Being proactive in exams brings confidence.

The annual university entrance exam is often very stressful for candidates and their families. Sometimes the pressure is so great that students do not achieve results commensurate with their abilities. Regarding exam psychology, Dr. Pham Manh Ha (Department of Psychology) gives useful advice. Every year, the university entrance exam season always witnesses unfortunate events happening to candidates, sometimes due to the carelessness of candidates and their families: getting lost or taking a nap and being late for the exam, being stressed or exhausted and falling ill right at the beginning of the first days of the exam... Then when the exam results are not as expected, many students develop feelings of depression, psychological disorders, and even want to commit suicide... Such events repeat themselves almost every year and have a serious impact on public opinion. In my opinion, this is related to a common weakness of Vietnamese people, which is working without a plan, waiting until "the water reaches the foot to jump". At that time, we cannot foresee all the difficulties and risks we encounter, so we lose our composure, easily get stressed and make mistakes. Therefore, one of the first pieces of advice for young people is: make a detailed and complete plan of what you need to do during the university entrance exam, paying special attention to information about time, routes, regulations at the exam site and implementation plans for each possible real-life situation. Once we have this plan, we will feel secure and the pressure will be reduced a lot. In Vietnam, university entrance exams are often stressful because people believe that it is a turning point in a person's life, which determines the future and career of young people. University entrance exams create great social turmoil for families. Parents worry, care, relatives ask, then predict, comment and compare between their children and other people's children... All of these excessive concerns put pressure on candidates. In many urban families, passing the university entrance exam is not only a matter for the children but also a matter of honor for the family, so it creates a very heavy psychological burden. If this cannot be resolved, the family will unintentionally cause their children to "fail" before taking the exam in their minds. For candidates, the psychology is only stable when we believe in ourselves, know how to proactively arrange the exam plan and anticipate the difficulties that may arise. Because when you do not believe in your own abilities, you will lose your calmness and alertness. Confidence and initiative are also shown in the fact that you should have a backup mentality for the "after" exam and discuss frankly with your family about the possibility of passing or failing the exam, then there will be a plan to continue studying or doing something... Then parents will be more assured and the young people themselves will feel that there is a way out, not being shocked if unfortunately the exam does not go as expected. In addition, families and candidates also need to pay attention to a reasonable diet, balance studying and resting, avoid studying too hard, exceeding the body's biological tolerance, causing physical fatigue and mental fatigue. As the exam date approaches, you should gradually reduce the intensity of studying, focusing only on consolidating the most basic knowledge or studying the general outline of the knowledge blocks that need to be grasped.