<p>So my parents hired a tutor because they think this might raise my scores. And well whenever I work with the tutor, I always get most (usually all) of the questions correct. Like when we are doing the practice exercises or something similar to them. But whenever I take a timed test or just complete sections out of a test, I get almost everything wrong..</p>
<p>Help? Does this sound totally BIZARRE?</p>
<p>It’s because you are thinking out loud and therefore you have better thought process. It had to me for a long time</p>
<p>is it cure-able? lol Idk. I just don’t want to bomb my psat</p>
<p>Probably curable! As a tutor, I see this frequently. You have to examine what is different when you work out loud. My bet: you probably go slower and pay more attention. The whole rhythm is different when you are explaining to someone else. I recommend that when you are working on your own, pretend that you have to explain the problem to a clever 5th grader.</p>
<p>Probably because you feel more secure and confident with the Tutor, you think better with him/her…</p>
<p>Quite obvious- or u try harder to impress him/her</p>
<p>Just a quick question:
Do you freeze up when you take the practice test?
And are you more relaxed when your tutor’s helping you?</p>
<p>Just wondering… 'cuz I used to have the whole ‘freezing up’ thing.
Whenever I practiced by myself I’d know everything, but then when I took a timed test, I’d freak out and my mind would just go- O.O</p>
<p>It helped me to think, “Okay, this is just a test… no biggie. I’ll take it, ace it, leave and then I’ll gorge myself on dark chocolate!”</p>
<p>I kinda zoned out during the end of the test and started hysterically laughing with 2 minutes left of section 8, and beginning of section 9(but section 9 was math so thank goodness, If i started laughing in the middle of CR section i wud have panicked…_</p>
<p>lol. Well just when my tutor gives these worksheets with 10 questins I usually get them all right. But once I take a practice time test, I just freeze up and I don’t know how to do it. This doesn’t really happen in the math section. Usually in the Reading and grammar</p>
<p>stop thinking about the clock,concentrate into the reading or writing,you have to practice timed test a lot in order to overcome the tick tock sound in your brain.I had that too,it get me very nervous,so I can’t answer the question.Just calm down and relax.</p>