How to Trust Your Gut on the SAT & ACT

In my book, Acing It! A Mindful Guide to Maximum Results on Your College Admissions Test, I say that I want you to "trust your gut and do the work to have a gut worth trusting."

Acing It! gives you a step-by-step framework for developing a gut worth trusting, but in today's video I decided to put a twist on the idea of what it means to trust your gut because the idea of trusting your gut works on a few different levels. 

In the video, I also teach you a quick (1 minute!) technique to settle nerves and release stress.

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Remember: the purpose of your test prep is to help you create the experience you want to have on test day.

If you want to feel confident about the material, study the material. If you want to feel calm, start learning techniques to ground and soothe yourself. If you want to feel present, start bringing your attention to the here and now.

These habits can be practiced within and beyond your test prep. And they help you trust your gut beyond test prep, too.

What is one habit you can start practicing today that will help you have a gut worth trusting on test day?

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Want more guidance? Here are a few resources you might consider:

• Acing It! A Mindful Guide to Maximum Results on Your College Admissions Test: 
  My book, in which I walk you through all the steps of the test prep process from beginning to end.
• Test Prep Coaching Package: 
  Work with me for 12 sessions to get your SAT or ACT prep into top shape! Includes a review of what you need to know for the SAT or ACT using my Math and Grammar outlines, opportunities to take and review official SATs and ACTs, and opportunities to learn mindset and study habits that facilitate top performance.
• Mindset Coaching Package:
  Work with me for 10 sessions to learn mindset and study habits that will facilitate top performance on the SAT, ACT or other challenges. ​
• Test Prep Power Up: 
  Work with me for a single coaching session. Come with any questions you have about how to perform better on the SAT and ACT. Includes the opportunity to take and review an official SAT or ACT.

​Or contact me with a question you’ve been grappling with so that I can help in a future blog.

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