Mary-Kate Olsen Quotes

Of course you're nervous going into a final.

In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

I used to really panic about finals. I didn't understand the concept of how you could have one test that encompasses the entire semester.

I crammed my exams in London and did fine.

I've always been an A or B student. When I get a B, I freak out a little bit!

If a student believes that taking too many exams is hard or skipping advanced courses for a lighter load is a better deal, just wait until he or she goes to college and needs to prepare for finals or has to figure out complex work problems in a stressful environment.

I remember doing my SATs on a film set; you had to complete the tests in a certain time and, obviously, you couldn't be interrupted. I think I did pretty well; it wasn't too difficult.

I was in high school, trying to get out of high school. The only thing slowing me up was grades.

I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.

School did stress me out, like it does for a lot of young people. I didn't like having to do work that I didn't care about.

If a teacher goes, 'Do you guys want an easy test?' You're going to say, 'Heck, yeah.' The less you've got to study, I'm going ace this test.

I may have made a straight A in physics, but I was panic-struck. Physics made me sick the whole time I learned it.

I was an anxious kid. I worried about getting homework finished, even back when homework didn't count for anything.

To be perfectly honest with you, I was partying a lot in school. I didn't have any good study habits from high school because I just kind of got by on being a jock.

It feels like it's the end of the world if you don't do well on your SATs.

I was probably more scared of my high school exams than I was of the Oscars. At the time you think it's everything and if you don't do well, your life's over. Opportunities are gone. So the more you do it, the less the fear is present.

I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to do my homework, but I actually really liked school. As nerdy as it sounds, I love learning.

I was terrified of taking the G.R.E.

I think I can be pretty focused, but as I say, it was more wanting to be the good student, seeing myself as a good student, and also, my parents had expectations. They wouldn't have cared if I got a B or a C or even a D.

It is a lot of work when you have to go to school and then try to improve your game at the same time.

I still have nightmares about taking tests.

There will always be prayer in school as long as there are math tests.

I didn't pass the scholarship exam for Oxford because of poor mathematics.

A final is a final, and is motivation in itself.