Taking the Stress out of Taking Tests: Tools to Upgrade your Mind

Most test takers believe the path to higher scores is simple: learn the content, practice, repeat. While content mastery and strategy are important, they’re not enough. > Have you ever aced practice tests, only to underperform on the real thing? > Have you struggled with timing, freezing up or rushing through questions you know you can answer? > Or have you felt your confidence evaporate under pressure, even after months of preparation? These challenges aren’t about what you know — they’re about how you show up on test day. Stress, anxiety, negative self-talk, poor focus and timing issues can quietly sabotage even the most prepared students, keeping scores far below true potential. In this dynamic, interactive workshop, Bara Sapir, a 30+ year veteran of the test prep field, founder of City Test Prep and MindFlow, will show you how to master the mental game of your upcoming GRE, but also relevant for the SAT, ACT, GMAT, GRE, LSAT–and really, any high stakes test! You’ll learn tools to: - Stay calm, confident, and clear-headed under time pressure. - Overcome timing struggles and make smart, strategic decisions. - Turn test-day anxiety into peak performance. Break through plateaus and reach higher score percentiles. - Approach the test with the same calm and focus elite athletes bring to competition. Bara will also introduce you to MindFlow, an online reading enhancement and focus training platform that helps you read up to 5x faster with greater comprehension with exercises designed to reduce stress and boost test-day confidence. Come as you are and leave with practical tools and proven strategies to immediately unlock the missing piece of most test prep: the mindset that transforms your hard work into real, measurable results.