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confidence after having done an exam

ive done 2/3 exams in psych and biology... when i had finished the exams i was quite pleased.. however, im rli starting to think back, and i think ive done really badly, the truth is i studied it all and knew it... but i think was an idiot on some questions in the exam...

i now feel ill be lucky to get CCC when i was aiming for AAA

Reply 1

HKS_

Same thing happens to me aswell, i come out the exam and feel confident i did well but then i start thinking of the questions and start worrying. but theres no point worring about it now its iver and we'll just have to wait till resuults day

Reply 2

tristanperry

Hey mate,
Firstly: don't worry!

Hind-sight is always 20-20; if you thought, after the exam, that you done well, you probably have :smile:

It's probably just the thought that you may have got one or two bits incorrect that is building up and making you worried - just ignore what others are saying (if anyone is saying something different to what you put), and instead concentrate on how you felt directly after the exam.

You wouldn't have felt confident directly after the exam if you didn't do well! Don't concentrate on what you may have done wrongly; concentrate on what you've done correctly :smile:

Reply 3

GGGGG

you're absolutly right, thanks for the consolation :smile:

Reply 4

kellywood_5

I think most people start to think they've done badly after exams even if they originally think they did well because they tend to focus on the negative rather than the positive, but if you thought you'd done well straight away, you probably have. There's nothing you can do about it now anyway, and worrying is bad enough before and during exams- don't let it ruin your summer after exams as well.

Reply 5

Excalibur

Haha, exactly how I feel about my German oral. I thought it had gone quite well at the time but now all I can think of is how badly I've done. And I keep on remembering how my friend told me that she thought she had done really well in her oral last year but ended up with a C, and I'm getting rather paranoid that I've got a C in the oral too :bawling: