi the night before the test and to stay up until 10:30, no earlier, no later. After the test, whenever I see something that has a number on it that could be an SAT score, I take it as a sign (unless, of course, the number is too low). During the test, I slouch to my heart's content, with no regard to the future condition of my back. More out of habit than superstition, I never leave an answer blank because it feels like a wasted opportunity. Call me particular, but these quirky superstitions and habits seem to work for me.</p>
<p>superstition?
let see, not study and play video games before and after the test</p>
<p>Teal: I blow a kiss.</p>
<p>i wonder if any of these superstitions worked this time. haha.</p>
<p>Something bad has to happen right after.</p>
<p>But nothing did.</p>
<p>superstitions work reverse for me, if i do them, it's bad luck, so i don't :)</p>
<p>haha modest mouse my best friend is sikh..she doesnt have blessed pencils. i pray to every freakin god from every possible religion there is...its really sad. just in case one of them is listening...=/</p>
<p>I also sleep with 10 R on my head on the left, i read it on this site once, and i think it might have worked. Also, i didn't shower or get hair cut for almost a month, which explain y i was scratching myself during the test. Plus, i ate alot of sugar, like not candy, sugar!!!! Just sugar with water :)</p>
<p>Red Bull. Enough said.</p>
<p>Everytime I take a test I bring my gf's pencils, necklaces, and a picture of her.</p>